Graduate Fellows
Center Graduate Fellowships enable graduate students to participate in collaborative research projects with community-based organizations, social service agencies, health care providers, businesses, and government in Chicago's city and suburbs. Through their research and teaching projects, fellows are active participants in Loyola University Chicago's efforts to improve the quality of life for all members of the Chicago metropolitan community.
The Graduate Fellows are selected from a pool of applicants and matched to team projects based on skills and interest. The Fellows serve in a facilitation role for the projects and act as the link between Loyola faculty and undergraduates and community researchers to keep projects on track.
Graduate Fellows
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Matt Leo
Matt (He/Him) is a PhD student in the Cultural Educational and Policy Studies program (CEPs) at Loyola. Previously, Matt taught philosophy, business management, and history in Chicago Public Schools for eight years. His research interests include organizational sociology, the history of American education, and the relationship between the economy and the formation of school policy.
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Travis Moody
Travis is a PhD student in the Sociology department at Loyola University Chicago. His research interests include race and ethnic studies, and urban communities. Specifically, Travis is interested in studying how racism affects and influences different forms of people's activity.
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Timothy Roberts, Jr.
Timothy Roberts, Jr. (He/Him/His) is currently completing his law degree at Loyola's School of Law. Tim previously received his BA in Political Science from Lake Erie College and has spent time since involved in community engagement and development. His research interests include public policy and public health.
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Rachel Young
Rachel (she/her) is a Ph.D student in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Rachel has 13+ years of experience working with youth and young adults in a variety of settings that include community-based workforce development, technical education, college and career development, and supportive housing for homeless and highly mobile youth. Her interests include abolition feminism as a framework to confront oppressive systems that perpetuate food and housing insecurity in the United States.
Center Graduate Fellowships enable graduate students to participate in collaborative research projects with community-based organizations, social service agencies, health care providers, businesses, and government in Chicago's city and suburbs. Through their research and teaching projects, fellows are active participants in Loyola University Chicago's efforts to improve the quality of life for all members of the Chicago metropolitan community.
The Graduate Fellows are selected from a pool of applicants and matched to team projects based on skills and interest. The Fellows serve in a facilitation role for the projects and act as the link between Loyola faculty and undergraduates and community researchers to keep projects on track.