| 2008-2011 | 
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      Co-Principal Investigator. Ford Foundation Grant to  research and create small 1500 Sq.  foot version of “Race: Are we so Different? Also to write and publish book,  Race are we so Different with Alan Goodman and Joseph Jones. $450,000.00. | 
    
    
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      | 2006-2010 | 
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      Co-Principal Investigator. NSF-PAID (Planning,  Implementation and Dissemination) Grant. This is a 5 campus UC wide grant to  change departmental culture to create welcoming environments to women and  underrepresented minorities when they are hired in STEM departments. $450,000.00.  | 
    
    
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      | 2004-Present | 
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      Chair, National Advisory Committee and  Researcher. Pilot study on Leadership and Diversity. Funded by the Ford  Foundation. National Council for Research on Women. New York | 
    
    
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      | 2002-Present | 
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      Research on the “Role of Non -Tenured Full-Time  Faculty and Governance.” | 
    
    
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      | 1997-1998 | 
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      Ford Foundation Campus - Community Diversity  Relations project (worked with Project Director).The City College, CUNY. | 
    
    
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      | 1988-1989 | 
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      National Study on Campus Climate for Black Women  in Higher Education. Sponsored by the Association  of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women; worked with National  Project Director, Dr. Bernice Sandler.  | 
    
    
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      | 1986-1989 | 
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      Pilot study on "Comparative Sex Role  Perceptions: North American Black and Hispanic College Students." | 
    
    
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      | 1982-1984 | 
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      Cross-cultural study of “Family  Planning and Methods of Birth Control. U.S. Caribbean-Pacific Islands. | 
    
    
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      | 1981-1982 | 
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      Study of “Relative Priority of Ethnic and Sexual  Identity of Black and Mexican- American Women in Southern California.” | 
    
    
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      | 1973-1974 | 
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      Ethnographic study in the British  West Indies on the Island of Montserrat. Study focused on immigration,  decision-making and sex roles of working women. Funded by a Ford Foundation Grant (Dissertation). | 
    
    
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      | 1971 Summer | 
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      Study of the effects of change  (the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline) on the Alaskan natives of Valdez, Alaska. Funded by University of California  Chancellor's Grant.  | 
    
    
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      |  1971 Spring | 
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      Attitudinal Study of Blacks living in a  predominately white community in Southern California. Funded by a University of California  Chancellor's Grant |