Meet the Crew
Get to know the faculty, staff and research assistants who work incredibly hard on the Center's projects!
The Center for Public Scholarship & Social Change brings together teams of faculty, students, and members of the community to engage collaboratively in research for public purposes. Aiming to leverage the ability for shared research on public issues, the Center for Public Scholarship lends assistance and expertise in identifying research issues, developing research designs, collecting data, writing up results, disseminating results, and working with policymakers and practitioners to resolve issues affecting local, regional, and global communities.
Goals for the Center include the following:
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Frank, Dr. Laura Granruth, Dr. Mary Glazier, Rachel Preibisch, Dawn Watson, and Brittany Leffler on their newly published article: "Please, Mr. Postman:" Exploring the Use of Letter Writing to Address Loneliness. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
The application for the 2023 Grant is now open!
To download the application and learn more about the grant, please visit the Community Engagement Grant Program page.
The Center had the opportunity to present three projects at this year's Eastern Sociological Society Conference in Baltimore:
Congratulations to all the faculty and student researchers who presented!
Congratulations and a special thanks to Alicia Hill, Amy Sheeley, and Lyndsey Kregel for their outstanding job of representing the Center in Harrisburg!
Get to know the faculty, staff and research assistants who work incredibly hard on the Center's projects!
Please feel free to look through all the research reports the Center has done over the years!
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