BU Center for Antiracist Research Names PhD Student shaunesse’ a. jacobs to Affiliate Program
The original article was published on the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research website on March 24, 2021. The following is an excerpt only. Please click here to read the full article.
The Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University is assembling one of the largest networks of scholars and aspiring scholars studying racism and antiracism in the world. This interdisciplinary network of faculty and graduate students from Boston University and colleges and universities around New England bring their expertise and unique disciplinary perspectives towards the goal of investigating and dismantling racism at multiple levels, from the structural to the interpersonal.
Introducing the Affiliates Program which is foundational to the Center for Antiracist Research, that launched on July 1, 2020 with Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, at its helm. The Center is working to effect real change upon the lingering problem of racial inequity and injustice, through four pillars of work: Research, Policy, Narrative, and Advocacy. The Center affiliates will be plugged into each of these pillars based on their area of study, interests, and expertise.
“I was excited to get involved with the Center as an affiliate once reading how interdisciplinary the scope of anti-racism research is,” said Shaunesse’ Jacobs, a doctoral student at Boston University’s School of Theology. “As an affiliate, I feel encouraged to find an additional community from which to learn and participate in world-changing conversations.” Ms. Jacobs’ research focuses on healthcare equity for Black birthing people, and ways that Black religious institutions can engage in that fight for equity, and she hopes her affiliation with the Center will provide her with “more tools to approach the fight for Black birthing people’s lives and wellbeing.”