Gwen Jordan Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
Scholarly Interests: Dr. Jordan’s interests center on issues of race, gender, the law, and the legal profession. Her current projects include a study of the Protective Agency for Women and Children, the precursor to the Legal Aid Society of Chicago. She examines the Agency’s role in the historical development of rape law reform, rape shield laws, and domestic violence laws. A second project focuses on the intersection of race and gender within the legal profession. She uses critical race theory to examine the first two black women lawyers in Illinois.
Recent NIU Courses Taught: Criminology, Woman and Law
Email: gjordan@niu.edu
Phone: 815-753-2554
Office: Zulauf 914