Projects have included research on how racially diverse schools in Atlanta balance equity and excellence; language ideologies and identities in Atlanta; and air, soil and wilderness mapping of Stone Mountain Park.

The program has funded dissertations on how church buildings in Atlanta have been used to foster citizen participation and community cohesion in neighborhoods; how incarcerated Black mothers navigate motherhood; and how local schools affect gentrification.

Faculty and graduate students have presented their research on the history of Atlanta’s Southside neighborhoods, refugee resettlement in Atlanta from a women’s perspective, and racial health disparities in Atlanta.

The Center encourages graduate students across the College with an interest in Atlanta research projects to regularly meet together and with Center faculty to share research findings, as well as to provide a physical space and time for brainstorming and nurturing a cooperative and supportive learning environment.