Browsing by Author "Thelin, Rachel"

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    Decision 2020 Electing Indiana's Future: Governance Issues for the Next Administration
    (2020-09) Kennedy, Sheila S.; Guevara, Tom; Thelin, Rachel
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    Indiana Civil Legal Needs Study and Legal Aid System Scan
    (Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 2019-03) Quintanilla, Victor; Thelin, Rachel
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    Indiana Latino Community Profile and Survey Latino-Serving Organizations
    (Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 2016-03) Thelin, Rachel; Sapp, Dona
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: County Profile Book 2019
    (2020-09) Thelin, Rachel; Palmer, Jamie
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Impaired Driving 2019
    (2020-09) Thelin, Rachel
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Motorcycles 2019
    (Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 2020-09) Thelin, Rachel
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    NEWS AND CIVIC LITERACY;WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2015-04-17) Fields, Whitney; Thelin, Rachel; Suess Kennedy, Sheila
    The Center for Civic Literacy (CCL) at IUPUI is a Signature Center Grant recipient. CCL is a multi-disciplinary research center established to examine the causes and dimensions of Americans’ low levels of civic knowledge, and to investigate the consequences of personal, social, and political civic ignorance. CCL takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes and effects of deficits in civic literacy, while also examining best practices that combat civic deficits across sectors of society, including public affairs, science, education, business, and healthcare. The latest project from the center investigates how low levels of civic and news literacy intersect; what’s the connection and why does it matter? A study from America University states, “news habits tend to be formed early; if young people turn away from the news, it may lead to a less informed citizenry and make it less likely that there will be a critical mass of news consumers to sustain the high-quality journalism and information production crucial to a healthy democracy” (Hayes, 2014, p.222). The center is currently gathering such research to make the case for an IPS program in high schools which would teach both news and civic literacy.
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    WE ALL HAVE TO DO IT: PURPOSE AND PROCESS OF LITERATURE REVIEW
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2014-04-11) Lafata, Deborah; Weiss, Anne; Thelin, Rachel; Suess Kennedy, Sheila
    The Center for Civic Literacy (CCL) at IUPUI is a Signature Center Grant recipient. CCL is a multi-disciplinary research center established to examine the causes and dimensions of Americans’ low levels of civic knowledge, and to investigate the consequences of personal, social, and political civic ignorance. CCL takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes and effects of deficits in civic literacy, while also examining best practices that combat civic deficits across sectors of society, including public affairs, science, education, business, and healthcare. To further understand the nature of civic deficits, CCL must first define ‘civic literacy’ across these varied disciplinary contexts. This process requires thorough review and assessment of existing research that addresses various aspects of civic knowledge. CCL’s poster will showcase the purpose, challenges, and lessons learned from engaging in an iterative process of a multi-disciplinary literature review. An additional goal of presenting CCL’s literature review approach is to encourage attendees to consider how researchers frame, refine, and rework their understanding of a particular topic to strengthen their research objectives.