Issues
Issues
Issues
We define community broadly and engage in communities of many kinds. Pieces are arranged topically and the list of issue topics is continually expanding.
Posted in: Criminal Justice, InspirationPublished in: The Community PsychologistPolice widow Kassy Alia talks about how her community psychology perspective influenced her response to her husband’s death and lead to the founding of the non-profit organization, Serve & Connect.
Read MorePosted in: Criminal Justice | Tags: ResearchA team of community psychologists, lead by Rebecca Campbell, conducted research to understand why 11,000 sexual assault kits were warehoused and untested in Detroit. Their work has influenced how police departments handle sexual assault kits across the United States.
Read MorePosted in: Sense of Community | Tags: PodcastsOn this episode of RadioActive I bring you the Online Technologies Lab researchers who shared their work on Online Fighting Game Communities.
Read MorePosted in: Marginalized Groups, Mental Health | Tags: PodcastsIn this episode of RadioActive Lauren Munro, a Ph.D. student at Wilifrid Laurier University, explains what fat activism is and how the social movement challenges stigmas around fatness.
Read MorePosted in: Marginalized Groups, Violence Prevention | Tags: PodcastsDr. Tracy Hipp is a Community Psychology graduate from Georgia State University who has focused her research on developing an understanding of the experiences of sexual violence of non-heterosexual and non gender conforming women through the inclusion of their often excluded voices.
Read MorePosted in: Environment, Marginalized Groups, Uncategorized | Tags: PodcastsDuring this interview Dr. Riemer explains the complexity of the concept of Sustainability and argues for the need for more social science in sustainability research – stating that “we need to breathe air, but we also need to be in community”.
Read MorePosted in: Healthcare, Marginalized Groups | Tags: PodcastsThere are communities facing risk of genocidal impact due to HIV/AIDS including black men, and indigenous communities, who are largely ignored or delegitimized in their experiences and differential health outcomes. Dr. Wilson’s work highlights the need to reclaim narratives of resistance by immigrants, communities of colour and indigenous communities.
Read MorePosted in: Marginalized Groups | Tags: PodcastsIn this special episode of RadioActive, Dr. Dominique Thomas and Allana Zuckerman join Natalie to talk about the upcoming Black Lives Matter special issue of the journal, Community Psychology in a Global Perspective.
Read MorePosted in: Education, Marginalized Groups | Tags: PodcastsFor this episode of RadioActive Natalie took a stop over in Atlanta, Georgia to interview Dr. Dominique Thomas about his recent research on campus racial climate for African American Students.
Read MorePosted in: Prevention Science | Tags: Practice, ResearchPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyMcKay and colleagues identify criteria to decide whether to de-implement an intervention and provide structure for how that de-implementation can happen.
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