Janaka Lewis – Gambrell Fellow

Congratulations to Prof. Janaka Lewis, just named a Gambrell Faculty Fellow for the project:
Searching for Stability: The Pandemics Impact on Black Women and their Families in Charlotte.

It has been said many times during the past 18 months that while we’re all in the same storm, we’re not in the same boat. The pandemic shook our worlds unequally, with the greatest impacts in health, housing, education

Dr. Tehia Starker Glass (Cato College of Education), and Dr. Lewis, who are part of a team of three self-described ‘mother-scholars,’ plan to follow housing-insecure families headed by Black women, working with a community liaison who specializes in transient populations. They will seek to understand the women’s experiences, lift up their resilience, and examine policies that can help provide stability, security, and equity.