News

Kirwan Institute Social Researcher Michael Outrich was featured in The Columbus Dispatch discussing the recent neighborhood assessment and report commissioned by Franklin County Auditor Michael Stinziano."Our review ... found conclusively that lower income Black majority neighborhoods are regularly overvalued for property tax assessments relative to their sales values, while higher income wh...

In the spring of 2020, Franklin County Auditor Michael Stinziano reached out to the Kirwan Institute with the goal of building a partnership aimed at (1) reviewing the 2017 reappraisal audit and offering recommendations based on those findings specific to the impacts of historic policies (including redlining) and racial bias in the real estate market, (2) assess the current triennial review throu...

Kirwan researchers Michael Outrich and Glennon Sweeney authored a guest column featured in the Columbus Dispatch:"An opinion piece by Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes, published Aug. 2, critiqued a 2021 report authored by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity that was prepared on behalf of the Franklin County Auditor.We welcome substantive critique to help clarify...

Dr. Kierra Barnett, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Kirwan Institute, recently co-authored a study exploring the impact of HBCU attendance on the health of African Americans (following graduation).Led by Dr. Cynthia Colen, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Ohio State University, the study shows that African Americans who attend Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU...

Kirwan Institute's Senior Legal Analyst Kyle Strickland was just named as one of ColumbusCEO's Future 50 Class of 2021. This recognition is reserved for the most passionate and hard-working advocates and professionals in the Columbus community - those focused on improving Central Ohio and our world. The 2021 class will be recognized in a special issue of ColumbusCEO to be released in January. Fro...