Urban Research, conducted by the Sociology Department, is currently in its fifth year. Students acquire field research skills and develop their analytical abilities as they apply their classroom learning to real-life situations. Past projects have included research in several New York City neighborhoods, particularly Red Hook, Fort Greene, and Bedford Stuyvesant. Topics include job-seeking and hiring practices in a low income neighborhood, a "pocket of plenty" within an urban ghetto, and the sources of racial, ethnic and income diversity. This research has been published in the City Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Journal of Social Problems. Students have presented research at regional and national conferences from Boston to Los Angeles. Additionally, students have provided research for the Regional Planning Association and for the Fort Greene Strategic Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP).