With this award, Salehi will solidify her burgeoning mentoring philosophy that emphasizes providing actionable feedback, helping students set realistic goals, and empathizing with the unique issues facing researchers of color.
How can one leverage community participation to develop a software system to ensure that school assignment algorithms do a better job of combatting inequality?
In collaboration with the City of Oakland’s Reimagining Safety Taskforce, a UC Berkeley working group will identify alternatives to law enforcement that are responsive to community needs and address the root causes of violence and crime.
Nikki Jones is a PI on 3 grants to University of California at Berkeley; an author on 1 publication; and is mentioned in 1 news article and 1 blog post.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.