
Research & Faculty

Spotlight
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
Reuben Jonathan Miller, Associate Professor and 2022 MacArthur Fellow
Informed by 15 years of research and practice and Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, Halfway Home captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail.

At Crown Family School, we partner with community organizations across Chicago to make an impact in the city we call home.
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The mission of the Urban Education Institute is to produce knowledge to create reliably excellent urban schooling.
As an interdisciplinary, collaborative Center, CHAS is all about people. From helping disadvantaged populations through research, to providing resources to students and faculty to facilitate their educational and research needs, to maintaining communications with our Committee Members and Fellows, our mission is to continue perpetuating the interconnectedness that arose with the early history of CHAS and continues today as we advance our mission.
The Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention (CCYVP) is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of youth violence to inform the development and testing of prevention interventions to support children, youth and families living in high burden urban communities.
The Network for College Success (NCS) envisions neighborhood high schools that continuously cultivate collaboration, powerful learning, and a culture of high achievement to prepare all students for college and career success.
The Institutional Review Board reviews and approves, disapproves, or defers all research protocols. It provides assistance with IRB applications for staff, students, and faculty.
The first scholarly journal in the field of social work, SSR provides multidisciplinary analyses of current policies and past practices from social welfare scholars and practitioners, as well as from experts in other fields.