Friday Morning Seminar - Spring 2011
CURL Friday Morning Seminars are held regularly on Friday mornings during fall and spring semesters from 10:30am until 12:00pm in the CURL Classroom (Lewis Towers, 10th Floor).
Loyola faculty and students, staff, and community members and guests are welcome. These seminars are a time for CURL graduates, undergraduates, staff, and community members to discuss their thoughts and experiences with community-based initiatives and/or relevant research.
Please note: Unavoidable changes may be necessary. Call 312.915.7769 or 7760 to confirm specific presentations.
Spring 2011
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
January 21st | No seminar | |
January 28th | Research Inclusivity: Opening up the Table. | Louisa Bigelow, IMACT Program, University of Illinois at Chicago |
February 4th | American Universities: Collaborative Research and Breaking Down Silos. | Philip Nyden and David Van Zytveld, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago |
February 11th | Does Collaboration Work. | Jim Larson,Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago |
February 18th | Ornery Alligators and Soap on a Rope: Texas Prosecutors and Punishment Reform in the Lone Star State. | Michael Campbell, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University |
February 25th | American and Muslim—The Impact of Religious Identity on Racial Status: A Comparative Analysis of South Asian and Arab American Muslims in the Chicago Area. | Saher Selod, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago |
March 4th | Digital Sociology: Tools & Resources for 21st Century Research | Eben English, Loyola University Chicago Libraries, Loyola University Chicago |
March 11th | Spring break, no seminar | |
March 18th | Loyola University Chicago School of Health Justice Project: Community Collaboration to Ensure Equal Access to Health, Opportunity, and Justice. | Emily Benfer, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago |
March 25th | Engaged Scholarship and Collaborative Service-Learning in Refugee Resettlement. [PDF] | Daniel Amick, Department of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago |
April 1st | Advising the Department of Education on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement: What’s At Stake. | Kathleen Maas Weigert, Research Professor of Social Justice, Loyola University Chicago |
April 8th | The Role of the University in Nurturing Engaged Research. | Fr. Michael Garanzini, Office of the President, Loyola University Chicago |
April 15th | Suspension Stories: Challenging the School to Prison Pipeline (A Collaborative Youth-Adult Participatory Action Research Project). | Mariame Kaba, Project NIA. |
April 22nd | Good Friday, no seminar | |
April 29th | Dying From to ‘Living With’: Framing Institutions and the Coping Process for Black Women Living with HIV/AIDS . | Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University |