博士 社区研究与行动（CRA）专业学位旨在为社会研究方向的应用型社区研究的学术或政策相关职业准备面向行动的研究人员。如果您感兴趣的领域包括社区心理学，社区发展，社会计划评估，组织变革，健康或精神卫生政策，预防，城市变革和社会政策等，那么CRA计划将为您提供知识社区，帮助您了解知识和领域技能将得到增强。为了实现皮博迪学院的使命，即提供对社区儿童，青少年和成年人的生活产生影响的研究和教育，我们准备让学生使用行动研究来促进本地，国家和国际的人和组织发展水平。
The Ph.D. degree in Community Research and Action (CRA) prepares action-oriented researchers for academic or policy-related careers in applied community studies with a social justice orientation. If your areas of interest include community psychology, community development, social program evaluation, organizational change, health or mental health policy, prevention, urban change and social policy, and the like, the CRA program offers an intellectual community where your knowledge and field skills will be enhanced. In keeping with Peabody College's mission to provide research and education that makes a difference in the lives of children, youth, and adults in the community, we prepare students to use action research to promote human and organizational development at the local, national, and international levels.<br><br>CRA is the successor to Peabody's long-standing program in community psychology and reflects a move in the field toward interdisciplinary thinking. You will study qualitative and quantitative methods, evaluation research, community theory, and social ethics, among a variety of community studies-related topics, and be able to draw on course offerings across Vanderbilt's schools and departments.