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My name is Beth Richie, I’m the director of the institute for research on race and
public policy, and professor in the departments African-American studies and criminology,
law and justice.
The fact that UIC is in the city of Chicago is tremendously important to my research,
which focuses on violence against African American women and their subsequent involvement
in the criminal legal system. So it really focuses on the ways that domestic violence,
*** assault, stalking and criminalized substance abuse leads to women’s incarceration.
It matters a great deal to me to be able to do my research in disadvantages urban communities.
Engaged research and what we think of as activist scholarship is really a hallmark of UIC.
Many of my colleagues at UIC are engaged in issues that affect real people in very profound
and important ways, and I would say the majority of us engage in the kind of research that
will make a difference on the ground. So we not only study people but we try to understand
the dynamics that lead to social problems of race and class and gender and sexuality,
and then influence the public policies and programmatic changes that will make some of
the disadvantages that communities experience go away.
There are lots of faculty who are looking for students to work with us on our projects
and therefore contribute to the kind of research that will make a difference back in the communities
that they often come from.
The kind of students that excel at UIC are students who are looking for a vibrant urban
community to study in, who want to apply some of their personal experiences and experiences
that they’ve learned from living in family and community to their academic learning on
this campus, and students that appreciate a kind of cultural and ethnic diversity among
their peers. That makes UIC and wonderful and unique place to study.
This is a vibrant place to learn.
This is LAS.