Research

SUAPP is home to four research centers, promotes interdisciplinary research, engaged scholarship, and the pursuit of externally funded research and program activities. 

Individual faculty research interests and expertise, include:

• Social and Economic Disparities
  • Poverty and social/behavior indicators
  • Women's empowerment
  • At-risk and marginalized populations
  • Transportation equity
• Non-Profit, Philanthropic, and Public Sector Capacity Building
  • Nonprofit capacity, infrastructure and asset mapping
  • Career development, nonprofit leadership and management
  • Competition among non-profits, new and old forms of giving
  • Government funding, pensions and employee benefits
  • Homelessness and affordable housing
  • Human capital development
• Physical Development and the Environment
  • Community-based and environmental planning (e.g., transportation and water safety)
  • Planning for Memphis policies (e.g., urban (re)development)
  • Community mapping (e.g., blight and urban sprawl)
• Safety, Policing, and Criminal Justice
  • Crime prevention programs, policing strategies and policies
  • Delinquency and the criminal justice system
  • Domestic violence
  • Reentry initiatives and recidivism
• Family and Youth Adverse Experiences
  • Adverse childhood experiences and child welfare
  • Technological and clinical programming for children and families
  • Suicide prevention and mental health
• Health Service Gaps, Access and Policy
  • Health equity for vulnerable and at-risk populations
  • Mobile health facilities for community access