Dr. Yanique Redwood, a values-driven and innovative leader with decades of combined experience in racial equity, community-based participatory research and philanthropy, will serve as the Center’s first Executive Director.
“Dr. Redwood is an exceptional and committed leader, manager, visionary, and fighter for racial justice. And she’s a warm human being,” says Dr. Kendi. “I couldn’t be more delighted that she has joined us, that she will lead us.”
Dr. Redwood, who holds a doctorate in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, was selected by the Center’s leadership following a national search. She will be charged with providing holistic, high-level oversight and leadership to the entire Center staff, while providing strategic and fiduciary advice to the Director to foster alignment and fidelity across the Center’s growing work.
“The possibilities for our work and impact seem infinite with Dr. Redwood leading us--possessing a rare combination of experience as a scientist, advocate, and visionary leader for racial justice,” Professor Sanaz Mobasseri, Associate Director for the Antiracist Tech Initiative, says. These sentiments were echoed by Professor Jasmine Rose Gonzales, Deputy Director of Research & Policy and Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Director of Narrative.
Dr. Redwood’s scholarship and practice has focused on the role of racism in determining the health and social outcomes of Black people and other people of the global majority. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Health Education and Behavior, Journal of Family and Community Health, Health Education Research, Journal of the National Medical Association and Foundation Review. She has published op-eds in the Chronicle of Philanthropy and has provided expert testimony on racial equity before the Council of the District of Columbia. Dr. Redwood is a health researcher by training and spent two years as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But, after more than two decades of antiracism praxis, Dr. Redwood believes that antiracism is the cure.
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Dr. Larry Dunham (left) with Dr. Neal Fleisher (right), holding How to Be an Antiracist; photo credit: Shannon C. Broderick
Highlighting Antiracist Initiatives at BU
Dean Cataldo Leone, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, recently worked with the school’s offices of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and Faculty Development to gift all faculty and staff at the school with a copy of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book, How to Be an Antiracist. They hope that the book can help create a shared language within the dental school that will spark conversations and support efforts to continue to make the dental school an inclusive place for all.
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DAC Fellowship Applications open January 31
We are partnering with BU Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to sponsor the new Designing Antiracism Curricula (DAC) Fellowship Program. This program will bring together an initial cohort of Boston University educators in AY 22-23 to focus on the development of antiracism undergraduate and graduate courses.
The Call for Applications will be open January 31 - March 14, 2022. All Boston University faculty are encouraged to apply.
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The Return of The Emancipator
The BU Center for Antiracist Research's Public Scholarship Shop and the BU College of Communication invite you to attend The Return of the Emancipator on Wednesday, January 26 at 3pm EST.
During this virtual event, the editors of The Emancipator, the Center’s new multimedia publication in partnership with the Boston Globe, will explore how they intend to reframe the national conversation and hasten racial justice for our times.
Panelists:
Kimberly Atkins Stohr (LAW/COM'98), columnist for The Emancipator and senior political writer, Boston Globe
Moderator:
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What is Antiracist Research?
The Research and Policy Teams at Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research recently held a virtual event which previewed the upcoming 2022 Request for Proposals and provided a space for BU faculty and co-investigators to network, with the goal of forming interdisciplinary research & policy teams across schools, colleges, advocacy groups, and external community organizations.
Featured panelists:
Hugo J. Aparicio, MD, MPH
Katherine L. Einstein, PhD
Neda A. Khoshkhoo, JD
Sanaz Mobasseri, MPP, PhD
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Remembering January 6th
On the anniversary of the January 6th Capitol attack, The Emancipator released two video essays: |
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Join Our Team
We are growing! If you are passionate about antiracism and dedicated to our mission, we want to work with you! Check out some of our open roles below:
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Photo credit: Unseen Histories via Unsplash
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