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SADRI

Social and Demographic Research Institute

Local Community Research Group

Contact: Michael Lewis
Director
Local Community Research Group
618 Thompson Hall
(413) 545-5978

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 Evaluation
  • Statistical Methods
  • Grant Preparation
  • Demographic Studies
  • Surveys
  • Data Analysis
LCRG Board Members
  • Michael Lewis (Director)
  • Douglas Anderton
  • Other researchers in SADRI collaborate with LCRG as arranged for specific research projects.