Department: Youth Studies

Academic Director: Sarah Zeller-Berkman, PhD
CUNY School of Professional Studies
101 West 31st Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Email Contact: Sarah Zeller-Berkman, Sarah.Zeller-Berkman@cuny.edu

The Youth Studies Programs aim to play a prominent role in shaping the programs, organizations, systems and research that impact young people’s lives by providing a learning community for youth service staff, researchers, advocates and policy makers.  By offering high quality coursework, a robust research agenda and experiential opportunities that are shaped through a participatory, critical and interdisciplinary lens, the Youth Studies Programs seek to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to design, run, research, advocate for and work in youth settings and other institutions and programs that impact young people’s lives.