Civic Engagement Research Fund Awards 2012 - 2013
Lynette Jackson
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“New African Diasporas”
Department of Public Administration/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Nonprofits and Voter Registration”
Angela Odoms-Young
Kinesiology and Nutrition/College of Applied Health Sciences
“Civic Engagement and Food Justice”
Piyushimita Thakuriah
Urban Planning and Policy/College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Urban Informatics Big Data and Community Engagement”
Rachel Weber
Urban Planning and Policy/College or Urban Planning and Public Affairs
“Chicago Participatory Budgeting Research Project”
Research
Civic Engagement and Disability: using advocacy and technology to advance the political participation of people with disabilities
Comments from a reader:
"Very few people would probably know that policies concerning people with disabilities are typically made on their behalf by a third party. This leaves one to speculate about whether they even agree with the policies being made. This analogous to the board of education and k-12 students, students also have no “voice” when it comes to educational policies."