Hill Diversity
The Joint Center’s Hill Diversity Program analyzes racial diversity of congressional staff. See below for our research, analysis, and activities.
Op-Ed: Why the Senate Must Strengthen Its Leadership Pipeline
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Joint Center Senior Researcher Dr. LaShonda Brenson penned a joint op-ed right after the Senate Democrats’ staff diversity survey release and builds on our Senate committee report.It argues that while recent data…
Joint Center Ranks Democratic Senators on 2026 Staff Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2026 Contact: Kennedy Fortner, kennedy.fortner@jointcenter.org Victoria Johnson, victoria.johnson@jointcenter.org Joint Center Ranks Democratic Senators on 2026 Staff Diversity Senators Alsobrooks (MD), Blunt Rochester (DE), Ossoff (GA), Warnock (GA), and Van Hollen (MD) have the…
Joint Center Senate Committee Report Highlighted in Roll Call
The Joint Center report “Unrepresented: Black and Latino Leadership Among Senate Committee Top Staff,” which examines racial and ethnic diversity among Senate committee staff directors, deputy staff directors, chief counsels,…
Digging Deeper: 2026 Senate Democratic Caucus Diversity Numbers
On July 31, 2026, the Senate Democratic Caucus released an update of its demographic data on Democratic staff (find 2026 numbers here and 2025 numbers here). The analysis below ranks…
Inside Black Policy: Government Diversity – July 2026
The Philadelphia Tribune Features Joint Center Senate Committee Staff Diversity Report
The Philadelphia Tribune features the Joint Center’s “Unrepresented: Black and Latino Leadership Among Senate Committee Top Staff” report. From the article: “The staff who lead Senate committee offices help shape…
Inside Black Policy: Government Diversity – June 2026
Unrepresented: Black and Latino Leadership Among Senate Committee Top Staff
While senators make the final decisions for their offices, top committee staff wield significant influence due to their deep subject matter expertise in specific policy areas. Corporations, advocacy organizations, news…
The Joint Center Releases New Analysis of Black and Latina/o Representation Among Senate Committee Top Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2026 Contact: Kennedy Fortner, kennedy.fortner@jointcenter.org The Joint Center Releases New Analysis of Black and Latina/o Representation Among Senate Committee Top Staff New report examines racial and ethnic diversity among Senate committee staff…
Inside Black Policy: Government Diversity – May 2026