IUR Brochure

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Founded in 1867, Morgan State University has evolved to become Maryland’s designated public urban university and excels in addressing social, political, educational, and economic issues related to urban areas.

Situated in a pleasant residential area of northeast Baltimore, our 140-acre campus is convenient to many of the city’s most popular cultural, entertainment, sports, and recreational resources. e University’s 7200+ students come from all regions of the United States and numerous foreign countries. About 35 percent of our students are from outside Maryland.

For four decades, Morgan has been one of the leading institutions in the Mid-Atlantic states in the production of Fulbright Scholars. An above-average percentage of Morgan graduates enter graduate and professional schools, and Morgan ranks among the top four college and universities nationally in the number of Black graduates who subsequently receive a Ph.D.

Empowering IUR MISSION AND MANDATE

Urban Communities Through Intervention Understanding and Research

TO LEARN MORE Please contact: Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D., Director e Institute for Urban Research Morgan State University D-216 Montebello Complex Baltimore, MD 21251

Established in 1978, the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) at Morgan State University (MSU) is guided by a mandate to look at urban issues throughout the state of Maryland. Many persistent and complex social problems including injustice and poverty affect the lives of people residing in urban cities across the United States.

A major goal of the IUR is the provision of precise and accurate research on a range of issues affecting Baltimore residents and their communities. e IUR houses the Center for Survey Research (CSR), the Community Development Resource Center (CDRC), and e Warrior Institute (TWI). Community workshops, lectures and a film series are examples of the ways in which the IUR demonstrates its commitment to generating understanding and intervention through research, advocacy and empowerment.

THE IUR STAFF Director and Research Professor Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. Research Professor Ashraf Ahmed, Ph.D. Research Associate Professors Jeff Menzise, Ph.D. Tracy R. Rone, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professors Clement Anyadike, Dr.P.H. Jeanetta Churchill, M.S. Glenn Robinson, M.A., M.M. Administrative Assistant Evelyn Smith

THE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH

Morgan State University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to admission, financial aid, and programs without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran.

Tele: 443-885-3004 Fax: 443-885-8274 E-mail: Raymond.Winbush@morgan.edu Web: http://www.morgan.edu/special_programs_and_centers/institute_for_urban_research.html

“THE WORLD WAS THINKING WRONG ABOUT RACE, BECAUSE IT DID NOT KNOW. [MY TASK WAS] SIMPLE AND CLEAR CUT: FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH [PHILADELPHIA] AND WHY.” — W. E. B. Du Bois, African American sociologist and pioneer of the field now known as urban studies, on what he saw as the purpose of his classic 1896 study, e Philadelphia Negro

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“OUR MAIN TASK, THEN, IS TO ANALYZE THE SOCIAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN URBANIZATION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO NATION BUILDING.” — E. Franklin Frazier, African American sociologist and native of Baltimore, 1961

IUR STAFF RESEARCH INTERESTS IUR staff research interests include health and health care, community development and revitalization, substance abuse, environmental justice, law enforcement, transportation, education, and families. e IUR utilizes research and objective investigation to generate answers related to these issues.

Ray Winbush, Ph.D., is Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Urban Research and Research Professor, is engaged in research concerning adolescent development, education, health and Black men and boys. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books, e Warrior Method: A Parents’ Guide to Rearing Healthy Black Boys and Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations and Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Dr. Winbush engages in research involving urban populations and compensatory justice issues.

Winbush conducts workshops based upon e Warrior Method locally, nationally and internationally. e Warrior Method has been incorporated in school systems in Baltimore, MD; Worcester, MA; Dallas, TX; Brixton, United Kingdom; and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ashraf Ahmed, Ph.D., is a Research Professor. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he carries a strong academic and professional background in statistics and demography with an extensive experience in teaching and research.

He is director of the Center for Survey Research and has published widely in the fields of population, health, welfare, environment, substance abuse and transportation. Dr. Ahmed has taught biostatistics, advanced research methods, and business statistics. Before joining the IUR, he was a professor of statistics at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he taught statistics and demography at graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Ahmed continues his professional services of mentoring postdoctoral research, supervising doctoral dissertations and master’s theses, and reviewing articles for peer-reviewed journals.

Clement N. Anyadike, Dr.P.H., is a specialist in urban planning and public health.

He is the project director for the Community Development Resource Center (CDRC), a unit in the Institute for Urban Research. He obtained his Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Doctoral degree in Public Health from Morgan State Univer-

sity. He has been responsible for developing community/neighborhood profiles for more than sixty communities in Baltimore City.

He is also engaged in the planning and implementation of educational workshops and forums to assist communities in their development and redevelopment efforts. Dr. Anyadike has assisted the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in developing demographic profiles to assess quality of life in Baltimore neighborhoods. e Office of the Public Defender has used the reports to show an association between neighborhood quality of life and aggressive behavior by inner-city youths in Baltimore City.

Jeanetta Churchill, M.S., is a specialist in geographic information systems, applied statistical analysis, and survey methodology.

Her professional background includes the areas of public health, community level data mapping and analysis, and K-12 education.

She has taught and presented on the impact of geographic space on health, education, poverty, and other factors impacting neighborhoods. Before joining the IUR, Ms. Churchill worked on various projects to track community-level data at the city, county, state, and national levels. She has also worked on various public health surveys at the state, national, and international levels on tasks ranging from questionnaire design to data collection and analysis, and finally report writing.

Jeff Menzise, Ph.D., is a doctor of clinical psychology, who currently serves as a Research Associate Professor at Morgan State University's Institute for Urban Research. He earned his B.A. and M.A. at Fisk University, and his Ph.D. from Howard University, where he simultaneously completed a graduate certificate program in International Studies (emphasis on Political Science, Communications & Culture). Dr. Menzise has consulted internationally with various Ministries of Education, and locally with organizations including the Trial Lawyers College and e Rodham Institute.

He recently completed his term as a Public Scholar with the Kettering Foundation, and currently serves as the President of the Association of Black Psychologists - DC Chapter.

He has authored 5 books and created 2 decks of customized playing cards using African symbolism. His research interests include psycho-spirituality, child development, identity development via initiation/rites of passage, and all things dealing with history and culture, and education.

Glenn Robinson, M.A, M.M., serves as the Project Director of the Environmental Justice in Transportation Toolkit Project at Morgan State University. He has served on the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) International Trade and Transportation Data and he is one of the first members of the TRB Environmental Justice in Transportation (EJT) Committee. Mr.

Robinson is credited with the development of an Environmental Justice in Transportation Toolkit (EJTK). e components of the EJTK have been included in several key publications such as: FHWA EJ Effective Practices Guidebook 1st edition, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 710, and Practical Approaches for Involving Traditionally Undeserved Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking, Transit Cooperative Research Report (TCRP) Report 150. He recently received an appreciation award from the TRB EJT Committee of the National Academies of Sciences and serves on the Sustainable Community for the Baltimore Region. He has also served as Co- PI of the White House Fellowship for Young African Leaders at Morgan State University.

Tracy R. Rone, Ph.D., a linguistic and cultural anthropologist, is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. In July 2007 she joined the IUR staff as a senior researcher. Trained as a linguistic and cultural anthropologist, her work aims to illuminate issues of narrative and oral history, urban education, child and adolescent health, socialization, and indigenous community resources. She has contributed to understanding issues that include education, juvenile justice, obesity, and lead exposure in Baltimore. Her publications address issues in narrative, African American academic achievement, and strategies for creating intellectually and civically engaging university classrooms.

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