{"id":7,"date":"2025-12-18T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:02:39","slug":"research-and-community-of-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Community of Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hiatt-community-of-inquiry\">Hiatt community of inquiry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The Hiatt Center for Urban Education is growing a community of inquiry among youth, school- and neighborhood-based educators, and university academics and students dedicated to creating educational spaces for youth to engage the world, inquire into possibilities, and become creators of new realities.&nbsp; By cultivating a research community that brings together multiple participants, perspectives, and methods, our focus is on building the deep human relationships and generating the practices, knowledge, and innovations needed to support more equitable and meaningful education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-2c14e10a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/clark-led-research-and-projects\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Clark-led research and projects<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/youth-led-research-and-projects\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Youth-led research and projects<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/educator-led-research-and-projects\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Educator-led research and projects<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cultivating-a-community\">Cultivating a community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-clarku-block-tabs clarku__tabs_5575f01d\"><ul class=\"clarku__tab-labels\" role=\"tablist\" aria-label=\"tabbed content\"><li id=\"\" class=\"clarku__tab-label active\" role=\"tab\"><strong>Supporting our research<\/strong><\/li><li id=\"\" class=\"clarku__tab-label\" role=\"tab\"><strong>Connecting researchers<\/strong><\/li><li id=\"\" class=\"clarku__tab-label\" role=\"tab\"><strong>Broadening connections<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"clarku__tab-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-child-tab clarku__tab-panel\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"<strong&gt;Supporting our research<\/strong&gt;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>No matter where you are in your research journey, explore some of the ways that the Hiatt Center can support you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Getting started<\/summary>\n<p>Youth, school- and community-based researchers and university academics come into the Hiatt Community of Inquiry through a variety of entry-points.&nbsp; Although each COI participant may not have come in calling themselves \u201cresearchers,\u201d they had questions or issues they were grappling with, or a desire for action in the neighborhood, or a focus on their teaching practice.&nbsp; The Hiatt Community of Inquiry is enriched by all sorts of inquiry and forms of participation. If you are interested in learning more, then please email <a href=\"mailto:hiattcenterforurbaned@gmail.com\">hiattcenterforurbaned@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Resources for research<\/summary>\n<p>Since different types of research require different tools, materials, and supports, the Hiatt Community of Inquiry connects you with a diverse array of resources for your research. Resources include spaces to share your work with university and school-based thought-partners; Clark courses and internships; mentors for conference proposals and various types of publications; and events connecting you with research being done across Worcester and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Grant development assistance for local and national funders<\/summary>\n<p>There is value in having social and financial support for your work. The Hiatt Center can offer support to COI participants who wish to apply for research and implementation grants from local and national funders. Grant development assistance includes facilitating workshops, working with you to seek out potential grant opportunities and to build strong narratives of your work, making connections with possible community partners, and helping to administer your grants.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-youth-research-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-youth-research-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-youth-research-1-300x225.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-youth-research-1-768x576.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-child-tab clarku__tab-panel\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"<strong&gt;Connecting researchers<\/strong&gt;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Power to transform education comes from finding ways of working together to advance our understanding and amplify the impact of our actions. The Hiatt Center works with COI researchers to develop various means of making the processes and products of the COI\u2019s work visible and available for interaction among participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Research summits<\/summary>\n<p>The Hiatt Community of Inquiry (COI) Research Summits bring together youth, school-and community-based educators, and academics to share their ongoing research, to exchange ideas, and to build community. Participants share research ideas that are just beginning to take shape to inquiry that has been deepening over multiple years. For example, in the Hiatt COI Summer Celebration researchers come together around a meal and poster presentations. COI participants and the broader public learn about the variety of research occurring across the community of inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Cultivating research collaboratives<\/summary>\n<p>Research collaboratives meet regularly as a group toward developing research practices and deepening understanding. Hiatt research collaboratives include data circles, YPAR (youth participatory action research) teams, book groups exploring innovative teaching practices, and curriculum teams.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Coffee Talks<\/summary>\n<p>Coffee talks provide an informal means for Community of Inquiry (COI) participants to work out ideas with a variety of thought-partners. Hiatt Center staff can help you to coordinate a coffee talk at a community location, school, or at Clark University.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Events bringing together Worcester-based researchers<\/summary>\n<p>Each year, the Hiatt Center supports a variety of events that bring together local researchers, including workshops centered on youth research and teacher research. For upcoming events, please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/\">News and Events on our homepage<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hiatt_center\/?hl=en\">follow us at Hiatt Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-faculty-led-research-block2.avif\" alt=\"educators around table\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-faculty-led-research-block2.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-faculty-led-research-block2-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-faculty-led-research-block2-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-child-tab clarku__tab-panel\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"<strong&gt;Broadening connections<\/strong&gt;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>It is also critical to work beyond our local communities in order to connect and learn with the public and with other communities of urban ed. researchers regionally, nationally, and internationally. The Hiatt Center provides various supports for broadening connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Journal for Youth Scholarship (JOYS)<\/summary>\n<p>The Journal of Youth Scholarship (JOYS) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal for youth authors run by a youth editorial board. JOYS provides an institutional platform for youth voices across genres through publishing research, essays, memoirs, and creative writing. Youth-produced knowledge is important, powerful, and relevant. Our goal is to create space that empowers youth work to be used as classroom resources, outlets for creativity and exploration, and sources of inspiration and camaraderie for youth everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/joys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Visit the JOYS website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Annual Hiatt Youth Summit on Race and Education<\/summary>\n<p>This annual youth summit brings together secondary level students from across Massachusetts to explore various issues that are important to young people. In the past, the youth summit has provided opportunities for attendees to engage in dialogue about the power of youth to make changes in their community and schools, racism and inequity in public schools, and the role that race and class plays in shaping the educational experiences of young people across the nation. The youth summit planned by the Hiatt Youth Council.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Annual Lee Gurel Research Exchange<\/summary>\n<p>Each year, the Gurel Lecture brings a national leader in education to Clark University. Building on the center\u2019s practice of creating spaces where knowledge and research can be co-constructed and shared, the Hiatt Center supports \u201cresearch exchanges\u201d among the Gurel Lecturer and COI participants. These exchanges have included poster sessions where youth share their ongoing research, meals offering connection on a dialogic level, and site visits engaging participants in the multi-layered work that is ongoing on our community. The Gurel Research Exchanges also build sustaining relationships with education leaders across the country whose work can support, challenge, and broaden our own perspectives and experiences.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Engaging the broader network of educational researchers<\/summary>\n<p>Local researchers benefit from opportunities to exchange ideas and collaborate with other educational researchers and stakeholders regionally, nationally, and internationally. &nbsp;The Hiatt Community of Inquiry continues to explore a variety of forms of collaboration and public sharing through presenting at conferences (COI youth, school- and community-based researchers&nbsp;have been particularly visible at the UPENN Ethnography Conference, AERA, and&nbsp;Free Minds, Free People) , publishing their research, participating in online communities and forms of public media, and building partnerships through visits to community-based research sites.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-broadening-connections-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-broadening-connections-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-broadening-connections-1-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-for-urban-education-broadening-connections-1-768x513.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-hiatt-coi-research\">Hiatt COI research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/youth-led-research-and-projects\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"young teen showing his poster from his project\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-youth-led-block.avif\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-youth-led-research-and-projects\">Youth-led research and projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes youth-initiated investigations and research carried out by youth engaged in school-based and community-based projects.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/educator-led-research-and-projects\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"youth dancing\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/hiatt-center-educator-led-research.avif\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-educator-led-research-and-projects\">Educator-led research and projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes research carried out by educators from Pre K-12 schools and community-based settings.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/research-and-community-of-inquiry\/clark-led-research-and-projects\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"large meeting in ASEC building\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/clark-led-block.avif\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clark-led-research-and-projects\">Clark-led research and projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes research carried out primarily by Clark academics and students.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull abut-end has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-building-relationships-and-building-knowledge\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Building relationships and building knowledge<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"splide cu_carousel\" id=\"cu_carousel_0\" aria-label=\"Basic Structure Example\">\n    <div class=\"splide__track\">\n        <div class=\"splide__list\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/Hiatt-ArtInquiryClub1.Clark-University.avif\" alt=\"students in classroom setting\" class=\"wp-image-60\" 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