The National Center for

Suburban Studies at Hofstra University®

The mission of The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® is to advance the goals of suburban sustainability, social equity, and economic development through research, education, and public outreach.

In the News

 

Celebration of Suburban Diversity

Join us for this annual event as we raise funds for diversity-related research and scholarships. This event is dedicated to the ideal that we can be stronger for our differences if we come together to appreciate them.

Learn More

About the Center

Mission

The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® is a non-partisan research institution dedicated to promoting the study of suburbia's problems, as well as its promise. Rooted in the laboratory of Long Island’s diverse and aging suburbs and in the shadows of the iconic Levittown, the National Center researches a broad range of issues at local, national, and international scales. The suburbs have emerged at the nexus of dynamic demographic, social, economic and environmental change in New York and throughout the world. We seek to understand the suburbs via academically rigorous research that encompasses the natural and social sciences and the humanities. The goal of the center is to identify, analyze, and solve the problems of suburbia, especially in areas of sustainability, social equity, and economic development.

Research Objectives Meet the Administration, Faculty, and Students

Programs

Ascend Long Island Logo

Ascend Long Island

Celebration of Suburban Diversity painting

Celebration of Suburban Diversity

cut out figures or male and females

Teacher Diversity on Long Island

Publications

 
Image
Introduction to Sustainability Book Cover
Introduction to Sustainability

Robert Brinkmann

Image
The Storm, the Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Changes in the Suburbs bookcover
The Storm, the Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Changes in the Suburbs

Foreword by Larry Levy

Image
Foreclosed America Book cover
Foreclosed America

Isaac William Martin and Christopher Niedt

Image
An Uneven Road to Recovery: Place, Race, and Mortgage Lending on Long Island (2014) book cover
Uneven Road to Recovery

Christopher Niedt and Marc Silver

Image
Our Homes OUr Newark Book cover
Our Homes, Our Newark

Christopher Niedt and Stephen McFarland

Image
Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs book cover
Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs

edited by Christopher Niedt

Image
Our Homes OUr Newark Book cover
Florida Sinkholes: Science and Policy

Robert Brinkmann

Image
Forging a New Housing Policy Bookcover
Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunity in the Wake of Crisis

Christopher Niedt and Marc Silver

 

Contact Us

Office

The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University®
Hofstra University
255 Hofstra University, 101 Oak Street Center, Room 102
Hempstead, New York 11549
Phone: (516) 463-9770
Fax: (516) 463-3907

Executive Dean

Lawrence Levy

Lawrence Levy

Academic Director

Christopher Niedt

Christopher Niedt

Social Media