Karen J. Honig Memorial Lecture

The 30th Karen J. Honig Memorial Lecture hosted by the Jane Addams College of Social Work will feature Trina Reynolds-Tyler presenting “Missing and Forgotten Women: Lost in the Shadows.” The lecture will address the shared risk and protective factors impacting families of missing women in Chicago. Drawing on in-depth investigative reporting, this discussion will address systemic issues, abuse and the inadequate access to essential services many families face, and the urgent reality that systemic failures and deep-seated biases — such as racism and sexism — within law enforcement institutions significantly heighten the vulnerabilities of these women.

Reynolds-Tyler is the data director at the Invisible Institute, a nonprofit journalism production company located on Chicago’s South Side that works to enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable. A native of Chicago’s South Side, Reynolds-Tyler won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for local investigative reporting for the seven-part series “Missing in Chicago.” She leads Beneath the Surface, a project using machine learning to address how police investigations often overlook gender-based violence. Reynolds-Tyler gained expertise in data science through her internship at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group and as a Pearson Institute Fellow. She earned a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.

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