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2026 Anti-Racism Graduate Research Showcase

April 2, 2026
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET 

Please join us for an opportunity to meet selected grantees of the 2025 Anti-Racism Graduate Research Grants. Sponsored by the Bowman Center for Scholarship to Practice, the Anti-Racism Research Grant for Graduate Students program supports engagement in research projects focused on racism, racial equity, and racial justice while advancing graduate students' progress toward their degree.

In the fifth year of this program, the Bowman Center has awarded 19 research grants to individuals and teams comprised of University of Michigan (U-M) graduate students. Click here to view all the 2025 grantees' project abstracts.

Presenters

Zoë Bishop

MS Student in Environmental Justice

National Roadmap to Ending Utility Shutoffs

Melissa Lewis

MS Student in Behavior, Education, and Communication

National Roadmap to Ending Utility Shutoffs

Bibi Macias

MS Student in Environmental Justice

National Roadmap to Ending Utility Shutoffs

John Blake

MS Student in Environmental Justice, Environmental Policy & Planning, and Public Policy

National Roadmap to Ending Utility Shutoffs

Mel Monier

PhD Candidate in Communication and Media

Love Unseen: Measuring Young Adults’ Self-Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Desirability in Dating Contexts

Jasmine Banks

PhD Candidate in Psychology

Love Unseen: Measuring Young Adults’ Self-Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Desirability in Dating Contexts

Erykah Benson

PhD Candidate in Sociology

Love Unseen: Measuring Young Adults’ Self-Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Desirability in Dating Contexts

Janae W. Sayler

PhD Candidate in Psychology

Love Unseen: Measuring Young Adults’ Self-Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Desirability in Dating Contexts

Maya Glenn

PhD Candidate in Sociology

The Black Women & Pleasure Project: The Meanings of Pleasure in Contemporary Black American Women’s Everyday Lives

Daniel Jin

PhD Candidate in American Culture

The Meds and Eds City: Land, Labor, and the Politics of the “Public Good” in Boston, 1960–2005

Olubukola Tikare

PhD Student in Clinical Pharmacy & Translational Sciences

A Mixed Methods Analysis of Implementation Factors within a Pharmacist and Community Health Worker-Led Intervention for Black and Hispanic Adults with Diabetes

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