A Review of Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities (3rd ed.)

Abstract

THIS IS THE THIRD EDITION OF the text originally written by James Dalton (PhD University of Connecticut, professor of psychology at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania), Maurice Elias (PhD University of Connecticut, professor of psychology at Rutgers University) and Abraham Wandersman (PhD Cornell, professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina). They contributed to this edition with the intent of eventually passing the franchise on to the new author team, Bret Kloos, Jean Hill, and Elizabeth Thomas. Bret Kloos received his BA in music and psychology from St. Olaf College, his PhD in clinical community psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. He is an associate professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. His research interests include adaptive functioning of people diagnosed with severe mental illnesses so that they can live in community settings. Jean Hill received her PhD in community/clinical psychology from DePaul University, and she is professor of psychology at New Mexico Highlands University. Her research focuses on improving the lives of adolescents through school-based prevention and promotion services. Elizabeth Thomas received her BA in psychology from Georgetown University and her PhD in personality and social ecology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is now an associate professor and associate director for graduate education in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Washington at Bothell and Editor Emerita of The Community Psychologist. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts for learning, adolescent engagement in community-based settings, and the role of the arts in community action and research.