CCPA faculty: Conducting research that matters
Our professors are scholars in areas like education, human rights, health care, sustainability, philanthropy, substance use and mental health — and they’re doing their work in our backyard.
CCPA is about applied scholarship – initiatives that implement best practices in our local community, adapt and learn from them and then bring them to the world through publications, presentations and consultations. While our faculty are experts in a range of areas, the college is united by core values of social justice, interdisciplinary collaboration and applied scholarship. We believe in generating knowledge that can lead to new models, improve best practices and change communities both at home and abroad. Conducting research with real impact is just as much part of our philosophy as it is our everyday work.
Our faculty collaborate with other University departments, nonprofit and governmental organizations, health and human services agencies, school systems and businesses to enhance scholarship and contribute to mutually beneficial partnerships. Our undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students are encouraged to work closely with professors and contribute to research, through both coursework and independent study.
The college houses the University’s ßÙßÇÂþ» Center for Community Schools, which is an interdisciplinary research center that guides schools, health and social services programs and builds communities.
In addition, several of our professors are associated with a University Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence, which dedicate resources to addressing critical social, scientific, technological, economic, cultural and policy issues by forming interdisciplinary teams of faculty members.
Read about more about our outstanding faculty in every program and department of CCPA:
- Community Research and Action (PhD)
- Human Development (BS)/Human Rights (MS)
- Public Administration (MPA)
- Public Health (MPH), with Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Social Work (BSW, MSW)
- Higher Education and Student Affairs (MS SAA)
- Sustainable Communities (MA, MS), with Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
- Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership (MS, MA, MAT, MSEd, EdD)