Ci3 Spotlight: Ireashia M Bennett

The Ci3 Spotlight highlights a staff member from our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, storytellers, and policy experts. Name: Ireashia M Bennett Pronouns: (they/them)Title/Role at Ci3: Audio-Visual Production Manager; Visual Storytelling Extraordinaire! Tell us about what you do at Ci3, and how it connects to your career dreams and aspirations (past and present). Within this role, I contribute … Continue reading Ci3 Spotlight: Ireashia M Bennett

Ci3 Spotlight: Ailea Stites

The Ci3 Spotlight highlights a staff member from our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, storytellers, and policy experts. Name: Ailea StitesTitle/Role at Ci3: Community Engagement Lead What is your role with Ci3? I lead community engagement efforts across the Center, in particular our Youth Advisory Council, and provide design and operational support on our other projects as … Continue reading Ci3 Spotlight: Ailea Stites

Ci3 Spotlight: Amanda Geppert, MPH

Ci3 Spotlight: Amanda Geppert, MPH The Ci3 Spotlight highlights a staff member from our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, storytellers, and policy experts. Name: Amanda Geppert, C.Phil., MPHTitle/Role at Ci3: Director, Ci3 Design Thinking Lab Tell us about what you do at Ci3 and how you apply “design.” According to Herbert Simon, “everyone designs who devises courses … Continue reading Ci3 Spotlight: Amanda Geppert, MPH

Ci3 Spotlight: Darnell N. Motley, PhD

Ci3 Spotlight: Darnell N. Motley, PhD The Ci3 Spotlight highlights a staff member from our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, storytellers, and policy experts. Name: Darnell N. Motley, PhDTitle/Role at Ci3: Lead Researcher, LGBTQ Health Tell us about what you do at Ci3, and how you connect with university partners. I oversee Ci3’s portfolio of … Continue reading Ci3 Spotlight: Darnell N. Motley, PhD

Ci3 Spotlight: Suchi Bansal

The Ci3 Spotlight highlights a staff member from our interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers, storytellers, and policy experts. Ci3 takes a unique research approach by incorporating digital media, games, and design thinking in its practice. How can these areas foster change for adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health in India? In India, one of the main … Continue reading Ci3 Spotlight: Suchi Bansal

From Research to Intervention: Creating Healthier Futures with Indian Youth

By Soo Young Lee, Ci3 Research Specialist Health disparities research helps to document critical gaps in outcomes across a variety of domains, however, rarely are young people involved in designing the interventions to reduce these disparities. To address this problem, Ci3 at the University of Chicago launched Kissa Kahani, an India-based project that applies multimedia storytelling and innovative participatory … Continue reading From Research to Intervention: Creating Healthier Futures with Indian Youth

South Side Speculations: Building Healthier and Freer Futures with Youth

By Erin Garcia Transmedia Collage is a two-year intergenerational program that aims to rethink the economic, political, and social structures that present long-term challenges for Chicago’s South Side community and its residents, especially young people. Led by Ci3’s Transmedia Story Lab and University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) History Moves, the project engaged high school … Continue reading South Side Speculations: Building Healthier and Freer Futures with Youth