Julia Pryce, PhD

Professor

Associate Director, Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy

Dr. Pryce’s research focuses on school-based interventions, the role of mentors in the lives of system-involved youth, and program development. Her additional areas of scholarship include the development and study of mentoring programs internationally and the role of social justice in social work curricula. Dr. Pryce teaches in the HBSE and research sequences in the undergraduate, Masters, and doctoral programs.

Research Interests

Training on the Mentoring FAN, in collaboration with Erikson Institute and funded in part by the Provost Fellowship, LUC, and the Faculty Innovation Fund, Erikson Institute

The Development & Implementation of an Economic Mentoring Program for Male Youth Impacted by the Juvenile Justice System, collaboration with the City of Chicago Department of Family & Support Services, University of Illinois at Chicago Schools of Public Health, and four community agencies

Qualitative Examination of the experiences of youth aging out of the child welfare system, Project with University of Chicago & Chapin Hall Center for Children

Courses Taught

SOWK 305 & 500, SOWK 361 “Youth Development & Mentoring”

SOWK 506 “Research Methods

SOWK 819 “Qualitative Methods”