Christine George
Title:
Assistant Research Professor
Office:
Lewis Towers 1024B
Phone:
312-915-8625
E-mail:
cgeorg@luc.edu
Personal Information
EDUCATION
PhD Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois.
Graduate Program in Human Development
and Social Policy. 2001. Dissertation title "A State's
Shaping of a Federal Welfare Initiative: The Illinois Policy Process and the
JOBS Program."
M.A. Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois.
Graduate Program in Human Development
and Social Policy. 1992.
B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.Major concentration in
American History, minors in Political Science and Spanish. 1969.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of the Illinois Children's Health
Foundation (ICHF) Pipeline Projects at Southern Illinois University and University of Illinois Chicago Dental Schools. October, 2009-September, 2015. Funding by ICHF.
Principal Investigator
(with Susan
Grossman). Evaluation of the Illinois
Department of Human Services Open Door Demonstration Project. March, 2008 to
June, 2010 (anticipated). Funded by the Michael Reese Health
Trust.
Principal Investigator
(with Marta Lundy and Susan Grossman). Analysis
of Shelter Utilization by Victims of Domestic Violence. October 1, 2007-September 31, 2009
(anticipated). Funding by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority
Principal Investigator.
Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless
Population. February, 2007-August 2008).
Funded by the Retirement Research Foundation.
RESEARCH
PROPOSALS IN PROCESS
Co-Principal
Investigator. Working Together to
Research Trauma: A University-Community Collaboration. Submitted to Department of Health And Human
Services, National Institute
of Mental
Health.
Principal Investigator
(with Michael Sosin, University
of Chicago).
Evaluation of Chicagos
Ten year Plan to End Homelessness. Being
developed in collaboration with Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness . Submitted to the Chicago Community Trust,
Michael Reese Health Trust, Polk Brothers Foundation, and the McCormick
Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS
Connecting
Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: Chicago
Housing for Health Partnership (co authored with Anne Figert, Jennifer Nargang Chernega, Sarah Stawiski, &
Arturo Valdivia Bendixen.) 2008. Research Opportunities International. 27:2, 161-180.
Welfare Reform and the Safety Needs of
Battered Women (2006). In K. M. Kilty
& E. Segal, The Promise of Welfare
Reform: Rhetoric or Reality? Haworth Press: Binghamton, NY.
Welfare Reform in Illinois:
Recent efforts in the context of the national debate (co-authored with D.A. Lewis & D. Puntenney). 1999.
In Larry Joseph (ed.). Families, poverty, and welfare reform:
confronting a new policy era. Chicago, Il: Center for
Urban Research and Policy Studies, University
of Chicago; Champaign,
Il: Distributed by University of Illinois
Press.
State Abortion Rates: The Impact of Policy, Provider
Availability, Political Climate, Demography and Economics (co-author with Rebecca Blank and Rebecca London).
Journal of Health Economics, October, 1996.
RESEARCH REPORTS
Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless Population.
(with J. Wittner, M. Krogh and D. Watson).
2008. Chicago
Alliance to End Homelessness: Chicago.
Connecting
Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: A Process Evaluation of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (with A. Figert, J.
Chernaga & S. Stawiski). 2006. Center
for Urban Research and Learning: Chicago.
"From the
Perspective of Diverse Users: Evaluation Results of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence
Help Line, Executive Summary" (with M. Fugate, N. Haber, and S.Stawiski). 2006. Center
for Urban Research and Learning: Chicago.
Providing a Citywide
System of Single Access to Domestic Violence Information, Resources, and
Referrals to a Diverse Population: An Evaluation of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Helpline (with
M.Fugate, N. Haber, and S. Stawiski). 2005. Final Technical Report submitted to
National Institute of Justice.
Evaluation of Partnership for
Health Care Access Project of Chicago Health
Outreach (CHO) and Community Counseling
Centers of Chicago (C4),
2005. Final Technical Report Submitted to HERSA and
SAMSHA.
Transcending
Boundaries: Investigating Domestic
Violence Among South Asian Immigrant Women. (with Sharma, A. and Sabina, C). 2005. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University
Chicago Center
for Urban Research and Learning
Hardly a
leg to stand on: The Civil and Social Rights of Immigrant Victims of Domestic
Violence.
2005. Chicago,
Illinois: Loyola University
Chicago Center
for Urban Research and Learning.
Anawim
Community Dispersion and Needs Assessment Study: A Study
of Native Americans in Cook and Lake
Counties. October, 2004. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola
University Center
for Urban Research and Learning.
Assessment of American Indian Health Needs in Metropolitan
Chicago (with
Diana Veloso and Chiara Sabina). September, 2004. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola
University Center
for Urban Research and Learning.
Coming Home: The role of supportive services in
helping homeless men and women break the cycle of homelessness (with Chiara
Sabina and Aparna Sharma. August, 2004. Chicago, Illinois:
United Power of Action and Justice.
Building Local
Capacity: The Early Childhood Network (with Lourdes Paredes). October,
2002. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University
Center for Urban Research
and Learning.
Providing a Way
Station: A study of the Joint Apna Ghar and The Enterprising Kitchen Program to
Provide Employment Services to Immigrant Women Victims of Domestic Violence (with Rafah Abuinnab). July, 2002. Chicago,
Illinois: Loyola University
Center for Urban Research
and Learning.
Joyce Foundation
Grantees and Capacity
Building: A Survey Report (with Louis Delgado and Nelson Portillo). March 2002.
Chicago, IL:
Loyola University Center
for Urban Research and Learning and Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector
Program.
An Evaluation of
Service Use and Satisfaction at Lathrop Homes and Henry Horner Homes (with Joseph Hoereth, Nicole Rousseau, Jennifer
Nargang, & Arianne Harper). August 2001.
Chicago, IL: Center for Urban Research and Learning.
A Report on the
Collaborative Evaluation of the STRIVE Career Path Project (with Mary Jo
Bartl & Dana Rivers). January, 2001.
Chicago, Il: Center for Urban Research and Learning
Factors
Influencing a Successful Transition from Welfare to Work (with Lisa Speicher). December, 2000. Chicago,
IL: Center for Urban Research and
Learning.
Health Care Jobs: A Review (with L. Berman. R. Sewell, K. Raube, E. Linne, A.Strauber). May,
1995. Chicago,
IL: Chicago
Jobs Council.
Caught in the Act
of Doing Something Worthwhile
(with Susan Lloyd). June, 1993. Evanston,
IL: Center for Urban Affairs and
Policy Research.
Illinois Facts on Teenage
Pregnancy: A 1992 Briefing. 1992. Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on
Teenage Pregnancy.
The Illinois Department
of Public Aid's Welfare to Work Programs for Teenage Parents (with C. Flynn, J, Knauss, O. Medina, & B.
Shupe). 1992. Chicago, IL: Illinois
Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy-Supporting Young Parents (with J. Knauss).
1991 Chicago,
IL: Illinois
Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
We Know the Cost
of Teenage Pregnancy (with J.
Knauss). 1991. Chicago, IL: Illinois
Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Welfare and
Teenagers: Guidelines for Evaluating Reform Proposals (with D. Fager, T. Finnegan, J. Knauss, & A.
Saltzberg). 1989. Chicago, IL: Illinois
Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Review of the
Family Support Act of 1988 Provisions that Affect Young Parents. 1988. Chicago: Illinois
Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
PRESENTATIONS
"Identity of the Older Homelessness." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York.
August, 2008.
"The Ageing of the Homeless Population." Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association,
Baltimore, Maryland, May, 2008.
"Developing a Community Based Collaborative Research
Project." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of
Social Problems, New York, New York. August. 2007.
"Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System."
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, New York, New York.
August, 2007.
"Evaluation of City of Chicago Help Line: Preliminary Findings."
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, Montreal, Canada. August, 2006.
"Private-Public Partnership in Delivery of a Municipal Domestic Violence Services." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Canada. May, 2006.
"Community partners and learning: The interaction of resources and identity." Paper
presenting at the Linking Adults with Community Conference, DePaul University,
October, 2005.
"Hardly a leg to stand on: The Civil and Social Rights of Immigrant Victims of Domestic
Violence." Paper presented at the 2nd
International Conference, Advancing Science and Society Interactions, Seville, Spain.
February, 2005.
"Limits to
Empowerment: The Interactions of
Immigration Status and Social Policy on the Options of South Asian Domestic
Violence Victims." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, San Francisco.
August, 2004.
"Designing and Using Research as part of an Advocacy
Agenda to Address Homelessness." Paper
presented at the Society for Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. August, 2004.
"Factors Influencing a
Successful Transition from Welfare to Work" (Co-authored with Lisa Speicher). Paper presented at
the Institute for Women's Policy Research Sixth Conference, Washington, D.C. June, 2001
"A partnership for Self-Sufficiency." (Co-authored with Rafah Abuinnab,
Kathleen McCourt, Jennifer Nargang & Lisa Speicher.) Paper presented at the Institute for Women's
Policy Research Sixth Conference, Washington,
D.C. June, 2001.
"Welfare Reform In
Illinois." American Sociological Association Annual
Conference, New York, New York.
August, 1996.
"Reconsidering
Life Course, Gender, and Social Policy: A Panel Discussion." Northwestern
University, Lecture Series, Human Development and Social Policy. December, 1995
"Children Having
Children: Framing of Public Policy." Northern Illinois University Social
Research Institute colloquium series on Gender
and Public Policy, DeKalb,
Illinois. March, 1993.
"Equity and Adequacy: US Social Security and
Women's Discontinuous Work History and Changing
Family Status." Presented at Life course and Social Policy:
Interrelations, Contradictions and Changes, Graduate College Life course
and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany. June 26, 1992.
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|
Title: | Assistant Research Professor |
| Office: | Lewis Towers 1024B | |
| Phone: | 312-915-8625 | |
| E-mail: | cgeorg@luc.edu |
Personal Information
EDUCATION
PhD Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Graduate Program in Human Development and Social Policy. 2001. Dissertation title "A State's Shaping of a Federal Welfare Initiative: The Illinois Policy Process and the JOBS Program."
M.A. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Graduate Program in Human Development and Social Policy. 1992.
B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.Major concentration in American History, minors in Political Science and Spanish. 1969.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Principal Investigator. Evaluation of the Illinois Children's Health Foundation (ICHF) Pipeline Projects at Southern Illinois University and University of Illinois Chicago Dental Schools. October, 2009-September, 2015. Funding by ICHF.
Principal Investigator (with Susan Grossman). Evaluation of the Illinois Department of Human Services Open Door Demonstration Project. March, 2008 to June, 2010 (anticipated). Funded by the Michael Reese Health Trust.
Principal Investigator (with Marta Lundy and Susan Grossman). Analysis of Shelter Utilization by Victims of Domestic Violence. October 1, 2007-September 31, 2009 (anticipated). Funding by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Principal Investigator. Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless Population. February, 2007-August 2008). Funded by the Retirement Research Foundation.
RESEARCH PROPOSALS IN PROCESS
Co-Principal Investigator. Working Together to Research Trauma: A University-Community Collaboration. Submitted to Department of Health And Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health.
Principal Investigator (with Michael Sosin, University of Chicago). Evaluation of Chicagos Ten year Plan to End Homelessness. Being developed in collaboration with Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness . Submitted to the Chicago Community Trust, Michael Reese Health Trust, Polk Brothers Foundation, and the McCormick Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS
Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (co authored with Anne Figert, Jennifer Nargang Chernega, Sarah Stawiski, & Arturo Valdivia Bendixen.) 2008. Research Opportunities International. 27:2, 161-180.
Welfare Reform and the Safety Needs of Battered Women (2006). In K. M. Kilty & E. Segal, The Promise of Welfare Reform: Rhetoric or Reality? Haworth Press: Binghamton, NY.
Welfare Reform in Illinois: Recent efforts in the context of the national debate (co-authored with D.A. Lewis & D. Puntenney). 1999. In Larry Joseph (ed.). Families, poverty, and welfare reform: confronting a new policy era. Chicago, Il: Center for Urban Research and Policy Studies, University of Chicago; Champaign, Il: Distributed by University of Illinois Press.
State Abortion Rates: The Impact of Policy, Provider Availability, Political Climate, Demography and Economics (co-author with Rebecca Blank and Rebecca London). Journal of Health Economics, October, 1996.
RESEARCH REPORTS
Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless Population. (with J. Wittner, M. Krogh and D. Watson). 2008. Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness: Chicago.
Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: A Process Evaluation of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (with A. Figert, J. Chernaga & S. Stawiski). 2006. Center for Urban Research and Learning: Chicago.
"From the Perspective of Diverse Users: Evaluation Results of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line, Executive Summary" (with M. Fugate, N. Haber, and S.Stawiski). 2006. Center for Urban Research and Learning: Chicago.
Providing a Citywide System of Single Access to Domestic Violence Information, Resources, and Referrals to a Diverse Population: An Evaluation of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Helpline (with M.Fugate, N. Haber, and S. Stawiski). 2005. Final Technical Report submitted to National Institute of Justice.
Evaluation of Partnership for Health Care Access Project of Chicago Health Outreach (CHO) and Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4), 2005. Final Technical Report Submitted to HERSA and SAMSHA.
Transcending Boundaries: Investigating Domestic Violence Among South Asian Immigrant Women. (with Sharma, A. and Sabina, C). 2005. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and Learning
Hardly a leg to stand on: The Civil and Social Rights of Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence. 2005. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Anawim Community Dispersion and Needs Assessment Study: A Study of Native Americans in Cook and Lake Counties. October, 2004. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Assessment of American Indian Health Needs in Metropolitan Chicago (with Diana Veloso and Chiara Sabina). September, 2004. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Coming Home: The role of supportive services in helping homeless men and women break the cycle of homelessness (with Chiara Sabina and Aparna Sharma. August, 2004. Chicago, Illinois: United Power of Action and Justice.
Building Local Capacity: The Early Childhood Network (with Lourdes Paredes). October, 2002. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Providing a Way Station: A study of the Joint Apna Ghar and The Enterprising Kitchen Program to Provide Employment Services to Immigrant Women Victims of Domestic Violence (with Rafah Abuinnab). July, 2002. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Joyce Foundation Grantees and Capacity Building: A Survey Report (with Louis Delgado and Nelson Portillo). March 2002. Chicago, IL: Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning and Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Program.
An Evaluation of Service Use and Satisfaction at Lathrop Homes and Henry Horner Homes (with Joseph Hoereth, Nicole Rousseau, Jennifer Nargang, & Arianne Harper). August 2001. Chicago, IL: Center for Urban Research and Learning.
A Report on the Collaborative Evaluation of the STRIVE Career Path Project (with Mary Jo Bartl & Dana Rivers). January, 2001. Chicago, Il: Center for Urban Research and Learning
Factors Influencing a Successful Transition from Welfare to Work (with Lisa Speicher). December, 2000. Chicago, IL: Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Health Care Jobs: A Review (with L. Berman. R. Sewell, K. Raube, E. Linne, A.Strauber). May, 1995. Chicago, IL: Chicago Jobs Council.
Caught in the Act of Doing Something Worthwhile (with Susan Lloyd). June, 1993. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research.
Illinois Facts on Teenage Pregnancy: A 1992 Briefing. 1992. Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
The Illinois Department of Public Aid's Welfare to Work Programs for Teenage Parents (with C. Flynn, J, Knauss, O. Medina, & B. Shupe). 1992. Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy-Supporting Young Parents (with J. Knauss). 1991 Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
We Know the Cost of Teenage Pregnancy (with J. Knauss). 1991. Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Welfare and Teenagers: Guidelines for Evaluating Reform Proposals (with D. Fager, T. Finnegan, J. Knauss, & A. Saltzberg). 1989. Chicago, IL: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
Review of the Family Support Act of 1988 Provisions that Affect Young Parents. 1988. Chicago: Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy.
PRESENTATIONS
"Identity of the Older Homelessness." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York. August, 2008.
"The Ageing of the Homeless Population." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 2008.
"Developing a Community Based Collaborative Research Project." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York. August. 2007.
"Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. August, 2007.
"Evaluation of City of Chicago Help Line: Preliminary Findings." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Canada. August, 2006.
"Private-Public Partnership in Delivery of a Municipal Domestic Violence Services." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Canada. May, 2006.
"Community partners and learning: The interaction of resources and identity." Paper presenting at the Linking Adults with Community Conference, DePaul University, October, 2005.
"Hardly a leg to stand on: The Civil and Social Rights of Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence." Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference, Advancing Science and Society Interactions, Seville, Spain. February, 2005.
"Limits to Empowerment: The Interactions of Immigration Status and Social Policy on the Options of South Asian Domestic Violence Victims." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco. August, 2004.
"Designing and Using Research as part of an Advocacy Agenda to Address Homelessness." Paper presented at the Society for Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. August, 2004.
"Factors Influencing a Successful Transition from Welfare to Work" (Co-authored with Lisa Speicher). Paper presented at the Institute for Women's Policy Research Sixth Conference, Washington, D.C. June, 2001
"A partnership for Self-Sufficiency." (Co-authored with Rafah Abuinnab, Kathleen McCourt, Jennifer Nargang & Lisa Speicher.) Paper presented at the Institute for Women's Policy Research Sixth Conference, Washington, D.C. June, 2001.
"Welfare Reform In Illinois." American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York, New York. August, 1996.
"Reconsidering Life Course, Gender, and Social Policy: A Panel Discussion." Northwestern University, Lecture Series, Human Development and Social Policy. December, 1995
"Children Having Children: Framing of Public Policy." Northern Illinois University Social Research Institute colloquium series on Gender and Public Policy, DeKalb, Illinois. March, 1993.
"Equity and Adequacy: US Social Security and Women's Discontinuous Work History and Changing Family Status." Presented at Life course and Social Policy: Interrelations, Contradictions and Changes, Graduate College Life course and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany. June 26, 1992.