Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
WORKSHOP ON STRUCTURAL RACISM AND RIGOROUS MODELS OF SOCIAL INEQUITY
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
May 16–17, 2022
Room 120
DAY 1: Monday, May 16, 2022
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00–10:30 am | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Malay Majmundar, Director, Committee on Population Frank Bandiera, National Institute on Aging, Division of Behavioral and Social Research Hedwig (Hedy) Lee, Department of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis |
Review of Core Guiding Question for Workshop, (Chair, Workshop Steering Committee)
How can we apply insights regarding conceptualization, measurement, and modeling of structural racism to inform decisions about:
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm | SESSION 1: Setting the Foundation: Studying Race and Structural Racism Responsibly There has been increasing interest in population and population health research in the measurement of structural racism and its role in a multitude of outcomes over the life course. However, work in this area requires a grounding in foundational work in the humanities and humanistic social sciences on race, racemaking, and racism that has been ongoing since the turn of the century (e.g., work of W.E.B. Dubois). In this session, experts in the study of race and racism will provide key insights that are required to ensure that future lifecourse and aging population health research acknowledges and understands the complexity of these concepts and applies them to data collection and analysis to move the needle in improving population health and wellbeing and reducing health disparities |
10:30 | Speaker Talks (15 minutes each) |
What is Race and Race-Making? How is Race Used to Control Populations? Stephanie Li, Washington University in St. Louis, Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor of English Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University; Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health [VIRTUAL] |
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The Many Faces of Racism: What is Structural Racism? Embracing the Complexity of Structural Racism; Understanding the Interlocking Roles and Features of Cultural and Structural Racism | |
How should we understand and conceptualize the many faces of racism? Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Duke University [VIRTUAL] |
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How have we understood, measured, and modeled racism in population health and aging research and how does this align with conceptualizations of racism? Margaret Hicken, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] |
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11:30 | Discussant Questions and Reflections Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio State University (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) |
11:40 | BREAK |
11:50 | General Discussion |
12:30–1:30 pm | LUNCH |
1:30 – 4:00 | SESSION 2: Assessing the Landscape: The Measurement and Modeling of Structural Racism (Part I) Many researchers have developed unique and rigorous measurement and modeling approaches to capture the complexity of structural racism that are theoretically driven and have implications for population health and wellbeing across the life course. In this session, experts will discuss the different approaches they have used to measure structural racism (e.g., laws, policies, institutions) and model structural racism (e.g., causal models, cumulative impacts) and the consequences of structural racism. The experts will describe the mechanisms that link structural racism to disparities in health and wellbeing across the life course. They will also consider the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches for population health and aging research. |
1:30 | Speaker Talks (15 minutes each) Experimental Design René D. Flores, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] |
Quasi-Experimental Approaches Jamein Cunningham, Assistant Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University |
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Quantitative Historical Data Amy Kate Bailey, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago [VIRTUAL] |
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Data for Understudied Populations Desi Small-Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles [VIRTUAL] |
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Machine Learning Ziad Obermeyer, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health [VIRTUAL] |
2:45 | Discussant Questions and Reflections David Takeuchi, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Excellence, University of Washington School of Social Work (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] |
3:00 | BREAK |
3:10 | General Discussion |
4:00 | Day 1 Adjournment |
DAY 2: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
9:00 am | Brief Introduction to Day 2 |
9:10 – 11:00 | SESSION 3: Assessing the Landscape: The Measurement and Modeling of Structural Racism (PART II) |
9:10 | Speaker Talks (15 minutes each) |
Mixed Methods Approaches Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University |
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Place-Based Approaches Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Professor and Director of Environmentally-based Health & Land-based Healing, University of Washington School of Social Work |
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Novel Approaches to Survey Data Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania |
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Novel Approaches to Administrative and Crowd-Sourced Data Frank Edwards, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University |
10:10 | Discussant Questions and Reflections René D. Flores, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] |
10:20 | General Discussion |
11:00 | BREAK |
11:15 am–12:50 pm | SESSION 4: Moving Forward: Data Infrastructure Needs in Harnessing Data for Research in Structural Racism In this session, experts will discuss the data necessary to not only measure and model structural racism, but also identify and measure the mechanisms that link racism to population health and wellbeing over time, with a focus on aging. |
11:15 | Speaker Talks (15 minutes each) Marjory Givens, Associate Director, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute; CoDirector County Health Rankings & Roadmaps [VIRTUAL] |
Seth Sanders, Ronald Ehrenberg Professor of Economics, Cornell University [VIRTUAL] | |
Jennifer Manly, Professor of Neuropsychology, Columbia University (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] | |
12:00 | Insights from the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity Rachel Hardeman, Associate Professor and Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health [VIRTUAL] |
12:10 | Discussant Questions and Reflections Margaret Hicken, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) [VIRTUAL] |
12:20 | General Discussion |
1:00 – 2:00 | LUNCH |
2:00 – 3:00 | CLOSING SESSION: The Future Agenda: A Round-Robin Discussion of Key Takeaways |
3:00 | Meeting Adjournment |
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