Social justice and the research curriculum

This article presents a study of justice as a concept and value in the rese arch curriculum. Twelve researchers and research instructors were asked to define justice, discuss how it informed their work, and indicate whether a justice focus required special topics, theories, or methods. The conceptual literature on justice, research textbooks, and syllabi were reviewed. Most respondents defined justice broadly, and did not perceive certain topics, theories, or methods as more relevant to justice than others. Further, just ice was not systematically discussed in classes, syllabi, and textbooks. Qu estions for future investigation and implications for social work educators are discussed.