Research in the Service of Community — with Tiffany Muller Myrdahl and Brett Stoudt

On this special edition of Below the Radar, guest host Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (SFU Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and SFU Urban Studies) interviews Brett Stoudt. Brett came to Vancouver in early 2020 to give a workshop on participatory action research based on the work and research that he does at the City University of New York. In this episode, Tiffany and Brett talk about what participatory action research is, the Public Science Project and Morris Justice Project, and what it means to do research with and for the community rather than on it. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/55-tiffany-muller-myrdahl-brett-stoudt.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/55-tiffany-muller-myrdahl-brett-stoudt.html Learn more about the projects that Tiffany and Brett discuss here: Public Science Project: https://publicscienceproject.org/ Morris Justice Project: http://morrisjustice.org/ Learn more about SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) here: https://sfu.ca/ceri.html Take a listen back to our interview with Tiffany Muller Myrdahl on her work and research here: https://soundcloud.com/sfu_voce/btr-episode-35-tiffany-muller-myrdahl Bio: Brett G. Stoudt, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Doctoral Program at the City University of New York, Graduate Center where he heads the Ph.D. program in Critical Social/Personality and Environmental Psychology. Dr. Stoudt has worked on numerous participatory action research projects with community groups, lawyers, and policy-makers nationally and internationally. His interests include the social psychology of privilege and oppression as well as the human impact of the criminal justice system. He is also interested in critical methodologies, particularly critical approaches to quantitative research. Dr. Stoudt’s work has been published in volumes such as Geographies of Privilege as well as journals such as The Journal of Social Issues. He is the recipient of The Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service from The Society for the Psychology Study of Social Issues. He has also received the Haupert Humanitarian Award from Moravian College and, with his participatory collective, received the Truth to Power Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research from the Education Node of the Urban Research-Based Action Network. Dr. Stoudt is currently the Associate Director of the Public Science Project. He is also actively involved with Communities United for Police Reform as a steering committee member. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University on unceded Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw, Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilwətaɁɬ), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory, Vancouver, Canada. She completed a master’s in public policy, followed by a doctorate in geography with a certificate in feminist studies from the University of Minnesota. Her research examines urban inequalities and inclusion strategies, especially those targeting LGBTQ2S people and women. She serves on the board of Women in Cities International, a Montreal-based NGO focused on enabling all self-identified women and girls to lead in the creation of safe, inclusive, and equitable cities and communities. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Myrdahl, Tiffany. “Research in the Service of Community — with Tiffany Muller Myrdahl and Brett Stoudt.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, June 16, 2020. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/55-tiffany-muller-myrdahl-brett-stoudt.html.