Volume 16, No. 1 Spring 2021

Responsible Research Rigor: The Key to Overcoming Systemic Racism in Communication Sciences Research

AUTHOR(S):

• Molly M. Jacobs, Ph.D., Department of Health Services & Information Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
• Charles Ellis, Ph.D., Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

ABSTRACT

By continuing use of conventional tools of assessment, employing uni-disciplinary research teams and interpreting results only on a cursory level, researchers may be continuing to cling to practices that contribute the systematic racism that has cluttered research for decades. Use of multidisciplinary teams, incorporation of innovative modes of assessment and consideration of new social and biological determinants will allow researchers to utilize their skills as instruments for social change and benefit those vulnerable and marginalized populations who are in need.

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