A Chicago School for the 21st Century

About the Book

Academic research across disciplines often treats communities as subjects rather than sources of knowledge. Jennifer Brier and Memoona Hasnain edit a collection that envisions a twenty-first century Chicago School grounded in interdisciplinary collaboration, reciprocity, and community-driven change.

Scholars, students, staff, healthcare professionals, and community partners draw on real-world examples to examine how the University of Illinois Chicago is pivoting to fulfill its public mission by focusing on social justice, health equity, and community collaboration. The essayists address issues ranging from historical inequities and curriculum reform to urban planning and the social determinants of health. As they show, universities and the wider public can team up to address structural racism, health disparities, and social inequities while fulfilling a vision of higher education that centers human dignity, shared knowledge, and collective action to build healthier and more just communities.

Multifaceted and innovative, A Chicago School for the 21st Century provides a blueprint for reshaping the university’s role in finding community-informed solutions to issues.

Contributors: Shauntice Allen, Ronahy Alzagha, Zachary Blair, Eric Sergio Boria, Dolores Castaneda, Yvette Castañeda, Stacey Chamberlain, Noel Chávez, Melissa Chrusfield, Brandon Collofello, Ryan Cooper, Lloyd Degrane, Lucero Diaz, Mayra Diaz, Ronisha Edwards-Elliott, Kamal Eldeirawi, Wesley Epplin, Jennifer K. Felner, Tiffany N. Ford, Linda Forst, Ana Genkova, Sylvia Gonzalez, Geraldine Gorman, Valerie Gruss, Jane Gubser, Anna Romina Guevarra, Memoona Hasnain, Jeni Hebert-Beirne, Sarah Gabriella Hernandez, Adlaide Holloway, Lydia Hou, Genevieve James, Ellen Kang, Noureen Kapadia, Justin Keller, Joan Kennelly, Ghulam Karim Khan, Naomi LeSure, Sarah Love, Jocelyn Mallard, Glenn Martínez, Dean Massey, Vinay Mikkilineni, Steve Hosik Moon, Pilar Ortega, Alex Ourth, Eunsong Park, Gayatri Reddy, Angela Rivers, Cindy San Miguel, Zoie Sheets, Joshua Smith, Melissa Socarras, Glenna K. Sullivan, Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Stella Udoetuk, Micah Varnado, Maria D. Velasquez, Amanda Weiler, Anna Yankelev, Moira Zellner, and the members of the Little Village Participatory Community Health Assessment and the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project