Public school closings in Chicago linked to more gun violence in nearby neighborhoods
Data shows a 10% increase in shootings can be linked to mass public school closures
A student-led quest to map the hidden history of Chicago's neighborhoods
In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital archives of the city's built environment
William Sites
Title: Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Expertise: Community organizing, Immigration, Race, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/w-sites
Eve L. Ewing
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
Expertise: Elementary education, Race and culture, Racism, Social inequality, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/directory/eve-l-ewing
Robert Vargas
Title: Professor; Director, UChicago Justice Project
Expertise: Public policy, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://sociology.uchicago.edu/directory/robert-vargas-1
Jacqueline Stewart
Title: Professor of Cinema and Media Studies; Director, Arts + Public Life
Expertise: Cinema and media studies, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://cms.uchicago.edu/faculty/stewart
Waldo Johnson Jr.
Title: Vice Provost; Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
Expertise: Parenting, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/w-johnson
Robert Chaskin
Title: McCormick Foundation Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Expertise: Community organizing, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/r-chaskin
Jens Ludwig
Title: Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor; Director, Crime Lab; Co-director, Education Lab
Expertise: Guns, Urban studies
Departmental website: https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/jens-ludwig
University of Chicago Education Lab: https://educationlab.uchicago.edu/
University of Chicago Crime Lab: https://crimelab.uchicago.edu/