Sarah Zeller-Berkman, PhD, serves as a Distinguished Lecturer and the Academic Director of the Youth Studies Program at CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) where she oversees the MA, BA, and Advanced Certificate. She also directs non-credentialed projects/research labs like The Intergenerational Change Initiative (ICI), which uses research generated by and for youth to drive intergenerational policymaking at the municipal level as well as local change projects. Dr. Zeller-Berkman’s work is featured in various books and journals, such as the Journal of Community, Youth, and Environments and The Handbook of Qualitative Research.