Our Work

The Equity Center re-imagines research with an intentional focus on serving societal goals of social justice.

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Equitable Analysis

Equitable Analysis centers community-driven partnership to provide advocates as well as civic-and private-sector leaders with data and metrics, contextualized analysis, interactive maps and data visualizations, and narrative storytelling.
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Resource Knitting

Creating and sustaining mutually beneficial partnerships between UVA and the community that go beyond the standard of “first, do no harm.”
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Youth Power

Underrepresented and underresourced youth gain access to better educational resources and outcomes.
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Starr Hill Pathways

Starr Hill Pathways provides the social, technical, and research infrastructure to redress educational inequities that persist in the Charlottesville-Albemarle region.
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Work With Us

We work with UVA Faculty, Staff, and Students and Charlottesville and Albemarle community members to redress historic inequities.

Publications

Peer reviewed publications authored by UVA Equity Center researchers, affiliated students, faculty, and community members