Psychologist Courtney D. Cogburn focuses her work on how racism contributes to racial inequalities in health. With support from a Magic Grant through the Brown Institute, Courtney and a team of researchers at Columbia and Stanford University have been using virtual reality to help people experience the complexities of racism to not only encourage them
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1000 Cut’s member on VR and Social Change
Stanford University faculty and 1000 Cut Magic Grant member Prof. Jeremy Bailenson was recently among those cited and quoted in an August 1 USA Today Article entitled “New breed of VR pushes for social change.” The article examines how this emerging platform is being used as an instrument for letting participants examine their conceptions of
FB Live event on telling race-related stories
Professors Courtney Cogburn and Desmond Patton are going LIVE on CSSW’s Facebook page to talk about the projects they are doing with the help of two Magic Grants from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Professor Cogburn’s project took place this past year. she will report on what it was like to create a visceral