Research and Reports

Reflecting the University’s deep commitment to the Washington, DC community, Georgetown faculty, staff, and students engage in a diverse array of research initiatives that address pressing issues in the District.  Recent reports include:

• Eviction in Washington, DC: Racial and Geographic Disparities in Housing Instability (McCourt School of Public Policy, 2020)
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• DC’s Public School Lottery: A Look Forward, A Look Back (FutureEd, McCourt School of Policy, 2019)
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• The UBER Workplace in DC (Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, 2019)

• A Policymaker’s Playbook for Transforming Teaching (FutureEd, McCourt School of Public Policy, 2018)

• Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Racial Equity: Impact Assessment of Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’ Putting Racism on the Table Learning Series (Center for Public and Non-Profit Leadership, McCourt School of Public Policy, 2018)
• Beyond the Walls: a Look at Girls in DC’s Juvenile Justice System (Juvenile Justice Initiative, Georgetown University Law Center, 2018)
• State of African Americans in DC: Employment (McCourt School of Public Policy, 2017)
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• State of African Americans in DC: Health Disparities (School of Nursing and Health Studies, 2016)
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• Integrating the Undocumented Community: a Qualitative Exploration of the Process for Obtaining DC’s Limited Purpose Driver’s License (Center for Social Justice, 2016)