Research: Arts, Humanities,
and Social Sciences
- The Humanities Project
- The Humanities Project fosters new interdisciplinary humanistic projects among faculty and students at the
University of Rochester. Learn more about the projects and the exciting line-up of speakers, films, symposia,
courses, conferences, panels and performances that were selected for the 2006-07 academic year.
- The Center for the Study of African-American Politics
- The Center for the Study of African-American Politics provides an intellectual environment for rigorous research on the political life of African Americans. The Center's aim is to contribute to the growth and development of African-American politics in the field of political science by providing an intellectual space for scholars in the subfield.
- The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
- Since 1986 the Susan B. Anthony Institute has offered an interdisciplinary program in women's studies, to address curricular and scholarly issues important for understanding the role of women in contemporary society.
- Bradley Policy Research Center
- The primary objective of the Bradley Policy Research Center of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration is to promote high-quality research on important issues in economic and business policy.
- The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies
- The Frederick Douglass Institute has served as an interdisciplinary center, with its focus on the social sciences, though not excluding the humanities and the natural sciences. It was established to promote African and African-American studies at the University.
- Eastman Computer Music Center
- The Computer Music Center provides computing and digital audio facilities for musical projects by Eastman, University of Rochester, and visiting faculty, students, musicians and researchers.
- Koller-Collins Center for English Studies
- The Center maintains a core collection of about six thousand primary texts and reference works in all areas of British and American literature, with special holdings in the works of the Elizabethan dramatists.
- The Mt. Hope Family Center
- The Center conducts research and provides intervention and treatment toward promoting mental health in children, preventing child maltreatment, and fostering positive relationships between parents and their children.
- Rochester Center for Economic Research
- This Center is designed to promote creative economic research addressing a wide range of theoretical and empirical topics.
- Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies
- This Center is a meeting place that brings together faculty and students to study the historical legacy and current transformations within Central Europe.
- W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy
- The Wallis Institute is a collaborative center designed to encourage interdisciplinary analysis in the fields of economics and political science.
- Warner Center for Professional Development and Education Reform
- The Warner Center supports the development, implementation, and research of innovative approaches to education reform. The center is currently working in the areas of literacy, early childhood, evaluation, mathematics, history, inclusion, counseling, and technology.