Elizabeth Todd-Breland, UIC assistant professor of history, is a featured expert in The Atlantic’s coverage of the Acero teachers strike in Chicago, its national implications, and the relationship between charter schools and teachers’…
PubWest, a trade association of small- and medium-sized book publishers, has awarded its 2019 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award to Luis Alberto Urrea. The Rittenhouse Award, established in 1990, honors those who have made…
Truthout.org features a Q&A with Roderick Ferguson, UIC professor of gender and women’s studies and African American studies, about his book “One-Dimensional Queer.” http://bit.ly/2QcVlO7
CityLab, the urban section of The Atlantic, quotes Patrisia Macías-Rojas, UIC assistant professor of sociology and Latin American and Latino studies, in an article that looks at the connection between militarization at the…
The New York Times reports on a study co-authored by Barbara Risman, UIC professor of sociology and LAS distinguished professor, and William “Buddy” Scarborough, an IRRPP research assistant and doctoral candidate in sociology…
Barbara Risman, UIC professor of sociology and LAS distinguished professor, is quoted in a story from The New York Times Magazine’s Tech and Design issue that examines social media as a place where…
“The House of Broken Angels,” the latest novel from Luis Urrea, UIC professor of English and LAS distinguished professor, is featured in The New York Times’ list of100 most notable books of 2018 and…
Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, was interviewed on CLTV’s “Politics Tonight” about Chicago’s mayoral race, Susana Mendoza launching her campaign, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s final city budget. Watch the segment here: http://bit.ly/2PuUI27
Linda Skitka, UIC professor of psychology, is a featured contributor and expert for The Atlantic’s Masthead issue focused on political tribalism. http://bit.ly/2Qv2buG(membership required)
Barbara Ransby, a University of Illinois at Chicago historian, writer and activist, is the recipient of the American Studies Association’s 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize for Public Scholarship, which recognizes scholars who have…