Friday Morning Seminars - Spring 2016
Spring 2016
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| January 22nd | Migration into Elderhood: Studying Aging in Puerto Rican Chicago | Mérida M. Rúa, Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and American Studies, Williams College |
| January 29th | Proviso Partners for Health: A Multi-sector Coalition to Address Childhood Obesity | Lena Hatchett, Assistant Professor, Director of Community and University Partnerships Neiswanger Institute of Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus; Carolyn Johnson, Community Representative and Coordinator, Proviso Partners for Health |
| February 5th | Challenges for Small Business Lending in the US | Jonathan Brereton, CEO, Accion Chicago |
| February 12th | Engaged Communication Research for Advocacy and Social Change: Reimagining Urban Space in L.A.'s Diverse Communities | George Villanueva, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Loyola University Chicago |
| February 19th | Restorative Justice in Schools | Brielle Siskin, Megan Delaney, Restorative Justice practitioners, Umoja Student Development Corporation |
| February 26th | US General Services’ Role in Being an Economic Catalyst | Ann P. Kalayil, General Services Administration, Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region |
| March 4th | No Seminar | |
| March 11th | Spring Break - No Seminar | |
| March 18th | Socioeconomic Determinants of Self-Reported and Measured Hypertension among Ghanaian Men and Women: Implications for a Country in Transition | Helena Dagadu, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago |
| March 25th | Good Friday - No Seminar | |
| April 1st | Inhabited Institutions in New Destinations: Two Communities Respond to New Immigration | Judson Everitt, Advanced Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago |
| April 8th | What They Are Doing Now: Alums Reflect on Careers and CURL Connections | Reuben Miller, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ellen Cutter, Community Research Institute, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Kimberlee Guenther Director of Outcomes and Measurement at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. |
| April 15th | Embedding an Equity Lens in Climate Planning | Julia Parzen, Co-founder and staff to The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities' Partners for Places Initiative; and Co-developer of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network Equity Professional Development Program |
| April 22nd | Diversity in Black and White: Divergent Narratives of Racial Residential Integration | Gina Spitz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CURL, Loyola University Chicago |
| April 29th | Marginalization and the Economic Disparities of Disability | Rene Luna, Community Development Organizer, Access Living |
Spring 2016
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| January 22nd | Migration into Elderhood: Studying Aging in Puerto Rican Chicago | Mérida M. Rúa, Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and American Studies, Williams College |
| January 29th | Proviso Partners for Health: A Multi-sector Coalition to Address Childhood Obesity | Lena Hatchett, Assistant Professor, Director of Community and University Partnerships Neiswanger Institute of Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus; Carolyn Johnson, Community Representative and Coordinator, Proviso Partners for Health |
| February 5th | Challenges for Small Business Lending in the US | Jonathan Brereton, CEO, Accion Chicago |
| February 12th | Engaged Communication Research for Advocacy and Social Change: Reimagining Urban Space in L.A.'s Diverse Communities | George Villanueva, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Loyola University Chicago |
| February 19th | Restorative Justice in Schools | Brielle Siskin, Megan Delaney, Restorative Justice practitioners, Umoja Student Development Corporation |
| February 26th | US General Services’ Role in Being an Economic Catalyst | Ann P. Kalayil, General Services Administration, Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region |
| March 4th | No Seminar | |
| March 11th | Spring Break - No Seminar | |
| March 18th | Socioeconomic Determinants of Self-Reported and Measured Hypertension among Ghanaian Men and Women: Implications for a Country in Transition | Helena Dagadu, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago |
| March 25th | Good Friday - No Seminar | |
| April 1st | Inhabited Institutions in New Destinations: Two Communities Respond to New Immigration | Judson Everitt, Advanced Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago |
| April 8th | What They Are Doing Now: Alums Reflect on Careers and CURL Connections | Reuben Miller, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ellen Cutter, Community Research Institute, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Kimberlee Guenther Director of Outcomes and Measurement at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. |
| April 15th | Embedding an Equity Lens in Climate Planning | Julia Parzen, Co-founder and staff to The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities' Partners for Places Initiative; and Co-developer of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network Equity Professional Development Program |
| April 22nd | Diversity in Black and White: Divergent Narratives of Racial Residential Integration | Gina Spitz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CURL, Loyola University Chicago |
| April 29th | Marginalization and the Economic Disparities of Disability | Rene Luna, Community Development Organizer, Access Living |