The University of Southern California Race and Equity Center is the nexus of interdisciplinary scholarship, resources, programs, and initiatives designed to address issues of racial equity within the University, other institutions of higher education, and broader society. The Center is the home of the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC), a quantitative survey instrument desig
ned to assess structural and experiential inequities resulting from oppressive and discriminatory campus environments. The Center’s strength resides in its interdisciplinarity, whereby USC faculty affiliates from across 19 academic schools conducting research, programs and initiatives, and other forms of public scholarship pertaining to race collaborate on the production of groundbreaking research in education, law and public policy, health and human services, the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. Affiliated faculty aslo collaborate on grant proposals, publications and research reports, the production of digital media, colloquia, and other signature Center events. Lastly, faculty affiliates serve as a resource and feedback group to senior USC administrators as they aim to make the University more racially diverse, inclusive, and equitable. students from across USC's academic schools who share interests in the study of race and equity through our REC Doctoral Fellows program, which meets to discuss pressing racial issues in the U.S., brainstorm opportunities for academic partnerships, offer feedback on each other’s ideas and written work, and collaborate on research projects that ultimately lead to conference presentations and publications.
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