Past Civic Engagement Awardees
Past Civic Engagement Awardees include the following: Heading link
The Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement is pleased to have supported the following research projects:
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Jennifer Brier, PhD
Gender and Women’s Studies Program and Department of History
“Building a Community History Corps for Chicago”
Federica Fusi, PhD
Department of Public Administration
“Inclusive Open Government Data Implementation for Environmental Justice: Enhancing Community Stakeholder’s Voice”
Chris Kanich, PhD
Department of Computer Science
“Motivating Change: Understanding the Costs of Chicago’s Current Redistricting Process”
Elizabeth A. Kócs, PhD, MBA
UIC Energy Initiative
“Accelerating University-Community Partnerships for Climate Justice”
Kate Lowe, PhD
Department of Urban Planning and Policy
“Enhancing Public Engagement in Municipal Transportation Decisions”
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Claire Laurier Decoteau
Department of Sociology/College of Letters and Sciences
“Social Autopsy of COVID-19 in Chicago”
Faith R. Kares
Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy
“The State of Racial Justice for Arab Americans in Chicago “
Nadine Naber
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”
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Nicole Nguyen
Department of Education/ Educational Policy Studies
“Mental Health & Anti-Terrorism Initiatives: A Community Mapping Project”
Kathleen Yang-Clayton & Janet Smith
Department of Public Affairs & Department of Urban Planning and Policy/ College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs
“Census 2020: Redistricting and the Future of Democracy in Illinois”
Thea Crum
Great Cities Institute/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Chicago Participatory Budgeting in Schools: Toolkit Development”
Ning Ai
Department of Urban Planning and Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Community Awareness Campaign and Advocacy for Addressing Food Insecurities and Wastage”
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Andy Clarno
Department of Sociology/ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Policing in Chicago Research Group: CPD Gang Database”
Sage Kim
Department of Health Policy and Administration/ School of Public Health
“Organizationally Mediated Social Capital, Community Engagement, and Medically Underserved Areas”
Kelly LeRoux
Department of Public Affairs/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Assessing the Impact of Technology on Voter Participation”
Amanda Lewis
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Racial Wealth Disparities among the Middle-Class in Chicago”
Yamilé Molina
Department of Community Health Sciences/ School of Public Health
“Empowering Latinas through Health-Related Community Development and Civic Engagement”
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Carli Friedman
Department of Disability & Human Development/ College of Applied Health Sciences
“Citizenship Rights: Increasing Voting Access and Engagement Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities”
Dalal Katsiaficas
Department of Educational Psychology/ College of Education
“Supporting the Needs of Immigrant-Origin Students to Foster Civic Engagement: A Participatory Action Research Project”
Cassandra McKay-Jackson
Jane Addams College of Social Work
“Engaging Parents and Supporting Students”
Therese Quinn
Department of Art History/ College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
“Illinois Deaths in Custody Project: An Analysis of Online Reporting and Eulogizing”
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Brian Grossman
“Know Your Rights, Illinois: Civic Engagement and Social Security for Older Gays andLesbians after Windsor”Susan Magasi
“Developing Knowledge Translation Collaboratives to Promote Healthcare Justice forPeople with Disabilities”Nathan Phillips
“Supporting Evidence-Based Argumentation from Spatial Data in Schools”Janet L Smith
“The Neighborhood Change Project”Sultan Tepe
“Assessment of the Declining Civic Capacity of Muslim Immigrant Women and the Impact of a Religiously Responsive Civic Training Program” -
Meghan Burke
Department of Disability and Human Studies/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Training Parents of Students with Disabilities: Using Technology to Enhance Civic Engagement”Isabel Cruz
Department of Computer Science/College of Engineering
“Big Data Integration to Enable Citizen Participation in Smart Cities”Joy Hammel
Occupational Therapy/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Participatory Action Research in the Disability Community to Address Societal Disparities in Community Living and Participation”Sandy Slater
Institute for Health Research and Policy/School of Public Health
“Playground Renovations and Social Capital on Youth Park Use and Physical Activity”Elaine Yuan
Department of Communication/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“The Effects of Social Media Networks on Civic Participation” -
Lynette Jackson
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“New African Diasporas”Kelly LeRoux
Department of Public Administration/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Nonprofits and Voter Registration”Angela Odoms-Young
Kinesiology and Nutrition/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Civic Engagement and Food Justice”Piyushimita Thakuriah
Urban Planning and Policy/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Urban Informatics Big Data and Community Engagement”Rachel Weber
Urban Planning and Policy/College or Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Chicago Participatory Budgeting Research Project” -
Eugene Fregetto
Department of Managerial Studies/ College of Business Administration
“Engaging Discussions Regarding the Emerging Digital Library”Anthony Laden
Department of Philosophy/ College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
“Taking the Engagement in Civic Engagement Seriously: a Framework”Margaret LaPorte
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”David Merriman
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”David Perry
Department of Urban Planning and Policy/ College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs
“Community Foundations/Foundations of Community” -
Sarah Parker Harris
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”Leilah Lyons
Department of Computer Science/ College of Engineering
“Co Census: Collaborative Exploration of Social Data in Social Spaces”Anna Guevarra
Department of Sociology & Asian American Studies/ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Civic and Community Engagement of Filipinos in Chicago”Nilda Flores-Gonzalez
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”Kheir Al-Kodmany
Department of Urban Planning & Policy/ College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Becoming Citizens: Youth e-Engagement in Civic and Public Policy”