A Select Bibliography of Readings on Community-Based Research

Curated by: Clayton Hurd, Director of Community Engaged Research, Stanford University 

Definitions and Promising Practices
Research Validity and Bias in CBR
Addressing damaging (colonial) legacies of higher education institutions’ research in/on communities:
  • Bailey, M., Bailey, V., Green, K., & Johnson, J. M. (2015). “Dismantling The Ivory Tower: A How-To Guide for POC Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing“. Detroit, MI: Allied Media Conference.
  • *Chicago Beyond (2019). Why Am I Always Being Researched? A Guidebook for Community Organizations, Researchers, and Funders to Help Us Get from Insufficient Understanding to More Authentic Truth. Chicago Beyond Equity Series, Volume 1, Read pp. 1 - 26.
  • *Hall, Budd L. and Rajesh Tandon (2017). Decolonization of Knowledge, Epistemicide, Participatory Research and Higher Education, Research for All, 1(1), 6-19.
  • Tuck, E. (2009). Suspending damage: A letter to communities. Harvard Educational Review, 79(3), 409–427. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.n0016675661t3n15 
  • *Tuck, E. and K.W. Yang. 
    • (2014b). ‘R-Words: Refusing Research’ in D. Paris and M. T. Winn (Eds.) Humanizing Research: Decolonizing Qualitative Inquiry with Youth and Communities. Thousand Oakes, CA: Sage Publications.
    • Tuck., E. & Yang, K.W. (2013). Uncollapsing ethics: Racialized scientism, settler colonialism, and an ethical framework for decolonial participatory action research.
Positionality and Power in CBR
Skills/Competencies of Community Engaged Researchers
Asset-Based Community Development and CBR
  • Kretzman, J. and McKnight, J. (1993). Building communities from the inside out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community’s assets. Chicago, Illinois: ACTA Publications
  • Case studies: 
    • Dyrness, Andrea (2008). “Research for change versus research as change: Lessons from a mujerista participatory research team.” Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 39(1), 23–44
    • Roe, K., Minkler, M., and Saunders, F. (1995). “Combining research, advocacy, and education: The methods of the grandparent caregiver study.” Health Education Quarterly, 22(4): 458-475.
Research dissemination and community capacity building
  • Shirk, J. L., H. L. Ballard, C. C. Wilderman, T. Phillips, A. Wiggins, R. Jordan, E. McCallie, M.Minarchek, B. V. Lewenstein, M. E. Krasny, and R. Bonney (2012).  Public participation in scientific research: a framework for deliberate design. Ecology and Society 17(2): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-04705-170229
  • Roe, K., Minkler, M., and Saunders, F. (1995). “Combining research, advocacy, and education: The methods of the grandparent caregiver study.” Health Education Quarterly, 22(4): 458-475.
  • McDavitt B, Bogart LM, Mutchler MG, Wagner GJ, Green HD Jr, Lawrence SJ, et al. (2016) Dissemination as Dialogue: Building Trust and Sharing Research Findings Through Community Engagement. Prev Chronic Dis 13:150473. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150473
  • Recommended Resource:  Community Alliance for Research and Engagement [CARE] (n.d.). Beyond Scientific Publication: Strategies for Disseminating Research Findings. New Haven, CT: Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.
Anti-Racist CBR