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Center Research

Members of the Center for Community Studies are involved in wide-ranging research activities that are defining and offering solutions for such pressing societal issues as youth violence, youth mental health, distressed families, homelessness and affordable housing.

Center members’ projects often entail collaborative efforts that cross the boundaries of multiple disciplines. In this work, both students and faculty members serve as expert consultants to community-partner agencies and organizations in need of research-informed direction to address a specific problem or concern. In addition to faculty expertise, community partners have access to assistance from doctoral students conducting original research, graduate and undergraduate students doing internships and community service, and action research classes that focus on understanding and solving community problems.

Read descriptions of Center members’ current research projects.

Read descriptions of Center members’ archived research projects.

To support and encourage collaborative scholarship and information-sharing, the Center for Community Studies has established core research groups that reflect the major areas in which members work:

• Schools, Communities and Youth
• Urban Neighborhoods 
• Community Health 

Center members also organize their work in more informal interest groups, which may include faculty members, students and community partners:

• International Community Studies 
• Faith, Spirituality and Community

Learn more about the core research and interest groups.