Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
Loyola University Chicago sociologist Peter Rosenblatt served as the lead researcher on a CURL project to examine a security deposit assistance program in Milwaukee that used the incentive to encourage low-income residents to move to higher opportunity, lower poverty neighborhoods.
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CURL and the Chicago Foundation for Women jointly collaborated on the “Evaluation: The Road from Programming to Policy” program to train organizations that serve women and girls. Expert-led workshops, participant-selected research projects, and community-wide dissemination will deepen organizational understanding of data analysis. The development of assessment as an organizational tool will provide immediate change as well as lasting skills, assisting agencies as they continue to navigate in an increasingly data driven sector.
Read MoreThe purpose of this project was to develop specific strategies for using whole school climate prevention to support the morale of staff when experiencing unexpected change which increases teacher’s stress and may have a negative impact on student’s learning. We performed a mixed method study of an urban middle school that was targeted for downsizing in a large urban district and is now implementing school-wide prevention for behavior problems.
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CURL and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) have created a Knowledge Exchange to assist BPI staff and board members in understanding demographic trends, theory, and current research related to policies aimed at reducing poverty.
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This project, funded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), was a process and outcome evaluation of the Cook County State's Attorney's Deferred Prosecution Program.
Read MoreThis project delivered a process and outcome evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Medicaid Supportive Housing Pilot Project in collaboration with AFC and Health Disability Advocates (HDA). CURL and HDA partnered in this research, with CURL focusing on the process evaluation and analysis of outcome data, and HDA focusing on the policy context and recommendations.
Read MoreThis project focused on expanding Loyola University’s capacity as a leading educational institution with a commitment to building a holistic approach in creating healthy homes and healthy communities free of environmental and social toxins.
Read MoreLoyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) partnered with photographer Richard Wasserman to create Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S., an anthology of photographs and interviews that grapples with the impact of eminent domain – past and present -- on the lives of Americans across the country -- in cities, suburbs, and in rural and farming communities. The project combines a collection of stirring and evocative photographs with the words and experiences of the people most impacted by cases of eminent domain.
Read MoreFairfield University, Santa Clara University and Loyola University Chicago partnered and received a grant from the Ford Foundation to explore experiences of undocumented students at Jesuit universities. The project seeks to better understand challenges and obstacles faced by undocumented students and ways of eliminating those barriers. The project has several short-term and long-term goals.
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