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Living Community Psychology, written by Gloria Levin, highlights a community psychologist through an in-depth interview intended to highlight the personal and professional lives of those working in our field. The intent is to personalize Community Psychology as it is lived by its diverse practitioners.

Living Community Psychology: Dominique Thomas

Posted in: Anti-Racism, Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Dominique Thomas is an early career Community Psychologist, that brings to his work lived experience, both as a black person and raised within a lower-income family. Surrounded by a supportive village of nurturing teachers and a determined grandmother, and being named “gifted” early, he has been able to succeed academically. Nevertheless, his early disadvantages can […]

Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Chris’ work fulfills the practice of community psychology, providing a unique exemplar of the field’s potential reach.

Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

Posted in: History of Community Psychology, Inspiration, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Chris Nettles was profiled in Spring 2013 as an advanced clinical/community graduate student who was completing a self-designed community/clinical internship.

Living Community Psychology-Judi Aubel

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology, Practice
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Judi Aubel’s current focus is on providing grandmothers with opportunities for empowerment, viewing them as an invaluable asset, or resource, as agents of positive cultural change.

Living Community Psychology-Louis Brown

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
For this installment, we feature Louis Brown of El Paso, Texas. Louis’ original focus, starting in graduate school, was on mental health self-help consumer groups, but his eventual move to a heavily Latino population on the U.S.-Mexico border and to a school of public health, have led to a broadened perspective, to multiple health-related issues, […]

Living Community Psychology-Lindsey Zimmerman

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
For this installment, we introduce a clinical/community psychologist (CP) who, after moving from place to place for her education, is now settled in the Bay Area, working as an implementation scientist in the largest health care system in the U.S. – the Veterans Health Administration. She also has played a critical role in encouraging and […]

Living Community Psychology-Meg Bond

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
This installment profiles Meg Bond who has long and ably served the profession. Widely recognized for her promotion of gender and ethnic diversity through her advocacy, research and teaching, learn how she came to that mission. Meg was born in Pasadena, CA, the third of 4 children, to an attorney and a stay at home mom. Undoubtedly, […]

Living Community Psychology-Ann Webb Price

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
This installment profiles Ann Webb Price, a community psychologist whose successful evaluation consulting practice is a perfect fit for her skills and work style. Ann Price was born and raised in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, the sixth of nine children. When she was still young, her father retired from the Air Force. He subsequently worked multiple […]

Living Community Psychology-Vincent Francisco

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
This installment profiles Vincent Francisco, a community psychologist who has made major contributions to community psychology through his co-creation of The Community Tool Box, SCRA’s Practice Council, and the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice. As a young person with a Portuguese-American heritage, Vince Francisco could have been a consumer of much of his professional work with […]

Living Community Psychology – Kyrah Brown

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology, Practice
Published in: The Community Psychologist (50:2)
This installment features Kyrah K. Brown, an early career community psychologist who has always been an activist in her communities — a perfect fit for Community Psychology. Although she struggled at finding a position after earning her doctorate, she eventually landed a challenging and rewarding position in the nonprofit world. Her story is instructive for […]