Global Chicago Lab
Welcome to the Global Chicago Lab!
Learning in Chicago. Learning about Chicago. Learning from Chicago.
Mission Statement
This is a hands-on lab, animated by one question: What makes a city “global”?
As a student in Chicago, you are in one of the most interesting and important cities in the world. The Global Chicago Lab provides accessible, innovative, and experiential ways for students to develop research skills necessary to examine how Chicago is shaped by, and shapes, the world.
What We Do:
Co-founded by Drs. Butler and Penglase in the Anthropology Department, the lab takes an interdisciplinary approach and welcomes students from a broad array of majors. Many of our projects emerge in dialogue with student interests and in collaboration with students.
Our lab was built with two goals in mind:
- Provide students with exciting opportunities to engage Chicago as a global city.
The lab offers students direct ways to explore how Chicago is shaped by, and shapes, multiple global forces and flows—of people and communities, commodities and objects, ideas and discourses, images and aesthetics, trends and influences.
We actively welcome student interests and ideas. Is there something about Chicago and its connection to the world that you’re curious about? Let’s talk. We’ll help you convert that curiosity into a tangible research project. Or, you can take part in one of our pre-designed projects.
- Provide students with hands-on research experience.
We welcome students at any stage of their educational careers: from first-year students new to campus (and perhaps Chicago) to seniors doing substantive individual research.
The Global Chicago Lab helps students develop valuable qualitative research skills to address a variety of topics in Chicago.
We offer multiple research opportunities—at multiple levels: from short month-long ‘micro projects’, to semester-long research opportunities, to year-long projects for fellowships or theses.
To learn more, contact:
Dr. Noah Butler (nbutler1@luc.edu) or Dr. Ben Penglase (bpengla@luc.edu)
Welcome to the Global Chicago Lab!
Learning in Chicago. Learning about Chicago. Learning from Chicago.
Mission Statement
This is a hands-on lab, animated by one question: What makes a city “global”?
As a student in Chicago, you are in one of the most interesting and important cities in the world. The Global Chicago Lab provides accessible, innovative, and experiential ways for students to develop research skills necessary to examine how Chicago is shaped by, and shapes, the world.
What We Do:
Co-founded by Drs. Butler and Penglase in the Anthropology Department, the lab takes an interdisciplinary approach and welcomes students from a broad array of majors. Many of our projects emerge in dialogue with student interests and in collaboration with students.
Our lab was built with two goals in mind:
- Provide students with exciting opportunities to engage Chicago as a global city.
The lab offers students direct ways to explore how Chicago is shaped by, and shapes, multiple global forces and flows—of people and communities, commodities and objects, ideas and discourses, images and aesthetics, trends and influences.
We actively welcome student interests and ideas. Is there something about Chicago and its connection to the world that you’re curious about? Let’s talk. We’ll help you convert that curiosity into a tangible research project. Or, you can take part in one of our pre-designed projects.
- Provide students with hands-on research experience.
We welcome students at any stage of their educational careers: from first-year students new to campus (and perhaps Chicago) to seniors doing substantive individual research.
The Global Chicago Lab helps students develop valuable qualitative research skills to address a variety of topics in Chicago.
We offer multiple research opportunities—at multiple levels: from short month-long ‘micro projects’, to semester-long research opportunities, to year-long projects for fellowships or theses.
To learn more, contact:
Dr. Noah Butler (nbutler1@luc.edu) or Dr. Ben Penglase (bpengla@luc.edu)