In the public sphere

Media & Public Engagement

Bringing research on internet innovation, nonprofit governance, and social policy to broadcast, print, and the communities and agencies the work is about.

Coverage

Selected media

Feature

Trial and Error

University of Chicago Magazine · Winter 2026↗

Feature

Internet Disconnect

University of Chicago Magazine · Summer 2022↗

▶ Video

The Need for Internet Access in Chicago

WTTW · Chicago Tonight↗

▶ Video

Researching Disparities in Internet Access Across the City

UChicago Data Science Institute▶

News

South & West Sides have the lowest rates of home internet

ABC7 Chicago · May 2022↗

News

Deep disparities in internet access found across Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times · May 2022↗

Opinion

Human and Social Services Need Reform, Too

USA Today · June 2020 · with Jennifer E. Mosley↗

Additional coverage of the Internet Innovation Initiative (May 2022): WGN-TV, FOX 32 Chicago, WBEZ NPR, and WBBM Newsradio.

Impact

Public engagement

Working directly with the city agencies, schools, and community organizations that the research studies.

Chicago Area Broadband Initiative

2022–2025 · Measuring the performance of community-based networks providing low-cost connectivity in marginalized communities

Chicago Connected free-internet program

2020–2024 · Monthly analysis with the Chicago Mayor's Office, Chicago Public Schools, and Kids First Chicago

UChicago Internet Innovation Initiative public portal

2022 · Launch of a public-facing online portal for the Initiative's data

Data Science Clinic — City of Chicago

2022 · Faculty adviser, mapping internet connectivity rates for the Mayor's Office

Chicago Department of Public Health

2019–2020 · New administrative procedures to gather more accurate data on contract-spending locations