TIG Resources


Other Professional Organizations

Society for Community Research and Action :  (Division 27, American Psychological Association): 
European Community Psychology Association

Recent Member Publications

Scaccia, J.P., Chavez, N., Hatchett, L., Byrd, K., Blanton, S., Alia, K., Brennan, L., & Howard, P., Lewis, N., & Stout, S (2017). Community Health Improvement and the Community Psychology Competencies.  Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice. 8(1)

Community Psychology: Foundations for Practice (Edited by TIG members Victoria Scott and Susan Wolfe)  

Sheldon, J. A., & Wolfe, S. M. (2014). The Community Psychology Evaluation Nexus. American Journal of Evaluation, 1098214014558503.

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

Special Issue on Theory and Community Psychology

Table of Contents

  1. Initial Paper

Theories in the Field of Community Psychology (Leonard A. Jason, Ed Stevens, & Daphna Ram, DePaul University; Steven A. Miller, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Christopher R. Beasley, Washington College; Kristen Gleason, University of Hawai`i at Manoa)

 Reactions

  1. Our Theories Are Only As Good As Our Methods (John P. Barile & Anna R. Smith, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

    Alternatives to Theory Development (Bill Berkowitz, University of Massachusetts Lowell)

    Pragmatism, Praxis, and Predictive Theory (Brian D. Christens, University of Wisconsin– Madison)

    Ecological Settings and Theory of Community Action: “There is Nothing More Practical Than a   Good Theory” in Community Psychology (Isidro Maya Jariego, Universidad de Sevilla)

    Cacophony is Music to our Minds (Christopher B. Keys, DePaul University)

    Theories in Community Psychology: Do They Matter and Why? (Raymond P. Lorion, Towson University)

    Phenomenon of Interest, Framework, or Theory?  Building Better Explanations in Community Psychology (Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University)

    Celebrating Our Evolving, Interdisciplinary, Contextually-Embedded Field (Jean E. Rhodes,        University of Massachusetts, Boston)

    In Defence of a Multi-Paradigmatic Approach to Theory Development in Community Psychology (Glenn A. Williams, Leeds Beckett University)

    Theories, Models, and Science in Community Psychology (Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Yale University) 

  2. Response to Reactions

Our Reflections on the Reactions to “Theories in the Field of Community Psychology” (Leonard A. Jason, Ed Stevens, & Daphna Ram, DePaul University; Steven A. Miller, Rosalind    Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Christopher R. Beasley, Washington           College; Kristen Gleason, University of Hawai`i at Manoa)