Tonya D. Lindsey
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About Tonya
Lindsey’s research responds to the priorities of California’s policymakers and covers topics such as housing and homelessness, climate and clean energy, healthcare access, technology and AI, transportation, and employment and labor. She uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to answer pressing policy questions. Lindsey is the Project Director of CRB Nexus at the California Research Bureau, where she leads efforts to connect public scholars with state policymakers and promote evidence-informed decision-making. She is also a lecturer at California State University, Chico and a research affiliate with the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley.
Contributions
Women on Corporate Boards: Increasing in California but Still Underrepresented
Publications
Works to support making the sound implementation of the nation's strongest pay equity law a priority by creating a Pay Equity Task Force. Aims to create practical, thorough, and widely applicable guidelines for proactive compliance.
Describes international, national, and California programs to increase the number of women board directors, analyzes women directors by location and industry, and offers options California could undertake to increase women's representation on corporate boards.
Presents information about mental and economic health of older Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs). Finds that a larger percentage of APIs experienced less social connection in some ways and more economic insecurity than other Californians.
Presents demographic information about Californians in media occupations, describes the representation of women and men in each occupation, and compares their median personal incomes to their representation. Finds that, where only one of the studied occupations exhibits parity in both representation and income, most of the occupations have a disparity between women and men's representation and incomes.
Reveals patterns in the willingness of inmates to racially integrate. Suggests that, contrary to inmates' and officers' beliefs, race category is not a significant predictor of inmates' willingness to integrate. Shows that inmates with safety concerns and those who are older are more willing to participate in integration and gang members are less willing to do so. Discusses how the results point to the importance of analyses that include those processed in the criminal justice system. Provides important evidence that can inform criminal justice policy and practice.