Chicago's Response to COVID-19

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Chicago in 2021?

In 2021, our first Mapping Global Chicago cohort focused on how the global COVID pandemic has changed our city; the research on this page is the result of student-led work on areas such as:

  • Education
  • Trust and Uncertainty: Attitudes on Vaccination
  • Hate Crimes
  • Social Justice
  • Visualizing the Pandemic through GIS
  • Healthcare at a Distance 

2021 Research Teams

Education: Nathnael Alazar, Amara Cohen, Gage Gramlick, Rebecca Grayzel-Ward, Lily Levine, Bella Mendoza, Carlos Souffront, Stephane Wallen

Trust and Uncertainty: Attitudes on Vaccination: Alice Breternitz, Olivia Cohen, Autumn Mitchell, Nick O’Donnell

Hate Crimes: Allison Leon, Annabelle Rice

Social Justice: Nico Emmanuel-Henderson, Lauren Leggett

Visualizing the Pandemic through GIS: Dannie Griggs, Cooper Komatsu, Ro Redfern-Taube, Clyde Schwab

Healthcare at a Distance: Margo Bolanos Gamez, Peter Hahn, Abi Hurtado, Atif Osmani, Alexa Silfen, Tiffany Wu, Angel Zhang