Academic Programs in Community Psychology and Related Fields Complied by The Society for Community Research and Action scra27.org Download a pdf version of this document September 1, 2019
Why Study Community Psychology? The field of community psychology is devoted to advancing theory, research, and collaborative social action (at neighborhood, organizational, state, national, and international levels) to promote positive well-being, increase empowerment, advance social justice, encourage understanding of each other and of issues that society faces, and to prevent the development of problems. Community psychologists work in nonprofits, community organizations, government positions, mental health agencies, public health, healthcare, consulting and evaluation agencies, at foundations, and in academic or research settings. Although the field spans many positions and interests, most community psychologists identify themselves as either a community practitioner (someone who is working directly with communities, organizations, schools and groups to bring about change) or an academic/researcher (someone who teaches and does the research and evaluation on which elective community practice is built). A graduate degree in community psychology allows social justice oriented professionals to: • consult and advise nonprofits and local community coalitions or groups • engage in direct service with community-based organizations advocate for and empower underrepresented groups • conduct action-research to better understand problems and promote change • teach and conduct community research in university settings • advance public policy to better meet all peoples’ needs. About This Brochure The education programs listed in this brochure all self-identify as community psychology or a related field. If you are associated with such a program that would like to be included here and on the SCRA website please complete this form. This document is based upon the information provided by the programs themselves and as such, SCRA is not responsible for the accuracy of the information Explore Graduate Programs Explore Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Progams Listed Alphabetically by Institution University Program Type Program Degree American University in Cairo Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's New Cairo, Egypt Antioch University Clinical-Community Clinical Psychology Master's Los Angeles, CA, US Psychology Arizona State Clinical-Community Clinical Psychology Doctorate University Psychology Tempe, AZ, US Binghamton Interdisciplinary or Community Research and Doctorate University-SUNY Community Action Binghamton, NY, US Action/Prevention Bowling Green State Clinical-Community Clinical-Community Doctorate University Psychology Psychology Bowling Green, OH, US Central Connecticut Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's State University New Britain, CT, US Clemson University Interdisciplinary or International & Family Doctorate Clemson, SC, US Community Community Studies Action/Prevention Concordia Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's University-Portland Portland, OR, US DePaul University Clinical-Community Clinical Psychology Doctorate Chicago, IL, US Psychology Community Psychology Master's, DePaul University Community Psychology Doctorate Chicago, IL, US Georgia State Community Psychology Community Psychology Doctorate University Atlanta, GA, US
Georgia State Clinical-Community Clinical-Community Doctorate University Psychology Psychology Atlanta, GA, US Georgia State Interdisciplinary or Community-Public Health Dual MPH- University Community PhD Atlanta, GA, US Action/Prevention Michigan State Community Psychology Ecological-Community Doctorate University Psychology East Lansing, MI, US National Louis Community Psychology Community Psychology Doctorate University Chicago, IL, US New York University Interdisciplinary or Psychology & Social Master's, New York City, NY, Community Intervention Doctorate US Action/Prevention North Carolina State Applied Social & Community Psychology University Community Psychology Doctorate Raleigh, NC, US Pacifica Graduate Transdisciplinary Community, Liberation, Master's, Institute Psychology Indigenous & Eco- Doctorate Santa Barbara, CA, psychologies US Penn State Interdisciplinary or Community Psychology & Master's Harrisburg Community Social Change Middletown, PA, US Action/Prevention Portland State Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's, University Doctorate Portland, OR, US Multicultural Community Counseling & Social Master's San Diego State Community Counseling Justice Education University Doctorate San Diego, CA, US Clinical-Community Psychology University of Alaska- Clinical-Community Anchorage Psychology Anchorage, AK, US University of Brighton Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's Brighton, England, UK
University of Interdisciplinary or Social Psychology Doctorate California - Santa Community Cruz Action/Prevention Psychology Master's Santa Cruz, CA, US Doctorate Community & Doctorate University of Community Psychology Organizational Research Doctorate Cincinnati for Action Doctorate Cincinnati, OH, US Community & Cultural Psychology Master's University of Community Psychology Master's Cincinnati Community & Prevention Doctorate Cincinnati, OH, US Research Master's Behavioral Psychology: Master's, University of Hawaii- Community Health & Doctorate Development Doctorate Manoa Community Psychology Doctorate Community Social Honolulu, HI, US Psychology University of Illinois Community Psychology Community & Social - Chicago Change Chicago, IL, US Community Well-Being University of Kansas Community Psychology Community Psychology Lawrence, KS, US Community Psychology University of Community Psychology Massachusetts - Clinical Community Lowell Community Psychology Psychology Lowell, MA, US Community Psychology Community Psychology Community Psychology University of Miami Miami, FL, US Community Psychology Clinical-Community University of Miami Psychology Miami, FL, US Community Psychology University of New Haven West Haven, CT, US University of North Carolina-Charlotte Charlotte, NC, US University of South Carolina Columbia, SC, USA University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, Interdisciplinary or Community Development Master's US Community & Action Action/Prevention Vanderbilt Community Research & Doctorate University Interdisciplinary or Action Nashville, TN, US Community Action/Prevention Clinical Psychology Doctorate Vanderbilt University Clinical-Community Nashville, TN, US Psychology Wayne State Community Psychology Community Psychology Doctorate University Detroit, MI, US Community Psychology Community Psychology Master's, Doctorate Wichita State University Wichita, KS, US Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON, Canada
Undergraduate Programs Listed Alphabetically By Institution University Program Name Type College of Idaho Cultural & Community Minor Caldwell, ID, US Psychology DePaul University Community Psychology Concentration (BA Psychology) Chicago, IL, US Georgia State University Community Psychology Concentration (BA/BS Atlanta, GA, US Psychology) Metropolitan State Community & Applied Social Minor University Psychology MN, US Pacific Oaks College Bachelor of Arts Pasadena & San Jose, CA, Community Psychology US | Online Portland State University Community Psychology Certificate Portland, OR, US Southwest Minnesota Community Psychology and Bachelor of Arts State University Health Promotion Marshall, MN, US | Online University of East London Clinical & Community Bachelor of Science London, England, UK Psychology University of Kansas Community Health & Concentration (BA/BGS Applied Lawrence, KS, US Development Behavior Analysis) University of Community Psychology Concentration (BA Psychology) Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA, US University of Miami Community & Program Track (BSED Human & Social Miami, FL, US Development Development) University of North Community Psychology Learning Community Carolina-Charlotte Charlotte, NC, US University of Community Psychology Bachelor of Arts Washington-Bothell Bothell, WA
Vanderbilt University Community Leadership & Track (Human & Organizational Nashville, TN, US Development Development major) Certificate Wichita State University Community Psychology Wichita, KS, US Specialization (BA Psychology) Community Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Minor Waterloo, ON, CA Community Psychology & Social Change Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford & Waterloo, ON, CA
The American University in Cairo Department of Psychology Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Website: http://catalog.aucegypt.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=4743 AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 10 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 8 Available assistantships: Full and partial fellowships The Program Learn community psychology skills in an international setting, while earning your degree from a U. S.-accreditedinstitution. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS “I’ve always been passionate about social justice and the well-being of communities and groups. The community psychology program at AUC gave me the language I needed to express my feelings, thoughts and passions, and continues to expand my knowledge and experience in remarkable ways. Studying community psychology, in Egypt, as an international student adds a layer of depth to the understanding and practice of the field in ways that are unmatched.” “The practical work I did in the community psychology program at AUC prepared me to become a consultant with nonprofit organizations. The program has made me more professional and flexible. I am better able to understand how diverse communities think, and to work with them in an empowering way. It also increased my networking skills; it was a real step forward in my career.” Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Capacity-building • Civic engagement • Health • Evaluation • Impact of culture
Antioch University – Los Angeles Psychology Programs Clinical Psychology: Applied Community Psychology Specialization Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Website: https://www.antioch.edu/los-angeles/degrees-programs/psychology-degree/clinical- psychology-masters-programs/applied-community-psychology/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 9 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 12 Available assistantships: N/A The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector.
Arizona State University Department of Psychology Clinical Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Program Concentrations: Child Psychology Website: https://psychology.clas.asu.edu/clinical AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 51 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 5 Available assistantships: Research and teaching The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education and/or healthcare. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Developing, evaluating and optimizing preventive interventions for at-risk children and their parents.
Binghamton University - SUNY Department of Community and Public Affairs Community Research and Action Degrees Offered: Doctorate Program Concentrations • Social justice • Community-based participatory research • Ecological systems Website: https://www.binghamton.edu/ccpa/academics/phd/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 25 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 7 Available assistantships: Full scholarship - tuition and stipend for 3 years The Program The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, and/or the nonprofit sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Racial justice • Community schools • Health and well-being • Sustainable communities • Substance abuse
Bowling Green State University Department of Psychology Clinical-Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Program Concentrations: • Clinical-community psychology • Child Psychology • Health Psychology Website: https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/psychology/graduate-program/clinical/clinical- community-psychology.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 20 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 10 Available assistantships: Tuition and fee waivers, stipends The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Our community faculty are engaged with issues related to adults coping with serious mental illness and their families, social justice, and school-based interventions
Central Connecticut State University Department of Psychological Science Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Website: http://www.ccsu.edu/psychology/graduate/community.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 20 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 2-4 Available assistantships: Graduate Assistantships The Program The Department of Psychological Science offers the Master of Arts in Psychology with a specialization in Community Psychology. The graduate program is designed to train students to be active practitioners in prevention and community-based research and to prepare them for further graduate study. The program is available for both part-time and full-time students. Most courses are offered in the evening. Community psychology uses an ecological systems approach to understand individuals and communities within their context. The field focuses on advancing theory and research to increase empowerment, promote action research, advance social justice, and prevent the development of social problems. A major focus of the program is on developing and evaluating preventive interventions in the community with an emphasis on using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Collaborating with community members is considered essential with the recognition that they are the experts and by working together as research partners, solutions are more contextually-grounded and sustainable. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education and/or the nonprofit sector.
Clemson University Department of Youth, Family and Community Studies International Family and Community Studies Degrees Offered: Doctorate Program Concentrations: (1) Family and community life (globalization, human development and family life in cultural context); (2) human rights and social justice (international human rights law, the right to health, international law and policy related to children's issues); (3) community development and analysis (community development principles and practices, community transformation, policies and policy programs in human services, humanitarian assistance); (4) cultural area studies; and (5) social research Website: https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/departments/family-community-studies/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 22 Full-time community psychologists: 3 # of Students Admitted Each Year: 3 Available Student Assistantships: Full tuition waiver with graduate assistantship for teaching and research The Program The program focuses on training researchers and is designed to appeal to current or prospective educators, interdisciplinary researchers, leaders of non-governmental organizations, government officials, community developers, social workers, psychologists, public health workers, and others. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare and/or the nonprofit sector. CURRICULUM The Ph.D. program is based on a unique interdisciplinary curriculum, drawing from the humanities, social sciences, health sciences, community development, and policy studies. Graduate courses focus on family and community life, human rights and social justice, community development and policy analysis, cultural area studies, and research methods.
A 12-hour certificate, based on the same curriculum, is also offered for students who are not interested in pursuing a Ph.D., but who want to advance their expertise in this area. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests The Department of Youth, Family and Community Studies (YFCS) helps generate, share and apply the research foundation for youth, family, and community development. Information on the research interests of specific faculty can be provided on our website.
Concordia University - Portland Department of Psychology Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Program Concentrations: Community Psychology and Evaluation Website: https://www.cu-portland.edu/lp2/ma-psychology AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 4 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 15 Available assistantships: Graduate research and teaching assistantships The Program Emphasizes community-based training, applied research, program evaluation, social justice, strengths- based prevention and intervention, and internship opportunities in a diverse range of settings. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training for both research and practice. Graduates from the program are typically enrolled in doctoral programs or employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and the nonprofit or for-profit sectors. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Social reproduction in schools and economic institutions • Social inequality • Lifespan development • Cultivation of prosocial behaviors • Assessment and evaluation • Epistemology (perceptions of science and religion)
DePaul University Department of Psychology M.S.(Terminal) & Ph.D. Community Psychology M.S. Program:https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/psychology/graduate/psychology-ms/Pages/default.aspx Ph.D. Program: https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/psychology/graduate/community-psychology-ma-phd/Pages/ default.aspx AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 28 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 8 Students admitted each year: Master’s: 8, Doctorate: 3 Available assistantships: Research and teaching assistantships are available to Ph.D. students. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. COMMUNITYPSYCHOLOGY FACULTY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Living Community Psychology Features Bernadette Sanchez RadioActive Episodes \"Do Others Understand Us?\" - Christopher Keys & Crystal Steltenpohl (Alumnus) \"Engaging Patients in their Own Lives\" - Leonard Jason Ph.D. Clinical Psychology: Community Track Website: https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/psychology/graduate/clinical-psychology-ma-phd/Pages/default.aspx AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 30 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 10 Students admitted each year: 3 PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education, healthcare, community mental health and/or the nonprofit sector.
Georgia State University Department of Psychology Community Psychology Programs • Ph.D. Community Psychology • Ph.D. Clinical-Community Psychology • MPH-Ph.D. Community-Public Health Dual Degree Program Website: https://psychology.gsu.edu/graduate/program-areas-and-concentrations/community-program/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 40 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 4 Students admitted each year: 5 Available assistantships: All students are offered Research and Teaching Assistantships The Programs PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. Living Community Psychology Features Ann Webb Price Lindsey Zimmerman RadioActive Podcast Episodes Sexual Violence and Sexual Minority Women - Traci Hipp Tackling Campus Racial Climate and Institutional Racism - Dominique Thomas Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Youth Development • Interpersonal Violence • Identity and Parenting in Communities of Color • Health and Educational Disparities • Trauma
Michigan State University Department of Psychology Ecological-Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Program Concentrations: Outreach and Engagement and Global Urban Studies Website: https://psychology.msu.edu/programs/ecological-community AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 53 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 10 Students admitted each year: 5 Available assistantships: Half-time research or teaching assistantships for entire time in program; includes competitive stipend, tuition waiver and health insurance. The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. Living Community Psychology Features Craig Kwesi Brookins Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Faculty have varied research interests across various social justice issues, including but not limited to health disparities, gender-based violence, HIV/AIDS, and juvenile delinquency. We have expertise in system science, dissemination & implementation science, multi-method research, and community based participatory action research.
National Louis University School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: https://www.nl.edu/academics/socialbehavioralsciencesdoctoral/phdcommunitypsychology/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 4 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 4 Students admitted each year: 12 Available assistantships: Research assistantships The Program Our program is designed to equip adult learners with the additional skills they need to advance in their government, education, and non-profit careers and continue working toward social justice in their communities. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Peace and torture • Adverse childhood experiences • Urban schools and poverty • Community networks
New York University Department of Applied Psychology Psychology and Social Intervention Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal), Doctorate Program Concentrations: Individually tailored to each student’s interests. Website: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/phd/psychology_social_intervention AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 30+ Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 6 Students admitted each year: 3 Available assistantships: Fellowships and research assistantships The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The mission of the doctoral training program in Psychology and Social Intervention in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development is to train social scientists prepared to work in a variety of settings to understand the experiences of people in the contexts and systems in which they develop across the lifespan and transform and improve these contexts and systems. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education, research and evaluations firms (e.g., Mathematica, MDRC), and/or the nonprofit sector. CURRICULUM Training in PSI is actively interdisciplinary, drawing on theories and approaches from across the field of psychology (including developmental, community and social psychology), as well as other social and behavioral sciences to inform an understanding of and - response to - social problems. The PSI program places a strong emphasis on: • Rigorous conceptualization and assessment of individual cognitive and psychosocial development and the social settings, systems, and policies in which individuals are embedded; • Understanding the psychological impact of various forms of diversity, conflict, and structural inequality among individuals, groups, institutions, communities, and societies; and • Creating, improving, implementing and evaluating prevention and intervention strategies toward positive social change.
Ours is a research-intensive program, with a strong quantitative training component and appreciation of qualitative and mixed-methods techniques. Students engage in coursework, complete program milestones, and work collaboratively with faculty mentors on a range of activities in these research areas, including study design, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation, conference presentations, policy briefs, evaluation activities and fundraising. Our curriculum and training structure is developed to foster a set of overarching professional development goals and specific training objectives. The overarching goals of training in the PSI program are to promote students’ capacity to: • Build content knowledge base to understand and improve human development in social context. • Develop methodological skills that enable the effective assessment of and analysis of change over time and within and across levels of human ecology. • Acquire abilities to apply psychological and social science principles to the understanding of social settings, social/cultural/economic contexts, and psychological, social and policy interventions. • Attain abilities to conceptualize, interpret, evaluate and disseminate evidence-based psychological, social and policy interventions; and • Develop the ethical, interpersonal, organizational and technical capacities to undertake high- quality professional work in psychology and social intervention. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Faculty are committed to understanding the experiences of people in the contexts and systems in which they develop across the lifespan. Here, understanding the role of poverty, inequality and culture are central. With these underpinnings, faculty are dedicated to transforming and improving contexts and systems to both enhance well-being and prevent adverse consequences in national as well as international contexts. PSI faculty study a wide range of contexts and systems (e.g., families, schools, neighborhoods, programs, juvenile justice systems, intergroup contexts, policy contexts and macro- level economic and social structures) and interventions (e.g., psychological, social, educational and health programs and policies), locally, nationally and internationally. Our faculty also conduct research on how social psychological factors, cultural identities, and marginalization influence and interact with people’s experiences of contexts, systems and interventions. Our New York City location provides an ideal urban setting for studying many kinds of communities, combined with gateways to the world at large. PSI faculty collaborate closely with one another, as well as with other social, behavioral, health and policy scientists at NYU and other universities, and with service, community and policy organizations. PSI faculty direct or co-direct a number of affiliated institutes and centers at NYU, including the Institute for Human Development and Social Change, Global TIES for Children, the Child and Family Policy Center, and the Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education.
North Carolina State University Department of Psychology Applied Social and Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: https://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/ASCP/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 32 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 4 Students admitted each year: 6 Available assistantships: Teaching and/or teaching assistantships The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. RadioActive Podcast Episodes: Making Empirically Based Knowledge Cool Again #MEBKCA – Candalyn Rade
Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • African American youth and identity • Substance abuse development • HIV/AIDS prevention; • Stigma; • Community development and intervention • Interpersonal violence • Criminal justice involvement • Domestic violence • Ecological programming • Obesity prevention • Gender equity • Social inequality • Culturally-based programming • Mental illness Living Community Psychology Features: Craig Kwesi Brookins
Pacific Oaks College School of Cultural and Family Psychology Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Undergraduate Program Concentrations: Students may choose a Generalist, Elementary Education or Advocacy & Social Justice concentration. Website: https://www.pacificoaks.edu/academic-programs/ba-community-psychology-degree/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 6 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 1 Students admitted each year: 100 Available assistantships: Federal work study The Program The B.A. Community Psychology degree program seeks to teach students to promote well-being, empower and invigorate communities, and support a sense of community and family-centric models of service and learning. Through an immersive curriculum focused on the integration of sociological, economic, cultural, environmental, political and global influences, this program will promote positive change, health and empowerment at multiple levels. The program is designed for students interested in doing community based, action-oriented research. Students take part in two immersive fieldwork courses where they will develop research projects that allow them to directly, positively affect local communities while pursuing their degree. The program includes both research and practice training. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • African American Families • Latinx Family Studies • Trauma • Parenting • Military Trauma • Immigration Trauma
Pacifica Graduate Institute Depth Psychology Community, Liberation, Indigenous & Eco- Psychologies Specialization Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal), Doctorate Program Concentrations: • critical community studies • indigenous psychologies • liberation psychology • reconciliation & peacebuilding • environmental justice • community dreamwork • trauma studies • qualitative, visual & indigenous inquiry • restorative justice Website: https://www.pacifica.edu/degree-program/community-liberation-ecopsychology/#curriculum- overview AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 3 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 25 Available Student Assistantships: Coverdell Fellows Program Scholarships for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, Herman Warsh Community-Based Scholarships, Pacifica Yellow Ribbon Scholarships for Veterans, and Pacifica Matching Americorps Scholarship Program The Program This degree program specialization is a bold initiative to forge transdisciplinary and transformative approaches to some of the most critical personal, community, cultural, and ecological challenges of our time. Accomplishing this necessitates a radical engagement in re-conceiving psychology as a potentially liberatory and restorative force in society, one engaged in initiatives to promote social, economic, and environmental justice, peacebuilding, and ecological sustainability. The specialization is committed to rebuilding fragmented cultural and ecological connections, and to co-creating democratic, dialogical, joyful, sustainable, equitable and nonviolent living. This specialization is the only graduate program in the U.S. that focuses on liberation psychology, and the only one that places critical community psychology, indigenous psychologies, and ecopsychology into dynamic conversation with one another. In community and ecopsychological fieldwork, students act as bridges between the knowledge developed by ecological and cultural workers and each area of focus. To study community and ecopsychology in the light of liberation and indigenous psychologies commits us to deeply explore and address the profound effects of injustice, violence, and exploitation on psychological, communal, and ecological well-being. The curriculum places intercultural and decolonial approaches to depth psychological theories and practices in dynamic dialogue with ecopsychology, indigenous psychologies, critical community psychology, and psychologies of liberation from diverse localities around the world.
Praxis classes mentor students in a variety of approaches to working with groups: council/ circle, appreciative inquiry, theater of the oppressed, public conversation, open space technology, asset mapping, community dream work, liberation arts, restorative justice, somatic approaches to trauma healing, conflict transformation, and imaginal and ritual approaches to community health and healing. Students in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous and Eco-Psychologies Specialization: • Deepen insight about individual, group, and cultural life through the study of depth psychology • Develop scholarly and creative writing skills • Learn innovative and historical approaches to trauma healing, restorative justice, ecological sustainability, community building, economic justice, forced migration, alternatives to violence, peacebuilding, and reconciliation • Gain an understanding of the interdependence of individual, community, cultural, and ecological well-being • Gather the theoretical insight and practical skills to conduct participatory action research, policy interventions, community program evaluation, and grant-writing to contribute to community-based resource mobilization • Practice participatory action research and program and organizational evaluation, while deepening ethical discernment on issues of power and privilege • Train in a wide variety of group approaches to cultural and ecological work • Heighten sensitivity to the imaginal, the metaphorical, and the mythical • Develop the capacity to teach in academic and community learning environments • Apply learning to leadership positions in a wide variety of professions: health services (including hospice); youth, secondary, adult, and alternative education; organizational development and transformation; prison reform and restorative justice initiatives; governmental and nongovernmental organizations; social and environmental justice, community building and policy development; advocacy and grassroots coalitions; arts-activism; trauma healing; peace-building and community
dialogue; planning and evaluation; land preservation; ecological sustainability; local food initiatives; philanthropy; micro-lending and economic alternatives PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting, the nonprofit or business sector and/or for community-based organizations such as cooperatives and intentional communities. One of our students won a SCRA Dissertation Award! Student and Alumni Testimonies Pacifica was a place where I was given the space to explore questions I had carried for a long time. The staff, students, and faculty at Pacifica work together to engender a thoughtful journey that emboldens the imagination and calls forth insights and actions I could not have reached on my own. - Elizabeth Deligio, M.A. Depth Psychology Program, Justice Coordinator, 8th Day Center for Justice I stepped into the journey of the CLIE program at Pacifica numbed by a society that sent constant messages that I was not enough. After doing the soul-work during my tenure, I walked away awakened with renewed passion to re-engage my path for racial and economic justice. I understand the phenomenon of homelessness in a new way and bring my depth knowledge into each and every self-curated conversation and action. I am grateful! - Alisa Orduna, M.A. Depth Psychology Program, Homelessness Policy Director for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti CURRICULUM Coursework nurtures creative approaches to collaboration in organizations, non-profits, community groups, and educational settings. Through community and ecological fieldwork and research, students are supported in the pursuit of their distinctive areas of interest, and in strengthening their research and practice skills. Students are able to make their own significant contributions to the attainment of a just and sustainable world, in which—as Paulo Freire said— “it is easier to love.” Classes for the Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, Indigenous, and Eco-psychologies specialization take place in nine three-day sessions (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday), approximately once each month during fall, winter, and spring (October to July). In the first and second summers, students complete fieldwork and research in their home communities or other off-campus sites. In the third summer and subsequent years, students are involved in writing their dissertations in their home communities. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • prison abolition; • participatory evaluation; • reconciliation; • decoloniality; • immigration; • Indigenous knowledge systems; • peace-building; • community-based participatory action • accompaniment; • depth psychology; research with youth; • structural violence; • epistemic and ecological justice; • community well-being; • policy development
Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg School of Behavioral Sciences and Education Community Psychology and Social Change Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Program Concentrations: • Children Youth and Families • Environmental Studies • Diversity Studies • Public Policy • Criminal Justice • Individualized Option Website: https://harrisburg.psu.edu/behavioral-sciences-and-education/social-sciences- psychology/master-arts-community-psychology-and-social-changeand-and-social-change AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 4 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 10 Available assistantships: Approximately 1 graduate assistantship with tuition remission and stipend. The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and/or the nonprofit or business sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Citizen participation • Gender Studies • Community mobilization • Criminal Justice • Social Justice • Intercultural Family Dynamics • Environmental Issues • Health Disparities RadioActive Podcast Episodes: Making Empirically Based Knowledge Cool Again #MEBKCA with Holly Angelique, Candalyn Rade and Traci Weinstein
Portland State University Department of Psychology Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal), Doctorate (Undergrad program also offered) Program Concentrations: Doctoral students complete Community Psychology major area concentration & minor in research methods, social psychology, developmental psychology, organizational psychology, public health, education, social work, sociology or any other field at the university. Website: https://www.pdx.edu/psy/graduate-study-in-community-psychology AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 22 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 3 Available assistantships: Full tuition waiver with graduate assistantship for teaching and research The Program Community Psychology faculty and graduate students share an interest in Urban Health and Community Well-being. We define health broadly to encompass work promoting mental and physical health, as well as healthy social outcomes and remediating negative influences like discrimination. Specifically, our research promotes healthy relationship, group, and community functioning and well-being, with many projects addressing issues relevant to underrepresented and disadvantaged groups. We conduct research in diverse communities and across international contexts that translates into theory development, practical solutions and effective social policy. Our program provides leadership in the national movement of academic-community partnerships, whereby graduate students work together in teams with community partners, faculty members and other collaborators on research projects. In many cases, given the complex nature of social issues we study, our collaborations are interdisciplinary in approach. Through close or collaborative work with diverse community partners, we develop theoretically- based social science intervention research to address important social issues. We share a commitment to research that makes a difference in the world and that situates findings in the context of lived experience. This research examines individuals in their varied social and cultural contexts and settings (i.e., dyads and social groups, organizations, communities, and institutions including their historical practices and current social or legal policies). Such psychological phenomena span multiple levels of analysis and thus require the use of methodologies appropriate to such challenges (e.g., HLM of within and between person changes over time and of individuals embedded in groups; intervention programs or other settings; field experimentation; geographic information systems and mapping; qualitative analysis of individual and community narratives). Thus, our graduate program provides training in a creative mix of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, and theories of the person-in- context. Research and training in Community Psychology is aligned with PSU's Community partnerships, Diversity, Internationalization, and Sustainability Initiatives, and the Social Determinants of Health Initiative.
PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare and/or the nonprofit sector. SPECIALIZATIONS TRACKS WITHIN AREA Graduate students in the area specialize in Community Psychology. Coursework and additional readings are developed to prepare students for deepening their knowledge in the respective field of specialization. At the same time, area students engage in cross-area coursework, brownbags, social events, and an invited speaker series to cultivate the broader perspective afforded by the area as a whole. CURRICULUM Our curriculum was developed to provide students with strong theoretical and methodological perspectives. In particular, the purpose of our substantive courses is to examine contemporary social issues, as they occur in their varied social contexts, while considering the appropriateness and relevance of social and community psychological theory. We consider theoretical approaches from a multilevel perspective, incorporating theory related to self (intrapersonal), interpersonal relationships, intergroup relationships and phenomena, community-level phenomena and their reciprocal influences. We simultaneously highlight successful examples of applied psychology in health, environment, and legal and criminal justice systems, to name a few. Integrative to our coursework is an appreciation and thoughtful engagement of diversity. From a methodological standpoint, our aim as an area is to deepen students’ knowledge beyond the required quantitative methods sequence that our first year graduate students take in univariate and multivariate statistics and applied research design. Our specific focus is on working with students to cultivate a broad range of methodological tools upon which to draw in their community-based work. Area students take methodology courses offered both inside and outside our area/department. PRACTICA AND INTERNSHIPS Graduate students may complete an internship as part of their course of study. This offers an opportunity for graduate students to tailor their training to particular areas of interest and to enhance their applied skills and expertise. Some students also choose to complete a practicum. The practicum experience may be satisfied by either completing a research apprenticeship with a Psychology Departmental faculty member or by working with a local community agency. In the case of practicum experiences in community agencies, students benefit from supervision provided by both a PSU faculty member and an agency supervisor. Internships are taken later in the program, following the completion of formal coursework and the granting of the student's Masters degree. Internships reflect an eight credit experience in a field placement or as part of an off-campus research experience related to the student's areas of interest or program of study. Internships are designed to provide in-depth training and practical, \"hands-on\" opportunities. Internship projects often involve work in core skills areas including: program conceptualization and development; research planning and implementation; and/or program evaluation. Our graduate students have worked with a broad array of local community partners including those in the areas of public health, health research, criminal justice, social welfare, rehabilitation, and disability services. For example, they have interned with the American Psychological Association, Rand Corporation, Oregon Department of Justice,
the Oregon Health Sciences University's Center for Community Accessibility and School of Nursing, Vera Institute of Justice, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, RMC Research Corporation, the Northwest Education Training and Assessment, Clackamas County Department of Juvenile Justice, the Center for Partnership Evaluation (University of Nevada, Reno), Psychologists for Social Responsibility (Washington, D.C.), the Arc of Multnomah/Clackamas Counties, L'Arche Nehalem, and Incight. Graduate students select internship settings as well as practicum sites in consultation with their advisor and in an effort to maximize professional development opportunities. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Greg Townley Dr. Townley specializes in Community Psychology with particular interests in the following: • The impact of social, psychological, and environmental factors on community participation and inclusion of individuals with psychiatric disabilities • Community mental health and recovery from psychiatric disability • Homelessness and housing interventions • Sense of community theory and measurement • The interplay of culture, sense of community, and well-being • Social-environmental research methods, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), neighborhood assessments, and qualitative/ethnographic approaches. Central to Dr. Townley's work is the promotion of positive, reciprocal relationships between academic and community stakeholders. He has collaborated with numerous community agencies to address and evaluate issues surrounding homelessness, supported housing, and mental health service delivery. Keith Kaufman Dr. Kaufman's research has focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and enhancing the treatment of adult and juvenile sexual offenders. His work has identified sex offenders’ patterns of perpetration (or “modus operandi”) as a foundation for prevention as well as more effective offender assessment and treatment. He is currently completing a national child sexual abuse prevention study funded by the Centers for Disease Control. This project examines risk factors related to offender modus operandi and parental supervision across three ethnic cultural groups and within a public health framework. Eric Mankowski Dr. Mankowski is a community and social psychologist, broadly interested in the relationship between individual, group, and community functioning, especially in area of mental health. In particular, he focuses on understanding how masculinity is socially constructed and its connection to violence, substance abuse and other health and social problems. His work involves collaborative research and action projects with social service agencies, community based organizations, and government bodies. A range of methods including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and group observations are used together with quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques. Current projects include studies examining changes in identity, beliefs, and abusive behavior among men court-mandated to domestic violence intervention programs and their intimate partners; an experimental program evaluation of a strength-based intervention program for male youth in schools, community centers and juvenile justice facilities; a study of organizational growth and dynamics in a men’s self-help
community; an evaluation of the impact of men’s self-help groups on masculinity and mental health; evaluation of the impact of statewide standards on batterer intervention program practices; and a research and action project focused on the sociocultural context of intimate partner violence in workplace settings.
San Diego State University Department of Counseling and Social Psychology Multicultural Community Counseling and Social Justice Education: Community-Based Block Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Program Concentrations: • Community Counseling • Emotion Focused • • Bilingual Counseling • Critical pedagogy • Trauma-Informed Care • Experiential education Website: http://go.sdsu.edu/education/csp/cbb.aspx AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 4 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 30 The Program Our program is non-traditional and heavily experiential with a student-centered focus. Students learn to build community and develop decision-making practices in order to develop their learning community, learning agenda, and outcomes.
PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting and the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Anti-oppressive education and therapy • LGBTQIA+ therapy • Self-care • Immigration and refugees
Southwest Minnesota State University Social Science Department Community Psychology and Health Promotion Degrees Offered: Undergraduate Website: https://www.smsu.edu/academics/programs/psychology/index.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 5 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 1 Students admitted each year: 25 Available assistantships: Work study positions and scholarships. The Program Accessible/affordable - all students (in-state and out-of-state pay the same public university tuition); active, ongoing advising/career development support; and annual SMSU Undergraduate Research Conference; two required internships, along with service-learning options. Program Highlights: • Emphasis on wellness & health promotion • Two supervised internship experiences • Interdisciplinary coursework • Service learning options in several • AA/AS students can complete BA degree courses online • Individualized advising & career guidance • Easy transfer of previous psychology/health • Pathway to graduate study in psychology coursework or public health Emphasis of the Program: This program blends online coursework in community psychology and health promotion with internships and other applied learning experiences. Foundational coursework in psychology is coupled with upper division courses in positive psychology and health psychology, developmental psychology, ethics/writing, health promotion and diversity. The degree is multidisciplinary, focusing on: promotion of wellness and resilience, public health education, social action, cultural competency, ethical practice, and use of scientific inquiry to support the well-being of individuals and communities. An introductory course in community psychology orients students to relevant professions and provides support with overall career development. Graduates of this program may find employment as health educators, program directors, consultants, community researchers, or with government agencies that promote public health and well-being. Students with this degree will also be well- prepared for graduate programs in community psychology, mental health counseling, or public health. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training future researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, healthcare, and/or the nonprofit sector.
How does SMSU meet the needs of the working health professional? • Offers predominantly online courses with opportunities for in-person experiences on campus. • Offers applied experiences in the student’s own community and elsewhere. • Provides ongoing career guidance and advising, helping students intentionally build on previous professional experiences to create new career opportunities. • Recognizes that many employers offer tuition reimbursement which can offset tuition costs. • The program is designed to fit around the student’s personal/professional life, rather than the student fitting their life around school. CURRICULUM Requirements for Degree Completion: All students must complete a total of 120 credits, which must include completion of the following: • Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) consisting of 42 credits with a minimum GPA of 2.0 • 40 credits at the 300-400 level • At least 30 credits at SMSU • All Liberal Education Program (LEP) Graduation Requirements Courses Required in the Community Psychology and Health Promotion Program: Community Psychology Core Courses (24 credits) • General Psychology • Positive Psychology • Intro to Community Psychology • Advanced Health Psychology • Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences/Lab • Advanced Applied Psychology (taken • Abnormal Psychology twice) One course from each of the following areas (12 credits) Developmental Psychology Health Promotion • Developmental Psychology • Principles of Health Communication • Child & Adolescent Psychology • Community Health and Health Promotion • Adult Development & Aging Diversity Ethics/Professional Writing • Cross Cultural Psychology • Ethical Issues in Professional Life • Human Relations • Writing in the Medical & Health • Racial and Ethnic Relations Professions • Diverse & At-Risk Populations • Scientific and Technical Writing • Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Midwest • African American History Additional Electives (6 credits) INTERNSHIPS Students work with a faculty advisor to locate internship experiences that fit their unique career development plans. Internships are supervised learning experiences that are intentionally structured to help make students competitive for entry level positions and/or admittance to graduate studies programs.
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University of Alaska- Anchorage Department of Psychology Clinical-Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/psychology/ academic-programs/graduate/phd/index.cshtml AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 7 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 5 Available assistantships: Research, service and teaching assistantships The Program The Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology is a scientist-practitioner program in clinical psychology that seeks to educate scholars and clinicians, who have strong commitments to research, evaluation, clinical practice, and community-based action, solidly grounded in the cultural contexts of all affected stakeholders. The program integrates clinical, community, and cultural psychology with a focus on rural, Indigenous issues and an applied emphasis on the integration of research and practice. Through combining the spirit of clinical and community psychology, the program promotes contextually-grounded and culturally appropriate research, evaluation, prevention, clinical service, community work, and social action, relevant to individuals, groups, families, and communities. The Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology is accredited as a clinical psychology program by the American Psychological Association. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting, the nonprofit and/or business sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Technology-based interventions for • Ethnic minority psychology and alcohol use disorders internalized oppression • Alcohol use disorder etiology and • Filipino American psychology treatment • Integrated health care • Health disparities • Suicide • Acculturation and well-being
University of Brighton School of Applied Social Science Community Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Master’s (Terminal) Website: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/courses/study/community-psychology-ma.aspx AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 70 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 6 Students admitted each year: 15 Available assistantships: Some international scholarships are available. The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners and will be of particular interest to those interested in developing a career in mental health. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education, healthcare and/or the nonprofit sector. Testimonials “The Community Psychology MA was key for my development as an academic and as an advocate for social change. Studying for a masters is challenging, but the support offered to you is unprecedented. I enjoyed learning from people who take social action and social change as the core of who they are. So, I understood CP as a practice.” \"There is an unique element to the course which is applying the theory as you go along. During the course, I started to develop my approach to questioning social issues because of the wealth of experience from the academic team. I have used the skills that I have gained during the course in my professional career on national and international community based projects.\" \"The Community Psychology MA was exactly what I was looking for, as I wanted to learn participatory theories and methods to empower people and change things in a collective way. I really liked that the learning process had the right balance between theory and practice, the professors were really approachable and the group of people I studied with were very diverse, which made the experience more meaningful. I also liked the systemic approach that CP has towards social justice, this really opened my eyes to view issues in a holistic way, understanding the endless possibilities to change things once you start uncovering the roots of social injustice.”
“A unique educational experience. A course tailored to my needs with exceptional educators.\" Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Exploring informal therapeutic spaces • Activism, politics and social inequalities for mental distress • Mental distress, marginalization and • Using participatory methods for multi- exclusion agency work on building community and • Visual arts and social change voluntary sector capacity • Sexualities and social change
University of California – Santa Cruz Department of Psychology Social Psychology Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: https://psychology.ucsc.edu/about/research/research-areas-social.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 25 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 1 Students admitted each year: 4 Available assistantships: Teaching assistantships and fellowships The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The social psychology program has a theme of social justice and focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Educational access • Social identity • Sexuality • Social policy analysis • Poverty and economic justice • Structural inequality • Psychology and law • Intersectionality • Aggression and trauma • Political psychology • Peace psychology • Feminisms • Intergroup relations • Cultural Psychology RadioActive Podcast Episodes: This is Not a History Lesson; This is Agitation - Regina Langhout
University of Cincinnati Department of Psychology Community Psychology Programs M.A. Psychology: Community Psychology concentration Website: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/psychology/grad/ma-psychology/about.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 25+ Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 15 Available assistantships: Graduate assistantships may be available PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in education, consulting and/or the nonprofit and for-profit/business sectors. CURRICULUM Our program provides flexibility for community-focused students to take up to six hours coursework outside of the department (e.g., law; criminal justice; women's gender and sexuality studies) that align with their specific area(s) of interest. All students are required to complete a capstone experience, which could include a project or internship placement. We have resources available to assist with identifying those opportunities. Several required classes also include applied projects with community partners. The program can be completed in one year. Ph.D. Community and Organizational Research for Action Website: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/psychology/grad/phd/cora.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 25+ Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 3 Available assistantships: Graduate research and teaching assistantships. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting, nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Faculty & Research Interests The Community and Organizational Research for Action (CORA) focus area within the Department of Psychology is comprised of scholars from multiple disciplines engaged in research to promote equity and social justice. CORA faculty work in partnership with communities, private and public sector organizations, and institutions of higher education, to conduct applied field-based research that promotes positive, transformational change. We believe that by uniting methods and tools from the social sciences with social justice values we can contribute to overcoming disparities and inequities in health, education, workplaces, and other domains. Research Interests include: • women's empowerment • health disparities • refugee integration • STEM education • activism • climate change
University of East London Department of Psychology Clinical and Community Psychology Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Science Website: https://www.uel.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/bsc-hons-clinical-and-community-psychology The Program AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 110 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 6 Students admitted each year: 25 This programme enables students to gain the Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) from the British Psychological Society. It is an academic programme which gives students the grounding to apply for future practitioner training. In the final year, students have the opportunity to undertake live evaluation projects with community and clinical partners, working with the rich and diverse communities of East London.
University of Hawaii - Manoa Department of Psychology Community and Cultural Psychology concentration Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: psychology.hawaii.edu/graduate/phd.html AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 20 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 3 Students admitted each year: 3 Available assistantships: Research and teaching assistantships The Program The Community and Culture Concentration (CCC) has a similar philosophy to other community programs throughout the country, the central innovation of the CCC is the systematic integration of community psychology and cultural psychology within a single program. Consistent with this integration is the belief that the skills people develop, the interpersonal relationships they form, and the organizations and settings in which people participate are so interwoven that human behavior is best understood as part of its social and cultural fabric. PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare and/or the nonprofit sector. CURRICULUM Our graduate training is based on a mentorship model in which students develop research skills through close collaboration with faculty. Students are expected to engage in faculty-supervised research beginning in their first year, and to take increasing responsibility for charting the direction of that research as they progress through the program. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Charlene Baker My research focuses on understanding the causes of and strategies for preventing violence against women and children. Specifically, I examine how individual, family, community, systems, and
societal factors influence social problems, and in particular emphasizes the intersection of social problems; e.g., domestic violence and homelessness; dating violence and technology. Jack Barile My research interests include understanding the role of neighborhood stress in the formation and maintenance of health disparities, ecological assessment, quantitative methods, and program evaluation. This line of research includes the study of individual-level factors, such as socioeconomic status, age, and ethnicity, as well as contextual factors, such as housing conditions and community violence. Ashley Maynard I am a cultural developmental psychologist who uses mixed methods to study the ways that participation in changing activity settings shapes development. I am interested in nested levels of development: from cultural values and economics in the macrosystem to children’s microsystem interactions. As part of this, I study the ways that globalization induces changes in developmental settings and processes.
University of Illinois - Chicago Department of Psychology Community and Prevention Research Program Degrees Offered: Doctorate Website: http://psch.uic.edu/research-programs/community-and-prevention-research/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 4 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Students admitted each year: 3 Available assistantships: Teaching and research assistantships The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare and/or the nonprofit sector. Living Community Psychology- Bernadette Sanchez \"Making Empirically Based Knowledge Cool Again\" RadioActive episode - Traci Weinstein \"Dismantling the Caricature of 'Other'\" RadioActive episode - Ashmeet Oberoi Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests Faculty's interests span a variety of areas including: • intersections between stress, resilience, and health among Latinos • the role of community context in youth development • strategies for improving system responses to sexual assault and • the social-emotional well-being and development of young children and their caregivers
University of Kansas Department of Applied Behavior Science Behavioral Psychology: Community Health & Development concentration Degrees Offered: Doctorate (Undergraduate concentration also offered) Website: http://absc.ku.edu/ AT A GLANCE Full-time faculty: 20 Full-time faculty who identify as Community Psychologists: 2 Available assistantships: Research and teaching assistantships for both graduate and undergraduate students depending on the funding of the faculty and department. The Program PROGRAM ALUMNI INFORMATION The program focuses on training researchers and practitioners. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, healthcare, consulting, for-profit and/or nonprofit sectors. Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests • Juvenile justice • Remedial educational interventions • Autism and developmental disabilities • Mentoring and youth development • Animal learning • Adults with disabilities in community and • Behavioral economics • Historiography of psychology and group living environments • Child clinical psychology behavior analysis • Violence prevention • Organizational behavior management • Community health promotion Living Community Psychology Features: Vincent Francisco
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