Research and Scholarship
Chicago Democracy Project
The Chicago Democracy Project (CDP) offers a unique picture of the City of Chicago’s political process as it relates to the electoral system, group participation, and public resource allocation outcomes. The CDP is a five component database derived from the following: 1) citywide election returns for all the primary and general elections (including special elections) at the ward and precinct level; 2) public hires stratified by department, occupation, race, and gender; 3) government contract distribution by race; 4) public appointments to boards and commissions stratified by race and gender; and 5) mayoral campaign finance contributions. The CDP covers the period 1975-2000 and is being supported by a generous grant from the Politics and Culture Division at the Joyce Foundation. Click here for more information on the Chicago Democracy Project.
Rethinking Race Lecture Series
The goal of the series is to foster discussion and debate among faculty and graduate students about some of the most innovative research in the study of race and ethnicity. Prominent scholars will be invited to campus. Invited presenters will give a public lecture for the campus and then meet in one of two smaller seminar sessions: one with faculty and graduate students, the other with local community, government and business leaders with a particular interest in the area of research.
Workshop on the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies
With the conviction
that intellectuals have a responsibility to help clarify discourses of racial
difference, we convened this workshop to provide a forum for faculty and graduate
students at the University of Chicago and area institutions to explore the problematics
of race and racial ideologies in the modern era. The issues we examine cut across
academic and policy divisions as well as across disciplinary and national boundaries.
Click here for more information on the workshop.
Post-Doctoral Fellow:
The goal of this initiative is to enable an outstanding scholar whose research focuses on the study of race or ethnicity to devote his or her full energies to the further development of their research agenda. The fellow is in full-time residence at the CSRPC during the academic year and identified through a national competition. Click here for more information on the fellowship.
Dissertation Fellow:
The dissertation fellow is awarded to an exceptional University of Chicago doctoral student at the advanced stage whose research is devoted to the study of race and ethnicity. Funding for a full year and office space are provided to make it possible for the student to devote his or her full energies to the completion of the dissertation. Click here for more information on the fellowship.
Graduate Research Fellow
Graduate research fellows are outstanding University of Chicago graduate students whose research focuses on race and ethnicity. Fellows are awarded small grants to cover expenses associated with a clearly defined research project. Funded activities include travel-related expenses associated with field research, primary archival research, conference presentation as well as transcription costs and duplication services. Click here for more information on the graduate research and travel grant.
