Local Community Research Group

Contact Information

Michael Lewis, Director
Local Community Research Group
618 Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9278

Phone: (413) 545-5978
Fax: (413) 545-3204
Email: lewis@sadri.umass.edu

The Local Community Research Group (LCRG) has operated out of SADRI for over a decade. LCRG offers agencies and nonprofits in the greater New England area the consulting and contractual research services of nationally established research staff. LCRG also provides graduate students in the Department of Sociology an opportunity to gain experience in applied research.

Michael Lewis is the author of numerous papers and has authored or edited seven books, including Poisoning the Ivy: The Seven Deadly Sins and Other Vices of Higher Education in America, The Culture of Inequality, and Urban America: Institutions and Experience.; He has served as Associate Editor of the journal Sociological Inquiry since 1996.

Research Services

Research Design
Project Evaluations
Statistical Methods
Grant Preparation
Demographic Studies
Surveys
Data Analysis

LCRG Board Members

Michael Lewis (Director) and Douglas Anderton. Also, other researchers in SADRI collaborate with LCRG as arranged for specific research projects.