This is a collection that covers the range of scholarly work undertaken by faculty and students covering social justice. This list is curated by the Provost Office for Social Justice Initiatives. Please email socialjustice@luc.edu if you have material to contribute to this collection.

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Documents from 2013

Employment Discrimination: Selected Cases & Statutes 7th edition, Michael J. Zimmer

Systemic Empathy, Michael J. Zimmer

The New Discrimination Law: Price Waterhouse is Dead, Whither McDonnell Douglas?, Michael J. Zimmer

Documents from 2012

Variables of Health Reform and Their Impacts on the Elderly., John D. Blum

Justice, Access to the Courts, and the Right to Free Counsel for Indigent Parents: The Continuing Scourge of Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham., Bruce A. Boyer

Advocating for Children in Care in a Climate of Economic Recession: The Relationship Between Poverty and Child Maltreatment., Bruce A. Boyer and Amy E. Halbrook

Happiness and Punishment., John Bronsteen

Retribution and the Experience of Punishment., John Bronsteen

Retribution's Role., John Bronsteen

The Minority Stress Perspective, Michael P. Dentato

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The Minority Stress Perspective, Michael P. Dentato

Models for Change: A Postmodern Initiative to Promote a Fair, Rational, and Effective Juvenile Justice System., Diane C. Geraghty

What Began as a Cause has Become a Profession: Reflections on the Role of Loyola's Civitas ChildLaw Center in the Development of Children's law as a Legal Specialty., Diane C. Geraghty

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Inequality in a "Postracial" Era: Race, Immigration, and Criminalization of Low Wage Labor, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz

A New World Order for Addressing Patent Rights and Public Health., Cynthia M. Ho

Global Access to Medicine: The Influence of Competing Perspectives., Cynthia M. Ho

PICS in Focus: A Majority of the Supreme Court Reaffirms the Constitutionality of Race-Conscious School Integration Strategies., Michael J. Kaufman

Reading, Writing, and Race: The Constitutionality of Educational Strategies Designed to Teach Racial Literacy., Michael J. Kaufman

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Occupy Wall Street signs: Visual reflections of hidden soical issues, Pamela K. Morris

Beyond Judicial Activism: When the Supreme Court is No Longer a Court., Margaret L. Moses

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Occupy Chicago Oral History Project, Michelle Nickerson and Zachary Weber

The International Criminal Court: An Informal Overview, Jerry E. Norton

The International Criminal Court: An Informal Overview., Jerry E. Norton

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A Profile of Women Released Into Cook County Communities from Jail and Prison, David E. Olson and Gipsy Escobar

An Essay on the Iconic Status of the Civil Rights Movement and its Unintended Consequences., Juan F. Perea

Destined for Servitude., Juan F. Perea

The Echoes of Slavery: Recognizing the Racist Origins of the Agricultural and Domestic Worker Exclusion from the National Labor Relations Act., Juan F. Perea

Games CEOs Play and Interest Convergence Theory: Why Diversity Lags in America's Boardrooms and What To Do About It, Steven A. Ramirez

Taking Economic Human Rights Seriously After the Debt Crisis., Steven A. Ramirez

Taking Voting Rights Seriously: Race and the Integrity of Democracy in America., Steven A. Ramirez

Class Actions and the Poor., Henry Rose

The Poor as a Suspect Class under the Equal Protection Clause: An Open Constitutional Question, Henry Rose

The Not so Great Writ: The European Court of Human Rights Finds Habeas Corpus and Inadequate Remedy: Should American Courts Reexamine the Writ., Allen E. Shoenberger

“Death is Different” No Longer: Graham v. Florida and the Future of Eighth Amendment Challenges to Noncapital Sentences., Barry Sullivan

Foreword: CIVIL RIGHTS IN 1995, Barry Sullivan

Methods and Materials in Constitutional Law: Some Thoughts on Access to Government Information As a Problem for Constitutional Theory and Socio-Legal Studies.”, Barry Sullivan

Employment Discrimination: Law and Practice (3rd edition), Charles A. Sullivan, Michael J. Zimmer, and Rebecca White

A Civil Rights Approach, Alexander Tsesis

Congressional Authority to Interpret the Thirteenth Amendment., Alexander Tsesis

Freedom to Integrate: A Desegregationist Perspective on the Thirteen Amendment., Alexander Tsesis

Interpreting the Thirteenth Amendment., Alexander Tsesis

The Thirteenth Amendment Enforcement Authority, Alexander Tsesis

Undermining Inalienable Rights: From Dred Scott to the Rehnquist Court., Alexander Tsesis

Consumption and Gender Identity in Popular Media: Discourses of Domesticity, Sexuality and Authenticity, Linda Tuncay Zayer, Katherine Sredl, Marie Agnes Parmentier, and Cathreine Coleman

A Pro-Employee Supreme Court?: The Retaliation Decisions., Michael J. Zimmer

Decent Work with a Living Wage, in The Global Labour Market: From GGlobalization to Flexicurity., Michael J. Zimmer

Unions & the Great Recession: Is Transnationalism the Answer?, Michael J. Zimmer

Global Climate Change Creates a New Carbon Business for U.S. Companies, Michael J. Zimmer

Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (6th edition), Michael J. Zimmer, Charles A. Sullivan, and Rebecca White

Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (7th edition), Michael J. Zimmer, Charles A. Sullivan, and Rebecca White

Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (7th edition), Michael J. Zimmer, Charles A. Sullivan, and Rebecca White

Submissions from 2011

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Appraising Chicago's Homeless Policy: Interviews with Chicago's Homeless Population, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Christine George, Susan Grossman, and Michael Sosin

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Is Immigration Policy Labor Policy? Immigration Enforcement, Undocumented Workers, and the State, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz and Laura Nussbaum-Barberena

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Is Immigration Policy Labor Policy? Immigration Enforcement, Undocumented Workers, and the State, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz and Laura Nussbaum-Barberena

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State Citizenship As a Tool of Indian Persistence, Theodore J. Karamanski

State Citizenship As a Tool of Indian Persistence, Theodore J. Karamanski

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Moral Analysis of a Procedure at Phoenix Hospital, M. Therese Lysaught

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Creating therapeutic relationships with disadvantaged children and youth, Katherine Tyson McCrea Professor

Doctors, Discipline, and the Death Penalty: Professional Implications of Safe Harbor Statutes, Nadia N. Sawicki

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Creating an American Islam: Thoughts on Religion, Identity and Place, Rhys H. Williams

Documents from 2010

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Bringing It All Together: Integrating Text, Audio, Metadata, GIS, and Scholarly Criticism in a Holocaust Oral History Archive, Eben English

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Neglected Responsibilities: America's Failure to Support Native Alaskan Students, Tonei Glavinic

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Research Shows Lack of Support for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth in U.S. School Systems, Tonei Glavinic

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Willing to Work: Agency and Vulnerability in an Undocumented Immigrant Network, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz

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Willing to Work: Agency and Vulnerability in an Undocumented Immigrant Network, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz

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Caregiving Heuristics: Valuable Practitioner Knowledge in the Context of Managing Residential Care, Katherine Tyson McCrea Professor

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Ricci’s “Color-Blind” Standard in a Race Conscious Society: A Case of Unintended Consequences?, Michael J. Zimmer

Submissions from 2009

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The Impact of an Urban Wal-Mart Store on Area Businesses: An Evaluation of One Chicago Neighborhood's Experience, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Julie Davis, David Merriman, Lucia Samayoa, Brian Flanagan, Ron Baiman, and Joseph Persky

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Restorative Justice: A Systematic Review of the Social Work Literature, Edward J. Gumz and Cynthia L. Grant

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A bottom-up definition of self-sufficiency: Voices from low-income jobseekers., Philip Young P. Hong, Vamadu A. Sheriff, and Sandra R. Naeger

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Medicine as Friendship with God: Anointing the Sick as a Theological Hermeneutic, M Therese Lysaught

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Docile Bodies: Transnational Research Ethics as Biopolitics, M. Therese Lysaught

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“Suffering in Communion With Christ: Sacraments, Dying Faithfully, and End of Life Care, M. Therese Lysaught

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Driving gender: An analysis of U.S. auto ad visuals 1925-2005, Pamela K. Morris

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Gender images in Hurricane Katrina coverage, Pamela K. Morris

Submissions from 2008

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Homeless over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless Population, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Christine George, Marilyn Krogh, Dennis Watson, and Judith Wittner

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SPORTING BOYCOTTS: LEGAL INTERVENTION IN THE SPORTING ARENA, Bandini Vijay Chhichhia Miss

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’"I’m Glad you Asked’: Homeless Persons Diagnosed With Severe Mental Illness Evaluate Their Residential Care, Katherine Tyson McCrea Professor

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The Practice of Compassion in Supervision in Residential Treatment Programs for Clients with Severe Mental Illness, Katherine Tyson McCrea Professor

Submissions from 2007

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One and a Half Decades of Apartment Loss and Condominium Growth: Changes in Chicago's Residential Building Stock, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Julie Lynn Davis, and David F. Merriman

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Lessons in Philanthropy: A Case Studies Approach, Center for Urban Research and Learning and Louis T. Delgado

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Translating Research into Action: Moving Evaluations Beyond the Report, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Amy Kerr, and Michael Maranda

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Doing Ethics in an Ecclesial Context, M. Therese Lysaught

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“The Languages of the Public Sphere: Religious Pluralism, Institutional Logics, and Civil Society.”, Rhys H. Williams

Submissions from 2005

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Successes and Challenges Among Community Technology Programs in Illinois, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Amy Kerr, Tanya Kellam, and Aparna Sharma

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Who Is Listening to Local Communities? Connections between Chicago Region Community-Based Organizations and Regional, State, and National Policy Initiatives, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Philip Nyden, Nathan Benefield, and Maureen Hellwig

The Press & The Puglist, Donato J. Latrofa

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Dimensions of interpersonal relationships and safety in the steel industry, G W. Watson, Dow Scott, J W. Bishop, and T Turnbeaugh

Submissions from 2004

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Native Americans in Philanthropy: A Demographic Profile of Independently Incorporated Native American Foundations and Selected Funds in the United States, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Native Americans in Philanthropy, and Louis T. Delgado

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Respect: Or, How Respect for Persons Became Respect for Autonomy, M. Therese Lysaught

Submissions from 2003

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Southwest Chicago Foreclosure Study, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Nathan Benefield, Samantha Dwyer, Tonia Garnett, David Hannah, and Amy Falcone

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United Power for Action and Justice: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness Reports - Policy Brief, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Christine George, Chiara Sabina, and Aparna Sharma

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The Future of Grassroots America: Local Perspectives on Current and Emerging Issues Facing Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Philip Nyden, Gwendolyn Nyden, and Amanda Fox

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Minding the Gap: An Assessment of Racial Disparity in Metropolitan Chicago, Center for Urban Research and Learning and The Human Relations Foundation/Jane Addams Policy Initiative

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Neighborhood Voices: Getting It Together -- Connecting Local Neighborhoods and National Advocates, Anne Pasmanick and National Neighborhood Coalition

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In the Hands of Employees, Dow Scott, M Reilly, and J Andrzejewski

Submissions from 2002

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Providing a Way Station: A Study of the Joint Apna Ghar -The Enterprising Kitchen Program to Provide Employment Services to Immigrant Women Victimes of Domestic Violence, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Christine George, and Rafah Abuinnb

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The Uptown Housing and Land Use Study, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Peter Haas, Philip Nyden, Thomas Walsh, Nathan Benefield, and Christopher Giangreco

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Girl Driven Research Project, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Madeline Troche-Rodriguez, and Jessica Palmert

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Active Cultures: Here Come the Hacktivists, Eben English