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Neighborhoods Initiative Urban Affairs Review Chicago
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Faculty Scholar Detail, 2003-2004Laurie SchaffnerAssistant Professor Department of Criminal Justice College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Worlds of Girls in Trouble: Myths and Realities about Chicago's Youth During her year as a Faculty Scholar, Laurie Schaffner worked on her project which involved completion of the fieldwork and drafting the manuscript of a study of girls in the juvenile court system. She was able to marshal an IRB application through UIC, complete the fieldwork, and turn in a completed draft of the entire manuscript to Rutgers University Press in July 2004, where the work is under contract. Based on the notion that the experiences of low-income girls of color have been neglected or exploited, situated amid a larger cultural and political habitus that variously ignored, minimized, derided, or criminalized their plight, Schaffner conducted interviews and made observations in various community-agency sites in Chicago where young women were provided with opportunities to express themselves in myriad ways, such as through arts, sports, and youth organizing. She found that "gender-responsive" policy, that is, policy developed to focus specifically on girls, when designed to challenge gender, racial, and sexual stereotypes, girl-hating, and other gender myths, can provide the groundwork where adolescent girls learn living skills to navigate their adolescence productively. In addition to this research, while waiting for IRB approval, Schaffner was able to complete a co-edited anthology with a colleague, Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity, Elizabeth Bernstein and Laurie Schaffner, Editors, Routledge Press, November 2004. Laurie Schaffner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholars Program brings UIC faculty to the Institute for a year in residence to begin, further, or complete an engaged research project. Scholars are free from their formal teaching responsibilities during their term. Prospective scholars apply by submitting a proposal that is peer reviewed along three key metrics of engaged research: interdisciplinarity, partnership, and impact. GCI Faculty Scholars implement and further their own research agendas, as well as develop grant proposals, participate in the Great Cities Institute Lecture Series, and contribute to the Great Cities Institute Working Paper Series. Applications are released in the fall semester and due at the start of the spring semester. |
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