The Social Action Research Team (SART) was founded in 2010 at Arizona State University, where Dr. Patrick R. Grzanka taught and mentored undergraduate researchers in Barrett, the Honors College. SART began as an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty affiliates who ask difficult questions about pressing social problems to produce meaningful research, collaborative interventions, and positive social change. From 2014-2025, SART was based in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee’s flagship campus in Knoxville. As of fall 2025, SART is now housed in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan.

Historically, SART has been primarily composed of psychology Ph.D. students. Other graduate student affiliates also work in other labs and departments, including sociology. Undergraduate research assistants routinely participate in our work. What links all SART members is a commitment to social justice-informed scholarship and praxis.

Current Michigan students (undergraduate or graduate) should contact Dr. Grzanka directly. Prospective graduate students should consult the website of the Joint Ph.D. Program in Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies for information on admission.