The fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook provides an in-depth and engaging overview of community psychology, including its theoretical underpinnings and methods for conducting research and promoting change within communities. This book aims to get students, including nonpsychology majors, excited about the field and being agents of social change.
New to this edition are an increased focus on values, particularly those related to social justice, empowering minority communities, and solving complex societal problems—like poverty, oppression, and climate change—across multiple ecological levels.
New research and case examples present important developments in the field and society at large, accompanied by extensive discussion questions that will encourage self-reflection and help students apply key concepts to their own lives. A new marginal glossary also highlights important concepts.
Chapter summaries, recommended videos and other resources, review questions, sample lecture slides, and other materials for students and instructors are available on the book’s companion website (http://pubs.apa.org/books/supp/kloos4/).
Show moreThe fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook provides an in-depth and engaging overview of community psychology, including its theoretical underpinnings and methods for conducting research and promoting change within communities. This book aims to get students, including nonpsychology majors, excited about the field and being agents of social change.
New to this edition are an increased focus on values, particularly those related to social justice, empowering minority communities, and solving complex societal problems—like poverty, oppression, and climate change—across multiple ecological levels.
New research and case examples present important developments in the field and society at large, accompanied by extensive discussion questions that will encourage self-reflection and help students apply key concepts to their own lives. A new marginal glossary also highlights important concepts.
Chapter summaries, recommended videos and other resources, review questions, sample lecture slides, and other materials for students and instructors are available on the book’s companion website (http://pubs.apa.org/books/supp/kloos4/).
Show moreBret Kloos, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of
the Clinical-Community Psychology Doctoral Program at the
University of South Carolina. He uses community psychology
approaches to conceptualize, investigate, and intervene with human
problems typically overlooked by clinical settings. His work has
focused on social inclusion for persons with psychiatric
disabilities, housing and homelessness, mutual help, and social
change approaches to promoting mental health. He teaches courses in
community psychology, including service learning, and has served as
the President of the Society for Community Research and Action.
Jean Hill, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at New
Mexico Highlands University and the Executive Director of the
Society for Community Research and Action and has served as the
President of the Society for Community Research and Action. She has
worked on school-based prevention and promotion programs and helped
lead a community-wide initiative based on the Communities That Care
model. She has written on sense of community, the role of
spirituality in the field of community psychology, and the
intersection of feminism and community psychology.
Elizabeth Thomas, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Plough
Chair of Urban Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. She
teaches undergraduate courses in Community Psychology, Research
Methods, and Urban Studies, and she supervises students in engaged
learning and research from introductory courses to senior
capstones. Her research with undergraduate students and community
partners focuses on learning and civic engagement, the role of arts
in community building, and participatory strategies for research
and action with youth. She has served as Editor of The Community
Psychologist and Secretary of the Society for Community Research
and Action.
Andrew D. Case, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychological
Science, core faculty in the Community Psychology graduate program,
and an affiliate faculty in the Public Health Sciences graduate
program at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches
courses in community psychology, health psychology, and diversity.
He helps inform community efforts to reduce racial inequities in
health, economic mobility, and the justice system. His scholarship
spans areas including counterspaces and social determinants of
health. He has served on the Research Council of the Society of
Community Research and Action and the editorial board of the
American Journal of Community Psychology.
Victoria C. Scott, PhD, MBA, is Assistant Professor of
Psychological Science at the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte and core faculty of her department’s graduate Community
Psychology program. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches, Dr.
Scott works in community settings to promote health equity and
collective wellness through systems-level improvement and capacity
building efforts. She cofounded the Global Journal of Community
Psychology Practice, and has served as Administrative Director of
the Society of Community Research and
Action.
Abraham Wandersman, PhD, is President and CEO of the
Wandersman Center and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the
University of South Carolina. He retired from the university in
2017. He continues work in program evaluation and community
psychology and transdisciplinary research and action at the
Wandersman Center. Dr. Wandersman served as the president of the
Society for Community Research and Action.
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