Faculty Scholars 2005-2006

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Jennifer Brier
Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Infectious Ideas: AIDS and Urban Politics, 1980-2000

Xiangming Chen
Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Challenges to Regional and Local Governance: Globalization, Metropolitan Extension, and Value Chain Coordination in the Greater Shanghai Region

Kimberly Gomez
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Barrier or Building Block: Literacy as Gatekeeper or Vehicle for Educational Development in Adolescence

Elena R. Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies/Department of Latin American and Latino Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The Reproductive and Sexual Health of Latinas in Chicago: A Community Assessment

John Hagedorn
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Globalizing Gangs

Dick Simpson
Professor, Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
From Daley to Daley: The New Political Machine in Chicago

Edison J. Trickett
Professor, Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Engaged Research and the Urban Context:
Deconstructing the Concept and Developing its Potential