Community-Based Research

Office of Community-Based Research

The Office of Community-Based Research (CBR) provides assistance to local non-profit organizations that seek consultation on various aspects of grant writing, program evaluation, and assessment activities. CBR also provides services to on-campus faculty who have or are seeking external funding.

Office Commitment

To practice the Marianist charism by increasing the internal capacity of local San Antonio non-profit organizations to conduct culturally responsive assessments and evaluations that lead to a more healthful and just social ecology.

Previous Partnerships

Conference Presentations

American Educational Research Association (2019): Community-based research: An ethical application of multicultural service-learning?

Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Annual Conference (2019): Teaching CREMA: Essential Elements of Culturally-Responsive Evaluator Education.

American Educational Research Association (2021): Ecologically plausible?: Comparing the independent and paired samples t-test with non-random missingness and skewed data.

Association for Psychological Science (2021): Effectiveness of one-way and repeated measures ANOVAs with simulated skewed data and correlated non-random missingness.

Hear from our Students

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  Contact

  We are always looking for eager students who want to learn and support the community outside of St. Mary’s University. Email us if you’re interested in joining or have further questions.

  Office of Community-Based Research

  AT&T Center for Information Technology, Room 105

  Rick Sperling, Ph.D.

  Director, Community-Based Research
  rsperling@stmarytx.edu

  Bridget Horta

  Assistant, Community-Based Research
  bhorta@mail.stmarytx.edu