Directory

Christina L. Scanlon, PhD

Executive Director, Development-in-Sociocultural-Context (DISC) Research Lab andResearch Associate
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clscanlon@uchicago.edu

Department
Development in Sociocultural Context (DISC) Lab
Department:
Development in Sociocultural Context (DISC) Lab

Office Location: 950 Building

Areas of Expertise
Child and Youth Development
Culture, parenting, identity development, and ethnic-racial socialization
Diversity, Opportunity, and Equity
Mental Health
Motivation, engagement, and youth development in context
Racial, SES, and gender disparities in education and health
Risk and resilience
School climate and racial disparities in school discipline
Sociocultural, affective, and cognitive processes in learning

Katherine Shah

Lab Manager, Development in Sociocultural Context (DISC) Lab; Project Manager, Policy Levers for Equitable Employment in Childcare Collaborative (PLEECC)
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kbshah@uchicago.edu

Department
Development in Sociocultural Context (DISC) Lab
Department:
Development in Sociocultural Context (DISC) Lab

Office Location: 950 Building-Rm 336

Sheila Shankar, LSW

Doctoral Student
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sheilashankar@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
Asian Americans
Autoethnography
Criminal Legal Change
Culturally-sensitive Mental Health Care
Gender
Gender-based and Family Violence
Intersectionality
LGBTQIA+
Mental Health
Parenting and Families
Politicized Healing & Healing Justice
Professional culture, training and apprenticeship
Qualitative Research Methods
Social problems and social policy
Transformative Justice
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice
Violence and Trauma
Women with incarceration experiences

Lauren Shirk

Senior Associate Director of Advancement Communications
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lshirk@uchicago.edu

Department
Advancement Office
Department:
Advancement Office

Office Location: 950 Building-

Ye Jin Sohn

Doctoral Student
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sohn@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Gender
Intersectionality
Mental Health
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Trauma-informed Clinical Practice
Violence and Trauma

Seongbo Son

Doctoral Student
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seongboson@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Aging
Community
Housing
Low-income Families
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Urban Inequality