Past Civic Engagement Awardees

Associate Director of Neighborhood Initiative, Great Cities Institute, Urban Planning and Public Affairs

“Chicago participatory Budgeting next Generation Platform”

Department of Criminology, Law and Justice, Liberal Arts and Sciences

“Utilizing Social Advocacy Research to Explore the Effects of Policing on Community Health”

Department of Public Administration, Urban Planning and Public Affairs   

“Public Opinion Surveys and Democratic Process Among Young Adults: Attitudes, Beliefs, Knowledge, and Behavior”

Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Coordinator of Literacy, Language, and Culture (LLC) PhD program, Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) Curriculum & Instruction Education

“Amplifying Latinx Families’ Language Education Rights: Luchando for Urban Dual Language Bilingual Education”

Department of English, Liberal Arts and Science        

“Hannah Arendt on Rhetoric: Democracy Under the influence of Social Media”

Department of Curriculum & Instruction Education      

“Educators Writing to Change the World”

“Building a Community History Corps for Chicago”

Department of Public Administration

“Inclusive Open Government Data Implementation for Environmental Justice: Enhancing Community Stakeholder’s Voice”

“Motivating Change: Understanding the Costs of Chicago’s Current Redistricting Process”

UIC Energy Initiative

“Accelerating University-Community Partnerships for Climate Justice”

Department of Urban Planning and Policy

“Enhancing Public Engagement in Municipal Transportation Decisions”

Department of Sociology/College of Letters and Sciences

“Social Autopsy of COVID-19 in Chicago”

Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy

“The State of Racial Justice for Arab Americans in Chicago “

Gender and Women’s Studies and the Global Asian Studies Program/Department of Anthropology

“Integrating Mothers of Color into Policy Processes on Prisons and Immigration”

Department of Education/ Educational Policy Studies

“Mental Health & Anti-Terrorism Initiatives: A Community Mapping Project”

Department of Urban Planning and Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

“Community Awareness Campaign and Advocacy for Addressing Food Insecurities and Wastage”

Department of Sociology/ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

“Policing in Chicago Research Group: CPD Gang Database”

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Department of Health Policy and Administration/ School of Public Health

“Organizationally Mediated Social Capital, Community Engagement, and Medically Underserved Areas”

Department of Public Affairs/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

“Assessing the Impact of Technology on Voter Participation”

Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

“Racial Wealth Disparities among the Middle-Class in Chicago”

Department of Community Health Sciences/ School of Public Health

“Empowering Latinas through Health-Related Community Development and Civic Engagement”

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Department of Disability & Human Development/ College of Applied Health Sciences

“Citizenship Rights: Increasing Voting Access and Engagement Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities”

Department of Educational Psychology/ College of Education

“Supporting the Needs of Immigrant-Origin Students to Foster Civic Engagement: A Participatory Action Research Project”

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Jane Addams College of Social Work

“Engaging Parents and Supporting Students”

Department of Art History/ College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts

“Illinois Deaths in Custody Project: An Analysis of Online Reporting and Eulogizing”

Department of Disability and Human Studies/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Training Parents of Students with Disabilities: Using Technology to Enhance Civic Engagement”

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Department of Computer Science/College of Engineering 
“Big Data Integration to Enable Citizen Participation in Smart Cities”

Occupational Therapy/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Participatory Action Research in the Disability Community to Address Societal Disparities in Community Living and Participation”

Institute for Health Research and Policy/School of Public Health 
“Playground Renovations and Social Capital on Youth Park Use and Physical Activity”

Department of Communication/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
“The Effects of Social Media Networks on Civic Participation”

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“New African Diasporas”

Department of Public Administration/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Nonprofits and Voter Registration”

Kinesiology and Nutrition/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Civic Engagement and Food Justice”

Urban Planning and Policy/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Urban Informatics Big Data and Community Engagement”

 Urban Planning and Policy/College or Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Chicago Participatory Budgeting Research Project”

Department of Managerial Studies/ College of Business Administration
“Engaging Discussions Regarding the Emerging Digital Library”

Department of Philosophy/ College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
“Taking the Engagement in Civic Engagement Seriously: a Framework”

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Department of Public Administration/ College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs
“Creating Pathways: Factors Influencing Successful Transition of Underrepresented Students in Higher Education into Public Service”

Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA)/ Department of Public Administration/ College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs
“Helping Citizens Understand Options to Deal with Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis”

Department of Urban Planning and Policy/ College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs
“Community Foundations/Foundations of Community”

Department of Disability & Human Development/ College of Applied Heath Sciences
“Civic Engagement and Disability: using advocacy and technology to advance the political participation of people with disabilities”

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Department of Computer Science/ College of Engineering
“Co Census: Collaborative Exploration of Social Data in Social Spaces”

Department of Sociology & Asian American Studies/ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Civic and Community Engagement of Filipinos in Chicago”

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Department of Sociology & Latin American & Latino Studies/ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“The Interplay between Public and Private Actors in Shaping Local Immigration Policy”

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Department of Urban Planning & Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Becoming Citizens: Youth e-Engagement in Civic and Public Policy”

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