Founding Directors

Three founding directors presently lead the Racial Justice Institute. They work in the areas of law, the arts, health, and public policy. A search is underway to fill the public policy position. These individuals lead the institute’s interdisciplinary work that pushes the frontiers of knowledge about race, equity and action.

Meet Our Founding Directors

Robin Lenhardt

“My research covers issues of belonging, citizenship and inclusion and those spheres focus on questions of race and inequality.”

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Derek Griffith

“I look at the factors that influence health inequalities and how we need to try to achieve health equity. I tend to look at two major factors – race and gender.”

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Anita Gonzalez

“I call the work that I do ‘theater as cultural exchange,’ and it’s expanded more recently to think about storytelling and its impact on narratives.”

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