ILR Investigating Inequality
The New York City labor movement, creativity, criminal records and many other topics are among the topics being researched through the school’s 2019-20 Inequality and Work theme project.
This is the third year that ILR students, staff and faculty and alumni have explored a theme through research projects, school-wide workshops and other activities, including speaking events featuring alumni who are leaders in their industries.
“The school’s annual theme project has been an effective way to bring the ILR community together and to generate new research or synergies to more fully understand a topic that impacts work and workers alike,” said Kara Lombardi, assistant dean for student experience and wellbeing.
“Our goal is to deepen our sense of community while motivating all to develop new research, policy and practice that will significantly impact work and the lives of workers,” she said.
Grant winners and projects are:
Ava Barnett ‘20, student
Why Female Leaders Receive Different Feedback than Men and How it Influences Their Motivation to Be Leaders: A Role Congruity and Stereotype Content Perspective
Ryan Scott Coles, Ph.D. student
Equality and the Spirit of Capitalism: The Impact of Income Equality on Entrepreneurship
Shayla Combs ‘22, Henessy Pineda ‘21 and MILRSO, students
The Changing Face of Work
Tiffany Nur Darabi, Ph.D. student
Inequality and the World of Work: Reimagining Investors, Owners and Workers to Close the Racial Wealth-Divide in Boston
Virginia L Doellgast, Ileen DeVault, Ian Greer, Rose Batt, Patricia Campos-Medina, Gene Carroll, Kim Cook, Jeff Grabelsky, resident and extension faculty
NYC Labor Movement Practicum: Campaigning for Social Justice
Hassan Enayati, extension faculty
Clearing the Path to Gender Pay Equity: Assessing the Understanding of New York City’s Salary History Question Ban Among Workers
Matthew McSorley Fischer-Daly, Ph.D. student
Collective Action Confronting Inequality: Comparative Labor Regimes in Contemporary Agribusiness
Richard Green ‘21 and Undergraduate Labor Institute, student
Climate and Labor
Andi Kao, Ph.D. student
The Making of Migrant Labor in the Taiwanese Commercial Fishing Industry
Angelica Keen, Jessie Mancilla and Brigid Beachler, staff
Cultivating Social Resiliency Amongst Inequality
Alexandra Kosakoff ‘20, student
Mental Health Workplace Disability Policy in Practice
Brian Lucas, faculty
(Anti-)Egalitarian Attitudes Influence Willingness to Evaluate Ideas of Creators from High-Status Versus Low-Status Backgrounds
Timothy McNutt, extension faculty
Tompkins County Jail Reentry Program: Mitigating the Use of Criminal Records as a Screening Device for Employment
Benjamin Joaquin Parris ‘20, student
Reducing Inequality in Opportunities Outside of Playing Sports
Avery Putnam ‘22 and Sidney Waite ‘22, students
A Closer Look into Disability Resource Centers
Hannah Ritter ’21 and Daniel Kirchner ‘21, students
ILR Labor Roundtable
Jennifer L. Rudolph, staff
Public Debate: Unions, Inequality and Work
Claire Elizabeth Sandman, Ph.D. student
Promoting Equality in Baseball: Understanding the Effects of Demographic Factors and Stereotypes on Opportunities
Rachel Jean Schlund, Ph.D. student
Promoting Equality Through Leadership Style and Organizational Climate
Ishan Kabir Sharma ‘20, student
Colored Lenses: How Racial Stereotypes Affect Third-Party Observations of Conflict
Michael John Stefanko ‘22, student
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment's Contribution to Income Inequality: A Kenyan Worker's Perspective
Phoebe Strom, Ph.D. Student
‘Drawing the line’: How workplace experiences influence individual perceptions of sexual harassment
Russell Weaver, Extension Faculty
Alternatives to Inequality: Employee Ownership and Democracy at Work
Allison Weiner Heinemann, Lecturer and LaWanda Cook, Training Specialist, Northeast ADA Program
Visit from Katherine Pérez, Director of the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation at Loyola Law School
Lydia Zheng '20, Kyra Butler '20, Delaney Ho '21, Daniel Kirchner '21, Victoria Montero '21, Jessica Willerson '20, Prenay Sinha '22, Students
Harvest of Struggle: A Case Study of Union Experience in the Decades Following Union Election and First Contract Campaigns
Emily Zitek, Faculty
Equality in Minor League Baseball: Ensuring Players from Diverse Backgrounds Feel That They Belong and Can Be Successful
More informaton about Inequality and Work projects will be available on the theme website.