PhD Policy Studies in Urban Education student Deana Lewis analyzes the meaning of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, questioning why Black Americans need to prove their successes.
In the wake of Flint, PhD Curriculum Studies alumnus Daniel Morales-Doyle says science needs to be a tool of protection for residents of low-income communities.
Students in the classroom of Mindy Chappell, a Master Teaching Fellow with the College's Project SEEEC, are investigating the Flint water crisis in an inquiry-based science project.
MEd Literacy, Language and Culture student Elia Olivares is working to ensure Aurora parents from low socio-economic backgrounds are equipped with resources to teach literacy in the home.
Lydia Saravia's journey as a researcher has taken her to Guatemala, where she is finding indigenous languages are marginalized in favor of English education.
Alumna Cheryl Watkins' community engagement project encouraged women who had experienced trauma to write memory stories - positive or negative - to aid fellow women in similar situations.
Alumna Nicole Howard believes college costs are limiting choices for low-income students. At North Lawndale College Prep, she launched the the Phoenix Pact endowment to end these limits
In the diverse Evanston/Skokie school district, where more than 50 languages are represented, alumna Samantha Richardson works to ensure all parents are equipped to teach literacy in the home.
Doctoral student Rachel Harper poses a fascinating question in her new exhibit "Seen and Heard": when we talk about knowledge, why do we never consider the knowledge generated by children?
Alumnus Daniel Morales-Doyle facilitated a Dean's Community Engagement project providing forums for Little Village teens to investigate issues of environmental justice.
