From the article by Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Chicago Tribune: Overwhelmingly, Gordon found guesses of “smart,” or “a brain,” were correctly offered for students who carried the highest GPAs and took the most AP classes,…
Don’t miss our first Colloquium of the semester this Wednesday at noon in BSB 4105! Dr. David Stovall will be presenting “Engineered Conflict: School Closings, Public Housing, Law Enforcement and the Future of…
Krysan notes “The most important thing to understand about why we have segregation is that we have created it. We engineered segregation.” Read the report here.
Barbara Risman, Professor and College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, has been selected editor of Gender & Society. Read more about her appointment here. Congratulations, Professor Risman!
The article, “Nearly a quarter of Americans support gender equality at work or at home, but not both: UIC study” in the Chicago Tribune discusses a study conducted by Buddy Scarborough, UIC alum…
Graduate student Lydia Hou had a piece, “On Being Present: Electronic Office Hours and Mentorship in an Online Space” featured in the ASA section on Teaching & Learning Fall 2018 newsletter, Teaching/Learning Matters. Read…
Amanda Lewis joined the NPR news show “1A” last week to discuss the Starz network miniseries “America to Me,” which focuses on Oak Park River Forest High School. Listen here.
The show opened on October 18th at the Pop-Up JUST Art Gallery at 1344 S. Halsted Street. The exhibit explores, through the lens of several photojournalists, what lessons contemporary activists might take away…
“Minnesota recently added an ‘X’ gender option for driver’s licenses, and New York City will now allow it on birth certificates.” Barbara Risman joined “The Morning Show” to discuss the significance of these…
“With a rapid increase in life expectancy and rising expectations for the quality of life, baby boomers are forging new ways of aging. So what does that mean for sexuality?” Read more here.
