The purpose of Residents for Respectful Research (R3) is to assure that public housing residents understand, have input to, and benefit from research conducted on/with public housing residents – whether that is by senior faculty or students. There is widespread concern among public housing residents of how research data are used, and how their lives are represented. In addition to rarely receiving the benefits of research done in their communities, uncoordinated research places time burdens on residents. For example, many have to answer basic demographic, economic or health status questions whenever a project gets started.
Why does Resident for Respectful Research need to exist?
- Historically, low-wealth, Black and Brown bodies have been used for research that has at times been detrimental to their health, such as the Tuskegee Experiments, or enriched others, like HeLa cells.
- Here in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia constantly performs research on our residents.
- On January 23, 2010, Dr. Holly Edwards & Karen Waters spoke truth to power on this subject at the Paramount Theater on a panel with University Professor James Childress, director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life.
PHAR, in using the below template provided by the Equity Center, promotes and recognizes the important and invaluable contributions, perspectives and knowledge of our community members, elders, leaders, and knowledge keepers. We hold ourselves in a place of truth, honesty, respect, and reciprocity with our community relationships which extends into how we equitably exchange knowledge and expertise for compensation.
UVA Honorarium Definition: A honorarium is a token of appreciation paid to an individual for services performed when payment is not required. The arrangement between the individual is informal. It does not involve a contract, and invoicing is not required.
| Service/Knowledge Provided from Community Expert | UVA “Academic” Equivalent | Average time commitment | Compensation Exchanged |
| Participation in a panel discussion | Professor | 1 hour of time 1 plus planning (using $75 per hour rate) | $150 per panel member |
| Advising program design, program implementation, data analysis or program evaluation, | Program Evaluator or TA Provider | Varies, 5+ hours (depending using $75 per hour rate) | $375 |
| Community mentoring | College/Career Advisor | 15+ hours | $500 |
| Facilitator of a discussion | Visiting Professor/Special Guest | Average rate of facilitation is between $200 per hour for 2 hours of prep + discussion time | $600 |
| Leadership committee (chair or co-chair), knowledge group, or community knowledge council | Professor, Consultant | Ongoing, yearly, or quarterly commitment. | $5,000 |
| Participation in a committee, knowledge group, or community knowledge council | Professor | Ongoing, yearly, or quarterly commitment. | $550 |
| Co-researcher | Professor, Research Specialist | $75 per hour | Budgeted based on length and scope of research project. Could also be an invoiced service. |
| Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Elder, or Spiritual Advisor | M.D. or Clinical Psychologist | $100+ per hour | Per hour rate of services rendered for the community or knowledge exchanged. |
