ENVIRONMENT - Key Persons
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- Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, the College, and CEGU
Abigail Poag is a third-year majoring in Comparative Literature and Russian and East European Studies. She is interested in the relationship between literature and place and loves mining the archive for a good story.
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- Senior Research Associate in Global Political Ecology, Urban Theory Lab and CEGU
Niall Atkinson
Associate Professor of Art History, Romance Languages and Literature, the College, and CEGU
Alex[ander] Stern is a fourth-year undergraduate who often thinks about Sunbelt urbanism, transit planning, & urban sociolinguistics. Alex[ander] has never been to a place he didn't like. However, he reserves his love for some places. Sometimes he exalts these places in prose.
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- Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and CEGU
André Tse is a second year majoring in Public Policy and Fundamentals. Coming from Hong Kong, they're most interested in the political and social implications of urban processes. During a normal day, you'll probably find them taking the CTA to random places.
Anthony Oliveira is a student in the Class of 2024 from Los Angeles, California. He is passionate about the politics and economics behind climate policy. You can find him birdwatching, exploring the urban environment, or camping in the Sierra Nevada.
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- Project and Communications Intern
Avery Fischer is a student in the Class of 2024 majoring in Art History with an Architectural History specialization. He studies how design choices in structures and neighborhoods change human behavior.
Sarah Newman
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College, and CEGU
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- Associate Professor of Population and Precision Health, Department of Public Health Sciences and CEGU
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- Professor of Latin American History, the College, and CEGU
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- Advisor
- Project and Communications Coordinator, Urban Theory Lab and CEGU
- Staff Advisor
Caroline Hugh is a third year at College interested in urban history, especially related to planning power, processes of displacement, and public history. When she's not editing for the magazine you're currently viewing online, she's either off biking around the city, or struggling to load her bike onto the front of a CTA bus.
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- Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, the College, and CEGU
Catherine Kearns
Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, the College, and CEGU
Chloe Thompson is in the Class of 2024 studying Public Policy and Urban Studies with a minor in Architectural Studies. Outside of class, she loves reading, running, tap dancing, and making/eating food with friends.
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- Assistant Instructional Professor, CEGU
Connor Bentley is a fourth year majoring in environmental and urban studies with minors in architecture and biology. His work with Century on 55th allowed him to explore the complex issues surrounding urban renewal, including the role of institutions and community organizers.
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- Department Administrator, CEGU
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- Instructional Assistant, CEGU
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- Assistant Professor of Environmental History, the College, and CEGU
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- Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology
Elyas Boyan is a student in the Class of 2026 studying Sociology and Architecture. They are extremely interested in the way religion connects to culture, ethnicity, and sense of place. In their free time, they enjoy going on exploratory bike rides and bending miniature wire sculptures.
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- Associate Professor of African History, African Studies, CEGU, and the College
Emma Janssen is a student in the Class of 2024. When she's not reading or writing, she's usually knitting or chasing after a cat somewhere.
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- Project and Communications Intern
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- Advisor
- Coordinator of BA Capstones
- Faculty Advisor
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- Director of Doctoral Studies
Gary Herrigel, Director of Doctoral Studies
Paul Klapper Professor in the College, Division of Social Sciences and CEGU
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- Associate Professor of Sociology and CEGU
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- Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, the College, and CEGU
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- Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, the College, and CEGU
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- Author
- Environmental Writer
Hannah Wilson-Black is an environmental writer hailing from northern Virginia and a Class of 2023 student at UChicago. Her nonfiction and fiction has appeared in Terrain.org, The Appalachian Voice, and ACE's Youth Think Climate Magazine.
Hugh Shepard is a third year student at the University of Chicago majoring in History with a minor in data science. His fascination with the history of the South Side of Chicago made him an enthusiastic participant in the Century on 55th Street project.
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- Associate Professor, English, Romances Languages and Literatures, Committee on Creative Writing, and CEGU
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- Assistant Instructional Professor, CEGU
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- Graphics Lead
- Lead
- Project and Communications Intern
Jonathan García es un undergraduate en the Class of 2024 de Los Ángeles, California. They care deeply about cultural representation in place-making. Le puedes encontrar en los callejones.
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- Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College and CEGU
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- Assistant Professor, Law and CEGU
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- Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge and CEGU
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- Professor of Visual Arts and CEGU
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- Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, the College, and CEGU
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- Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, the College, and CEGU
Lena Birkholz is a student in the Class of 2025 studying English and Urban Studies. Over the last three years, she's been particularly interested in cultural production related to the city, especially in Chicago. She's excited to help unearth the golden age of Hyde Park.
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- Professor of Urban Sociology, Department of Sociology and CEGU
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, 2023-24 Interim Chair
Associate Professor of British History, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, the College, and CEGU
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- Professor, Ecology and Evolution and CEGU
Katherine Buse
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge and CEGU
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, the College, and CEGU
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- Associate Professor of Sociology and CEGU
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- Clinical Professor of Law and CEGU
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- Director of Community Studies
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- Professor of Political Science and CEGU
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- Assistant Professor, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and CEGU
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- Associate Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College, and CEGU
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- Professor of Geography, CEGU
Shannon Lee Dawdy
Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College and CEGU
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- Chairman ( on Leave, 2023 - 24 )
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- Associate Professor of Art History, Romance Languages and Literature, the College, and CEGU
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- Graduate Student Research Mentor, CEGU
Noam Levinsky is a student in the Class of 2026 from Park City, Utah majoring in CEGU with minors in GIS and English/Creative Writing. He spends as much time as possible hiking, climbing, and skiing in the mountains.
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- Professor in the College, Division of Social Sciences and CEGU
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- Assistant Professor of French Literature, the College, and CEGU
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- Associate Instructional Professor, CEGU
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- Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Anthropology and CEGU
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- Director of Academic Programs and Director of Undergraduate Studies ( on Leave, Spring 2024 )
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- Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics, Divinity School, the College, and CEGU
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- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College, and CEGU
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- Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College and CEGU
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- Project and Communications Intern
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- Research Associate, Urban Theory Lab and CEGU
Alan L. Kolata
Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College, and CEGU
Thomas Lamarre
Gordon J Laing Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, The College, and CEGU
Stella is a rising third year in the college majoring in Environmental and Urban Studies (Urban Track) and Global Studies. She is a contributor to Expositions Magazine and also illustrates for several other UChicago-based magazines. When she's not illustrating or studying, she enjoys editing videos of her family's life on a boat or reading fantasy books.
Tatiana Jackson-Saitz is a student in the Class of 2024 from Boston, Massachusetts studying English and Urban Studies. She is interested in how the built environment interacts with memory. She currently fixes typos at The Paris Review and writes emails for The Chicago Poetry Center.
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- Student Affairs Administrator, CEGU
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- Associate Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, the College, and CEGU
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- Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and CEGU
Michael Fisch
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences in the College, and CEGU
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- Lead
- Production Team Member
Zach Ashby is a third year urban studies major from Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with serving on the production team of Expositions, he also served as a member of the Century on 55th Street cohort in the Winter and Spring of 2023.