CityLab projects focus on urban exclusion issues that often involve the impact of race/ethnicity, class, gender, and location on municipal and regional systems. In terms of topics, the projects look at problems in urban education, health, sustainability, identity, crime, aging, and civics issues specifically to offer objective findings and multiple solutions to clients.
Projects typically are accomplished by custom-designed research teams that draw on the expertise of Worcester State faculty members working with community partners and selected students. Often grant-funded, the projects can be local, regional, or state-wide in scope and are normally more affordable than reports in private industry. The research teams allow faculty members from different disciplines to team up, adding a unique and necessary transdisciplinary approach. Coming from multiple departments also increases the breadth of studies by making it possible for other campus centers to bring a variety of university-level resources including a GIS Lab, statistical software, survey software, and qualitative data-gathering approaches.
For more information or to discuss a possible project, please contact the CityLab Director, Dr. Thomas E. Conroy at tconroy@worcester.edu or 508-929-8760.
AP & WPS, A Study of AP Participation and AP Performance in Worcester Public Schools, Part 1, Quantitative
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D. and Alex Briesacher, Ph.D.
May 2023
Affordable Housing in Worcester, Part 1: A Preliminary View of the American Community Survey and US Census Data
Joshua Oliver, Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., and Mary Fowler, Ph.D.
Fall 2019
State of Our Schools Legislative Breakfast Data Briefing
Alex Briesacher, Ph.D., Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., Timothy E. Murphy, Ph.D., and Kirby Wycoff, Psy.D., M.P.H.
October 2019
Discipline, Opportunity, and Equity: WPS Public Data to Academic Year 2017-18 (Executive Summary)
Alex Briesacher, Ph.D., Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., and Kirby Wycoff, Psy.D.
Spring 2019
Hunger & Homelessness at Worcester State University
Adam Saltsman, Ph.D., Mary Fowler, Ph.D., Matthew Dogali, Gail Johnston, and Owen Wetherell
March 2019
A Deeper Dive into Worcester: A Follow-Up Report on Latino Men and Post-Secondary Education in Worcester, Massachusetts
Timothy E. Murphy, Ph.D., with Elliot A. Rivera and Michael Allevato
Summer 2018
A Study of “Eligible” Voters in Worcester, Massachusetts
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., William Hansen, Ph.D., and John Holbrook
Fall 2017
A Study of Worcester’s Webster Square Node: suggesting areas for future economic and community development
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., and Joseph G. Schlegel, with Preservation Worcester
Spring 2017
In Search of Opportunity: Latino Men’s Paths to Post-Secondary Education in Urban Massachusetts
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., Mary Jo Marion, Timothy E. Murphy, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Setren
November 2016
Consortium Dreams: A Study of Worcester Students’ Hopes for Inter-College Connections
Presidential Honors Seminar and Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D.
Spring 2016
Suspension in Worcester: A Continuing Conversation
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., Madeline O. Campbell, Ph.D., Dannielle Morrow, and Jennifer Velez
January 2014
Usage Study of McGrath Parking Lot, Worcester, Massachusetts
Thomas E. Conroy, Ph.D., Francis Boamah, Andrew Cavan, Jennifer Dansereau, Michael Falzarano
April 2013
CityLab Infographic, WPS Discipline Data Update
Worcester State CityLab Researchers
January 2024
Voter Turnout by Precinct, Sep 2023
September 2023
Worcester Public Schools and De Facto Suspensions
August 2019
2017 Worcester City Election Turnout by Precinct
July 2019
Visualizing Worcester Public Schools Public Data
April 2019
Massachusetts Latino Discipline Rates, AY 2017-18
2017 City Election Turnout by Candidate
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