Abbey Chambers
Project Manager
Abbey Chambers is Project Manager for the Congregations and Polarization Project (CAP). She is an independent, community-based researcher who specializes in qualitative methods. She studies community engagement practices and economic development’s impacts on people and places. In addition to managing the CAP Project, she is also a researcher on the Rethink Coalition’s Southeast Gateway Planning Study. Previously, she was a researcher with the Project on Religion and Urban Culture (RUC) 2.0, and she has contributed to studies on housing loss (New America, Washington, D.C.) and inclusive economic growth (IU Public Policy Institute, Indianapolis, IN). Her commentaries on community engagement practices and economic policies have been published in the Indianapolis Business Journal, Indy Correspondent, and International Economic Development Council’s ED|NOW blog.