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Race & Ethnicity

Race & Ethnicity

How do people with various racial and ethnic identities experience the world? What unique challenges do people of color and immigrants face? Scholars at Annenberg study the ways racism and xenophobia shape our world and how impacted individuals are navigating systems of oppression and fighting for equity.

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Race & Ethnicity

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News

Exploring Inequalities in Health Through Cognitive Science and Family Conversation

Doctoral candidate Mary E. Andrews believes that personal stories can help people live healthier lives.

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Faculty News

4 Aug 2023

Desmond Patton and the Science of Being Human

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News

29 Jun 2023

A Message to the Annenberg Community on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling

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Faculty News

25 Apr 2023

Political and Computational Researcher Deen Freelon to Join Annenberg School Faculty

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Alumni

29 Mar 2023

Trafficking in Antiblackness: Q&A with Lyndsey Beutin (Ph.D. ‘18)

Faculty

Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Riana M. Brown, Ph.D.

Joan Bossert Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Xanni Brown, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Polarization Research Lab

Stephanie L. DeMora, Ph.D.

Arlin M. and Neysa Adams Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Deen Freelon, Ph.D.

Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Professor of Communication

Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Communication

Olivia González, Ph.D.

George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniel J. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Zehra Husain, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.

Penn Provost

Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.

Presidential Associate Professor

Benjamin Todd Jealous

Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania

John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.

Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry

Jasmine E. Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Malav Kanuga, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality and Change Center

Yuval Katz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication & Center on Digital Culture and Society

Siva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Associate Director, SAFELab

Wazhmah Osman, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at Risk and Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor

Michelle G. Thompson, Ph.D., L.M.H.C.

Office of the Vice Provost for Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D.

Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, School of Arts and Sciences

Graduate Students

Kinjal Dave

Doctoral Student

Cienna Davis

Doctoral Student

Christiana Dillard

Doctoral Student

Arlene C. Fernández

Doctoral Candidate

Darin Johnson

Doctoral Candidate

Staci Jones

Doctoral Candidate

Nya Mbock

Doctoral Student

Mariela Morales Suárez

Doctoral Candidate

Adetobi Moses

Doctoral Student

Yingchuan Qu

Doctoral Student

Farrah Rahaman

Doctoral Student

Lucila Rozas

Doctoral Student

Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera

Doctoral Candidate

Taylor L. Smith

Doctoral Student

Silvia Téliz

Doctoral Student