Community Research and Action PhD
Becoming the change-makers
Community Research and Action doctoral students are researching complex social justice issues that affect individual neighborhoods to entire populations
Community Research and Action PhD
Become a leader in researching solutions for today’s most critical social issues! The PhD in Community Research and Action program is training the next generation of scholars changing the world.
Highlights of our program
- Our innovative, inter-disciplinary program helps students gain research skills and learn about society’s most pressing public policy challenges, including educational inequality, racial justice, gender-based violence and many more.
- Our small classes allow our students to engage in interactive dialogues with each other and develop close relationships with our faculty who are top scholars in their field.
- Our faculty are experts and collaborate with students on cutting-edge research to help advance social justice and empower people across communities.
- Our excellent academics prepare graduates for rewarding careers in academia, research institutions and policy organizations.
Events
CRA Lunch & Learn: All About the IRB Process with Marissa Barbieri
11:30am
CRA Lunch & Learn: Community Schools and Justice-Involved Families: the "Surveillance-Support Paradox" with Irene Odeigah-Azonuche
11:30am
CRA Lunch & Learn: Community Protests Against Armed Groups: Spatial-Temporal Clustering and Violence Dynamics in East and Central Africa with Paul Macharia
11:30am
CRA Lunch & Learn
11:30am
CRA Lunch & Learn: Trauma Healing and the Emergence of Community Resilience: A Multilevel Theoretical Perspective with Ammcise Apply
11:30am
Our Community and Network
Our graduates are leaders in nearly every field of public and community service due to their talent and desire for change. Select an alum to learn more about the impact our program had on their career.