Workshops:
School Choice Conference
Jack Dougherty presented a conference on October 11, 2005 entitled "Who Chooses Schools and Why." The research, which was presented to educators in the Hartford region, grew out of a community learning course and a Kellogg summer research grant.
This spring 2006, Naralys Estevez '06 and Nivia Nieves '06 delivered
conference papers on magnet school research at the American
Educational Research Association meeting. You can click here to view the papers and presentations. Click on "research" and scroll down to find names. Any criticisms and comments are welcome as we continue to revise and submit for publication. Please contact Jack Dougherty at jack.dougherty@trincoll.edu with any questions.
Click here to access all conference materials. Then click on "School Choice Conference 2005."
Class Project
Students in a first-year colloquium entitled Invisible Cities produced google maps for community organizations. The course was taught by Professor Dan Lloyd and Rachel Barlow, Social Sciences Data Service Coordinator, in the Spring of 2006. Click here to see the maps.
Programs:
Trinity College has a long history of collaborative research and academic engagement with the community. These urban initiatives were nurtured by grants over the past decade from sources like the Kellogg Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies. Two of these initiatives, the Cities Data Center and the Trinity Center for Neighborhoods, are currently being rethought. as the College restructures how it administers its urban initiatives.
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During its existence from 1999 to 2004, The Cities Data Center collected, analyzed and disseminated data about Hartford and the metropolitan region, and helped students undertake research on these data as well. The Center produced two Hartford Field Guides, one in 2001 and one in 2003. These have been used by many different community groups, Hartford city government, and Trinity students in a variety of courses. An urban data committee is now exploring options for keeping these data sources current, continuing to make them available to Trinity faculty, students and community groups, and teaching with them. In the meantime, a social science research coordinator within the library continues providing help with student research and with finding appropriate databases.
Limited copies of the 2003 Hartford Field Guide are still available. Call Elly Jacobson at 297-4275.
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Between 1996 and 2005 the Trinity Center for Neighborhoods (TCN) served as a bridge between the neighborhoods and the campus. It provided the community with faculty and student research capabilities in areas of community interest and concern.
TCN-sponsored student and faculty research projects have been archived over the past ten years. Click here to view the project list. While it is reconfiguring its urban initiatives the College is offering a more limited set of programs. Students can register for research and internship opportunities with community-based organizations through a Sociology seminar called “Organizing by Neighborhoods” and through other community engagement programs such as the Internship Program, the Hartford Studies Project and the Community Learning Initiative. The Director’s Training Program (link to wepage) is being offered in a shortened, writing/presentation-intensive version in the spring of 2006. Call Elly Jacobson at 297-4275 for more information on this program.