Mike Stout

Mike Stout is the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Family and Community Policy at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Dr. Stout works in partnership with communities to address public problems using research-based, community-centered approaches to building a more equitable and vibrant democratic society. This is primarily accomplished in two ways: 1) in collaboration with organizations, coalitions, and individuals to build organizational capacity for using participatory research methods to design, implement, and evaluate community-centered programs and initiatives; 2) through engagement with communities to incorporate the principles and practice of dialogue and deliberation into efforts to identify and tackle complex public problems. Dr. Stout's research focuses on the ways social and economic inequities restrict access to valuable resources and opportunities in communities and result in systemic disparities in health outcomes and economic mobility. His work is primarily community-based, and he works collaboratively to develop and implement equitable participatory processes for understanding and addressing complex public issues. Dr. Stout uses public deliberation and participatory research to engage communities in identifying and addressing important public issues.

Research Interests:

inequality; social capital; public deliberation; civil dialogue; democracy; public policy; public health; health disparities; community capacity building; policy, systems, and environment (PSE)