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Jeffrey Edwards
Associate Professor of Political Science & Department Chair

Roosevelt University
Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Office Chicago Campus
Room 744 (Auditorium Bldg.)
Phone 312-341-3679
Hours Fall 2009: Tu & Th 11-12:30; and by appointment
E-mail jedwards@roosevelt.edu
Courses
FALL 2009
POS 367/467 Social Movements (cross-listed as SOC 367/467)

SPRING 2010
POS 202 Introduction to Political Theory
WGS 404 LGBTQ Communities

OTHER COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT:
POS 101 Introduction to US Politics
POS 200 Introduction to Social Justice Studies (cross-listed as SOCJ 201)
POS 312 The Politics of Lesbian & Gay Communities
POS 336 Urban Gentrification: Markets, Culture, Politics

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Primary Scholarly Interests
My teaching and research focus on economic, social, and political power, conflict, and change in the US urban context. My most sustained research has been on the post-war Black movement in the US North; 1980s-1990s AIDS street activism; and urban gentrification from the 1990s to the present. I am just now turning to analyze LGBTQ activism, exploring how urban political economies have shaped, and been shaped by, that activism, and writing a narrative of LGBTQ political development that emphasizes this movement’s essentially local nature, despite the heightened media visibility of national organizations and citizenship claims in recent years.

Links
Crossroads Fund: Learn about cutting-edge organizing in Chicago (http://www.crossroadsfund.org)
Right to the City (http://www.righttothecity.org)
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action (http://www.demos.org)
Brennan Center for Justice (http://www.brennancenter.org/)
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