CURA is pleased to announce the recipients of this year′s Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs and Community Action Research Grant.
J'Mag Karbeah from the School of Public Health is the 2025-2026 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs with this project, Racial Discrimination, Gender, and Ethnic Identity: Identifying Potential Effect Modifiers to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Black Youth.
Additionally, two Community Action Research Grant proposals were funded:
- Sarah Hoffman (School of Nursing) Enhancing Equitable Access to Forensic Healthcare: Leveraging Data and Community Engagement to Improve SANE Services for Minnesota Populations
- Ceema Samimi (School of Social Work) The Inclusion Project: A school discipline community of practice
The Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs and Community Action Research Grant programs connect University of Minnesota faculty expertise with community needs through funded research partnerships.
The Fesler-Lampert Chair provides one-year support for faculty research on Minnesota urban and regional issues, with past projects examining urban environmental policy, employee retention, and technology impacts on rural communities.
The Community Action Research Grant encourages faculty to partner directly with Minnesota community organizations to address critical regional concerns spanning criminal justice, housing, environment, healthcare, and other social issues.
Both programs exemplify CURA's commitment to leveraging university resources for community-driven change, producing scholarship that informs policy and practice while building meaningful connections between academic expertise and community knowledge.
The research from these projects will be published in The CURA Reporter.
