CityLab at Worcester State University is a community-engaged research institute through which interdisciplinary teams of faculty, students, community members, and organizations collaborate on action research projects with policy impact. Projects focus on a range of urban exclusion issues including those involving
Race and Ethnicity Social Class and Poverty
Health and (dis)Ability Ideology and Religion
LGBTQ and Gender Language and National Origin
Age, Civic Participation, and Immigration Status
CityLab
Sullivan Academic Center, S-131
508-929-8940
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., Director
Shiko Gathuo, Ph.D.
Timothy E. Murphy, Ph.D.
Matthew Palm, Ph.D.
Adam Saltsman, Ph.D.
Michael Allevato Alex Briesacher, Ph.D.
Madeline Otis Campbell, Ph.D. Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D.,
Paola Echeverry Mary Fowler, Ph.D.
William J. Hansen, Ph.D John Holbrook
Mary Jo Marion Dannielle Morrow
Timothy E. Murphy, Ph.D. Peter Peloquin
Elliot Rivera Adam Saltsman, Ph.D.
Joseph G. Schlegel Jennifer Velez
Francisco Vivoni, Ph.D. Kirby Wycoff, Psy.D.
In CityLab, professors from various departments work collaboratively with teams of graduate and undergraduate students on research problems. Click here for a sampling of reports.
Oral History Center with collected oral histories from the region
There are many dimensions to the non-circulating archives at CityLab:
Rare and research collections and manuscripts relevant to Worcester and Worcester County such as histories of Worcester
Worcester City Directories, Worcester House Directories, and Worcester City Documents
Worcester County Directories
Papers of Vincent “Jake” Powers, Urban Studies founding professor
Copies of reports, maps, microfilm, and studies in limited circulation
Student Projects -- work on written projects that could be of interest to local people for general fulfillment or research.