Research and Writing

WRI’s Access to Education Research Project with Professor Sam stabler—department of sociology. Overarching goal to administer survey instrument & convene focus groups to document WRI’s impact regarding supporting students’ ongoing education access, matriculation and graduation.

Prep & Planning sessions with WRI student leaders to discuss research goals, purpose, plans for data collection, analyses, & documentation of outcomes.

Review, update, and finalize the research survey instrument that was originally designed by Cohort 23 students and EJP 2nd-year law students. The survey has been updated & expanded based on input from WRI student leaders, and Professor Sam's capstone students.

Engage research assistants to document WRI’s models & the organization’s 3 decades of transformational work that has impacted the welfare & education landscape in New York State. Ongoing archiving/cataloging of core WRI’s documents, includes expansion of oral history project.

Take a look below at the results of our research presented in May 2026: