The password to view the sessions will be emailed to registered attendees on Thursday afteroon, Oct. 19th. Contact Matt Ostercamp at mjostercamp (at) northpark.edu if you can’t find the password.

 Session 1 (9:30 am - 10:00am)

  • City of the Big Solvers: Learning about the city through the lens of those making it a better place (Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, Columbia College Chicago)

  • Hidden voices + unexpected sources= new resources: Using archives to look at information in new ways (Janet Olson, Frances Willard House Museum & WCTU Archives)

Session 2 (10:00 am - 10:30 am)

  • Chicago Connect: Undergraduate Courses Engaging the City (Allison Tan, Michael Dieter, and Toni Esker, Trinity Christian College; John Sebestyen, Ohio Northern University)

  • Engaging undergraduate learners in course-based research by using Chicago zoos and libraries in an animal behavior course (Elizabeth Davis-Berg and Michelle Rafacz, Columbia College Chicago)

Session 3 (10:30 - 11:00 AM)

Session 4 (11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon)

  • Transforming Environments: Utilizing the Techniques of Psychogeography in Creative and Professional Practice (John Green & Mary Filice, Columbia College Chicago; Johann R Montozzi-Wood, Duke University; Ariel Gutierrez Torres, Arthaus International Training and Research Centre for Devised Theatre & Performance, Berlin)

Session 5 (1:00 PM - 1:30 PM)

  • Citizen Historian: Crowd-Sourced Public History, Undergraduate Learning, and Chicago’s Pullman Community (Jane Baxter, DePaul University)

  • Using Google Maps for Crime Analysis (Andrea Krieg, Elmhurst University)

Session 6 (1:30 PM - 2:00 PM)

  • The role of collective efficacy as a mediator in the link between civic engagement and safety: Explorations across historically marginalized Chicago neighborhoods (Amy Governale and Gabriella Brinkmann, North Park University)

  • Teaching the (no-so-dark) Art of Branded Entertainment (Tom Eslinger, Columbia College Chicago)

Session 7 (2:00 PM - 2:30 PM)

  • Pedagogical Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Janette Clay, North Park University)

  • Chicago True Crime: Uncovering the Dark Side of the Windy City for Researchers (Erin Matson and Ayah Elkossei, Chicago History Museum)