CURRICULUM VITAE

February, 2020

Name: Douglas D. Perkins

Address: HOD, Sony 4074 Phone: (615) 322-7213 (work)

Peabody College, Box 90 Skype: dougperkins1

Vanderbilt University Email: d.perkins@vanderbilt.edu

Nashville, TN 37203 USA Homepage: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/perkins/

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor of Human & Organizational Development (2011-present), Assoc.

Professor of Human & Organizational Development (2000-2011), Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/hod/

Founding Director of Ph.D. Program in Community Research & Action (2000-2003, 2015-2019)

Founding Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Human & Organizational Development (2000-2004,

2015-present) Director of Undergraduate HOD Honors Program (2016-present)

Founding Director, Center for Community Studies (2004-2008)

Affiliate Faculty & MPH Mentor, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (2007-present)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Community Psychology: social capital (citizen participation, empowerment, sense of community,

neighboring); community development; social ecology/change; organizational change/development; program

evaluation; community research methods; international & interdisciplinary studies

Environment & Behavior: interdisciplinary study of community environmental problems (environmental

criminology, housing, deterioration, neighborhood revitalization, urban planning & design) and individual,

community, and governmental responses

Social Psychology, Law & Public Policy: research dissemination & policy use; disorder, crime & youth

violence prevention; reactions to crime; deviance & social control theories

EDUCATION:

1990 Ph.D. New York University, Psychology, Program in Community Psychology

Dissertation: The Social and Physical Environment of Residential Blocks, Crime and Citizens'

Participation in Block Associations (Advisor: Marybeth Shinn)

1987 M.A. New York University, Psychology, Program in Community Psychology

Thesis: The Influence of Social Problem-solving Training in School on Fourth-graders' Home

Behavior (Advisor: Marybeth Shinn)

1980 B.A. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, Major: Psychology

Thesis: The Prevention of Social Inequality: A Mental Health Approach (Advisor: Kenneth Gergen)

PAST POSITIONS HELD:

1996-2000 Associate Professor, Dept. of Family & Consumer Studies, University of Utah

Served 4 terms as Head of Environment & Behavior Area

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah

1989-96 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family & Consumer Studies, University of Utah

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah

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1987-89 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University

1986-88 Director, NIMH Coping with Urban Crime and Fear Project. Department of Criminal Justice,

Temple University.

1985-86 Research Associate, Citizens Committee for New York City.

1980-81 Clinical Counseling/Research Traineeship, The Devereux Foundation, Devon, PA

ACADEMIC HONORS:

Research

2018 Invited Plenary Address, International Conference on Community Psychology, Santiago, Chile

2018 Visiting Professor, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago and La

Serena, Chile

2017 Visiting Professor, Institute on Adult & Vocational Education, East China Normal University,

Shanghai, China.

2016 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in Community Psychology,

Society for Community Research & Action (American Psychological Association Div. 27)

2006, ‘09 Bando Visiting Scientist in Community & Applied Developmental Psychology, Università

‘13, & ‘16 degli Studi di Padova, Italy (Selected 4 times by the Faculty of Psychology for competitive

visiting professorship)

2013 Visiting Professor, Nanjing Normal University, College of Education and Psychology

2009 Keynote Speaker, Martin Luther King Collaborative Celebration Event, Columbia State

Community College, Columbia, TN: “A Dream No Longer Deferred: The Promise of

Empowerment in the Age of Obama” (January 19, 2009) (Honorarium donated to Highlander

Research & Education Center ‘We Shall Overcome’ Fund)

2007 & Nominated for Society for Community Research & Action Award for Distinguished

2010 Contributions to Theory and Research in Community Psychology

2006 Opening Keynote Speaker, 1st International Conference on Community Psychology, San Juan,

Puerto Rico

2005 Plenary Lecture: “Education and Poverty” to The Metropolitan Action Commission

Empowerment Conference, Nashville Convention Center (November 1, 2005).

2004 Visiting Professor in Environmental Psychology, Insitut für Psychologie, Otto-von-Guericke

Universität, Magdeburg, Germany (Selected by German delegation to represent Vanderbilt

University and Nashville in the Nashville-Magdeburg Sister Cities Program)

2003 Keynote Speaker, National Congress on “Prevention in Schools and Communities: Development

of Social Capital for Health Promotion and Prevention,” Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli

Studi di Padova, Italy

2002 Fannie Mae Foundation/Urban Affairs Association Best Paper in Housing or Community

Development Award (for “Neighborhood sense of community and social capital: A multi-level

analysis,” Perkins & Long, 2002).

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2000 Elected Fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action, Div. 27 (Community

Psychology) of the American Psychological Association

1999 Member of U.S. delegation of environmental design researchers and professionals to bring

medical supplies and tour architectural and urban planning heritage sites in Havana, Cuba

1998 Invited Speaker/Program Consultant, Community-Environmental Psychology Program, Edith

Cowan Univ., Perth, Australia; Keynote Speaker representing the United States of America,

International Community Development Conference, Launceston, Tasmania

1991 Dissertation Award, Society for Community Research and Action (APA Div. 27); Finalist, Diss.

Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Div. 9)

Teaching

1995-96 Borchard Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship, University of Utah. In recognition of

"demonstrated leadership experience in teaching service-learning courses (and) demonstrated

ability to work well with both community and university groups..."

2010 Keynote Speaker, Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association and Vanderbilt Center

for Teaching Conference: “The Pedagogy of Service Learning for Sustainability”

Membership in Professional Societies

Society for Community Research and Action (APA Division 27) (1981- ; Fellow: 2000- )

Community Development Society (1997- )

Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (APA Division 27) (2019)

Environmental Design Research Association (1995-2002)

Urban Affairs Association (2001-2015)

International Consortium for Social Development (2007- )

Council of Program Directors in Community Research & Action (1997-2003)

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Division 9) (1982-2000)

American Psychological Association (APA) (1981-1997)

APA Division 34 (Population and Environment Psychology) (1986-97)

American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41) (1985-1988)

American Society of Criminology (1987-89, 2000-2001)

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP:

Publications

Books, Monographs, Special Issues of Journals

1. Perkins, D.D., & Zimmerman, M.A. (Eds.)(1995). Empowerment theory, research, and application

[special issue]. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23.

2. Levine, M., Perkins, D.D., & Perkins, D.V. (2005). Principles of community psychology: Perspectives

and Applications (3rd Edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Levine, M., Perkins, D.D., & Perkins, D.V. (2018; translated Chinese edition of Levine, Perkins &

Perkins, 2005, with new Foreword by D.D. Perkins). 社区心理学原理: 第三版 (Principles of

community psychology: 3rd Edition). Shanghai Educational Publishing House.

3. Maton, K., Perkins, D.D., Altman, D.G., Gutierrez, L., Kelly, J.G., Rappaport, J., & Saegert, S. (Eds.) (2006). Community-based interdisciplinary research [special issue]. American Journal of Community

Psychology, 38(1-2).

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4. Perkins, D. D. (Ed.)(2009). International community psychology [special issue]. American Journal of

Community Psychology. 44.

5. Perkins, D.D., Santinello, M., & Martini, E.R. (Eds.)(2010). Community psychology in Italy [special

issue]. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 38(1).

6. Perkins, D.D., Palmer, N., & García-Ramírez, M. (Eds.)(2011). Psychosocial studies of migration and

community [special issue]. Psychosocial Intervention, 20(3).

7. Perkins, D.D., Garcia-Ramirez, M., Menezes, I., Serrano-Garcia, I., Strompolis, M. (Eds.)(2016).

Community Psychology Policy Work in International Perspective. Global Journal of Community Psychology

Practice.

Book Chapters

1. Brown, B.B., & Perkins, D.D. (1992). Disruptions in place attachment. In I. Altman and S. Low (Eds.),

Place attachment (pp. 279-304). Volume 12 in the series "Human behavior and the environment: Advances

in theory and research." New York: Plenum.

2. Webster, L. & Perkins, D. D. (2001). Redressing structural violence against children: Empowerment-based

interventions and research. In D.J. Christie, R.V. Wagner, & D.D. Winter (Eds.), Peace, Conflict, and

Violence: Peace Psychology for the 21st Century (pp. 330-340). New York: Prentice-Hall.

3. Perkins, D.D. (2002). Community psychology, planning and learning: An applied social ecology approach

to sustainable development. In I. Falk (Ed.), Learning to manage change: Developing regional communities

for a local-global millennium (Chapter 5; pp. 37-44). Adelaide: NCVER.

4. Perkins, D.D., & Long, D.A. (2002). Neighborhood sense of community and social capital: A multi-level

analysis. In A. Fisher, C. Sonn, & B. Bishop (Eds.), Psychological sense of community: Research,

applications, and implications (pp. 291-318). New York: Plenum.

5. Nation, M., Wandersman, A., & Perkins, D.D. (2002). Promoting healthy communities through

community development. In L. Jason & D. Glenwick (Eds.), Innovative strategies for promoting health and

mental health across the life span (pp. 324-344). New York: Springer.

6. Speer, P.W., & Perkins, D.D. (2003). Community organizations, agencies and groups: Significance for

children and teens. In J.W. Guthrie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Education (2nd Ed.)(pp. 431-441). Macmillan.

7. Perkins, D.D., Crim, B., Silberman, P. & Brown, B.B. (2004). Community development as a response to

community-level adversity: Ecological theory and research and strengths-based policy. In K.I. Maton, C.J.

Schellenbach, B.J. Leadbeater, & A.L. Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, youth, families and communities:

Strengths-based research and policy (pp. 321-340). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

8. Hanlin, C. E., Bess, K., Conway, P., Evans, S. D., McCown, D., Prilleltensky, I., & Perkins, D. D. (2007).

Community psychology [chapter 28]. In C. Willig & W. S. Rogers (Eds.), The Handbook of Qualitative

Methods in Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

9. Perkins, D.D. (2009). The death of community psychology (and the development of community research

& action) in the United States: Issues of theoretical, methodological, and practical diversity. In C. Vazquez

Rivera, D. Perez Jimenez, M. Figueroa Rodriguez, & W. Pacheco Bou (Eds.), International Community

Psychology: Shared Agendas in Diversity (pp. 285-314). San Juan, PR: Actividades de Formacion

Comunitaria.

10. Perkins, D.D. (2010). Commentary: Reflections on Community Psychology’s Voyage. In G. Nelson & I.

Prilleltensky (Eds.), Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-Being (2nd edition; pp. 530-

532). Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

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11. Perkins, D.D. (2010). Empowerment. In R.A. Couto (Ed.), Political and Civic Leadership (pp. 207-218).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

12. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., & Perkins, D.D. (2011). L’ingiustizia sociale e la salute di intere popolazioni:

L’ineguaglianza delle condizioni di vita / Social injustice and the health of entire populations: The inequality

of living conditions. In M. Santinello & A. Vieno (Eds.), Non è giusto: Psicologia dell’ingiustizia sociale /

It’s not fair: The psychology of social injustice (pp. 183-208). Naples, Italy: Liguori Editore.

13. Dallago, L., Lenzi, M., Perkins, D. D., & Santinello, M. (2012). Place attachment in adolescence. In

R.J.R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 2083-2091). New Dehli: Springer.

14. Vick, J.W., & Perkins, D.D. (2013). Building community: Comparing resident satisfaction, sense of

community, and neighboring in a New Urban and a suburban neighborhood. In K. Besel (Ed.), Back to the

Future: New Urbanism and the Return of Traditionalism within Urban and Suburban Environments (pp. 89-

104). Lanham, MD: University Press of America (Rowman-Littlefield).

15. Fisher, B., Anthony, D.L., & Perkins, D.D. (2013). Defensible space. In J.I. Ross (Ed.), Encyclopedia of

Street Crime in America. Sage.

16. Anthony, D.L., & Perkins, D.D. (2013). Disorder: Observational and perceptual measures. In D.

Weisburd & G. Bruinsma (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer.

17. Mihaylov, N., & Perkins, D.D. (2014). Community Place Attachment and its Role in Social Capital

Development in Response to Environmental Disruption. In L. Manzo & P. Devine-Wright (Eds.), Place

Attachment: Advances in Theory, Methods and Research (pp. 61-74). Routledge. (volume won juried prize

for the 2014 Environmental Design Research Association Achievement Award)

18. Evans, S.D., Raymond, C., & Perkins, D.D. (2015). Organizational and Community Capacity Building.

In V.C. Scott & S.M. Wolfe (Eds.), Community Psychology: Foundations for Practice (pp. 189-219).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

19. Karakos, H.L., Fisher, B.W., Geller, J., Lunn, L., Palmer, N.A., Perkins, D.D., Mihaylov, N., Partridge,

W.L., & Shields, S. (2016). The Field School in Intercultural Education as a Model for International Service-

Learning and Collaborative Action-Research Training. In S.L. Barnes et al (Eds.), Academics in Action! A

Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service (pp. 167-190). Fordham University Press.

20. Perkins, D.D., & Schensul, J.J. (2016). Interdisciplinary contributions to community psychology and

transdisciplinary promise. In M.A. Bond, C.B. Keys, & I. Serrano-García (Eds.), Handbook of Community

Psychology (2nd Edition) (pp. 189-209). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

21. Harvey, R., & Mihaylov, N.L. (2017). Doing Community Psychology Internationally: Lessons Learned

in the Field. In J.J. Viola & O. Glantsman (Eds.), Diverse Careers in Community Psychology (chapter 22).

New York: Oxford University Press. (includes extended interview response section by D.D. Perkins)

22. Malpert, A., Bess, K., Evans, S. D., Perkins, D. D., Suiter, S., Conway, P., Hanlin, C. E., McCown, D., &

Prilleltensky, I. (2017). Community psychology [revised chapter]. In C. Willig & W. S. Rogers (Eds.), The

Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 320-337). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

23. Vega, A., & Perkins, D.D. (in press). Memorial Gymnasium: Racial Activism/Justice. In A. Thurber, L.

Williams, & J. Fraser (Eds.), People's Guide to Nashville. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

24. Eccleston, S.M.P., Gupta, J., & Perkins, D.D. (2018). Critical perspectives on neighborhood engagement

and participatory development. In R.A. Hays (Ed.), Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action: The

Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs (chapter 1: pp. 1-25). Lexington Books.

25. Perkins, D.D. (2018). Preface. In Santinello, M., Vieno, A., & Lenzi, M. Fondamenti di Psicologia di

Comunità / Fundamentals of Community Psychology (2nd Ed.). Bologna: Il Mulino.

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26. Perkins, D.D. (2018). 中译版前言 (New Foreword to the Chinese edition (translated) of Levine, M.,

Perkins, D.D., & Perkins, D.V. (2005). 社区心理学原理: 第三版 (Principles of community psychology: 3rd

Edition). Shanghai Educational Publishing House.

27. Perkins, D.D. (in press). Public policy training, research and practice for community psychologists in the

U.S. In J.A. Alfaro Inzunza et al. (Eds.), Main Dialogues of the 7th International Conference of Community

Psychology.

28. Mihaylov, N., Perkins, D.D., & Stedman, R.C. (in press). Community Responses to Environmental

Threat: Place Cognition, Attachment and Social Action. In L. Manzo & P. Devine-Wright (Eds.), Place

Attachment: Advances in Theory, Methods and Research (2nd Ed.). Routledge.

Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Perkins, D.D. (1988). The use of social science in public interest litigation: A role for community

psychologists. American Journal of Community Psychology (Special Issue: Law and Community

Psychology), 16, 465-485.

2. Perkins, D.D., Florin, P., Rich, R.C., Wandersman, A. & Chavis, D.M. (1990). Participation and the social

and physical environment of residential blocks: Crime and community context. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 18, 83-115.

3. Perkins, D.D., & Wandersman, A. (1990). "You'll have to work to overcome our suspicions:" Benefits and

pitfalls of research with community organizations. Social Policy, 21 (1), 32-41.

4. Perkins, D.D., Meeks, J.W., & Taylor, R.B. (1992). The physical environment of street blocks and resident

perceptions of crime and disorder: Implications for theory and measurement. Journal of Environmental

Psychology, 12, 21-34.

5. Perkins, D.D., Wandersman, A., Rich, R., & Taylor, R. (1993). The physical environment of street crime:

Defensible space, territoriality and incivilities. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 13, 29-49.

6. Taylor, R.B., Koons, B.A., Kurtz, E.M., Greene, J.R., & Perkins, D.D. (1995). Street blocks with more

nonresidential land use have more physical deterioration: Evidence from Baltimore and Philadelphia. Urban

Affairs Review, 31, 120-136.

7. Perkins, D.D., & Zimmerman, M.A. (1995). Empowerment theory, research, and application. American

Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 569-579.

8. Perkins, D.D. (1995). Speaking truth to power: Empowerment ideology as social intervention and policy.

American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 765-794.

9. Perkins, D.D., & Taylor, R.B. (1996). Ecological assessments of community disorder: Their relationship to

fear of crime and theoretical implications. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 63-107.

(Reprinted in T.A. Revenson, A.R. D'Augelli, S.E. French, D.L. Hughes, D. Livert, E. Seidman, M. Shinn, &

H Yoshikawa (Eds.)(2002), Ecological research to promote social change: Methodological advances from

community psychology. (pp. 127-170). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.)

10. Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., & Taylor, R.B. (1996). The ecology of empowerment: Predicting

participation in community organizations. Journal of Social Issues, 52, 85-110.

11. Perkins, D.D. (2000). Research, teaching, and service in applied, multidisciplinary academic programs

and in community organizations. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 19(2), 121-128.

(also published in O'Donnell, C.R., & Ferrari, J.R. (Eds.)(2000). Employment in community psychology: The

diversity of opportunity. New York: Haworth Press.)

12. Perkins, D.D., Hughey, J., & Speer, P.W. (2002). Community psychology perspectives on social capital

theory and community development practice. Journal of the Community Development Society, 33(1), 33-52.

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13. Robinson, J.B., Lawton, B.A., Taylor, R.B., & Perkins, D.D. (2003). Multilevel longitudinal impacts of

incivilities: Fear of crime, expected safety, and block satisfaction. Journal of Quantitative Criminology,

19(3), 237-274.

14. Long, D.A., & Perkins, D.D. (2003). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sense of Community Index

and Development of a Brief SCI. Journal of Community Psychology, 31, 279-296.

15. Brown, B.B., Perkins, D. D., & Brown, G. (2003). Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood:

Individual and block levels of analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23, 259-271.

16. Brown, G., Brown, B.B., & Perkins, D.D. (2004). New housing as neighborhood revitalization: Place

attachment and confidence among residents. Environment and Behavior, 36, 749-775.

17. Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D. & Brown, G. (2004). Crime, new housing, and housing incivilities in a first

ring suburb: Multilevel relationships across time. Housing Policy Debate, 15(2), 301-345.

18. Brown, B.B., Perkins, D. D., & Brown, G. (2004). Incivilities, place attachment and crime: Block and

individual effects. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 359-371.

19. Vieno, A., Perkins, D.D., Smith, T.M., & Santinello, M. (2005). Democratic school climate and sense of

community in school: A multilevel analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 327-341.

20. Manzo, L.C., & Perkins, D.D. (2006). Neighborhoods as common ground: The importance of place

attachment to community participation and development. Journal of Planning Literature, 20, 335-350. (one

of the top 10 most-read (downloaded) articles in JPL history)

21. Maton, K., Perkins, D.D., & Saegert, S. (2006). Community psychology at the crossroads: Prospects for

interdisciplinary theory, research and action. American Journal of Community Psychology, 38(1-2), 9-21.

22. Maton, K., Perkins, D.D., Altman, D.G., Gutierrez, L., Kelly, J.G., Rappaport, J., & Saegert, S. (2006).

Community-based interdisciplinary research: Introduction to the special issue. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 38(1-2), 1-7.

23. Perkins, D.D., Bess, K., Cooper, D.G., Jones, D. Armstead, T., & Speer, P.W. (2007). Community

organizational learning: Case studies illustrating a three-dimensional model of levels and orders of change.

Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 307-332.

24. Long, D. A. & Perkins, D. D. (2007). Community social and place predictors of sense of community: A

multilevel and longitudinal analysis. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(5), 563–581.

25. Dupéré, V., & Perkins, D.D. (2007). Community types and mental health: An multilevel study of local

environmental stress and coping. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 107-119.

26. Vieno, A., Santinello, M., Pastore, M., & Perkins, D.D. (2007). Social support, sense of community in

school, and self-efficacy as resources during early adolescence: An integrative, model. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 39, 177-190.

27. Vieno, A., Nation, M., Perkins, D.D., & Santinello, M. (2007). Civic participation and the development

of adolescent behavior problems. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(6), 761-777.

28. Voorhees, C.C.W., Vick, J., & Perkins, D.D. (2007). “Came hell and high water:” The intersection of

Hurricane Katrina, the news media, and poverty. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17,

415-429.

29. Christens, B., & Perkins, D. D. (2008). Transdisciplinary, multilevel action research to enhance

ecological and psycho-political validity. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(2), 214-231.

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30. Nation, M., Vieno, A., Perkins, D.D., & Santinello, M. (2008). Bullying in school and adolescent sense

of empowerment: An analysis of relationships with parents, friends, and teachers. Journal of Community and

Applied Social Psychology, 18, 211-232.

31. Perkins, D.D., Larsen, C., & Brown, B.B. (2009). Mapping urban revitalization: Using GIS spatial

analysis to evaluate a new housing policy. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 37(1),

48-65. [special issue on GIS applications in community psychology]

32. Bess, K.D., Prilleltensky, I., Perkins, D.D., & Collins, L. (2009). Participatory Organizational Change in

Community-based Health and Human Services: From Tokenism to Political Engagement. American Journal

of Community Psychology, 43, 134-148.

33. Dallago, L., Perkins, D. D., Santinello, M., Boyce, W., Molcho, M., & Morgan, A. (2009). Adolescent

place attachment, social capital, and perceived safety: A comparison of 13 countries. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 44, 148-160.

34. Robinson, J., & Perkins, D.D. (2009). Social development needs assessment in China: Lessons from an

international collaborative field school in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. China Journal of Social

Work, 2(1), 34-51.

35. Perkins, D. D. (2009). International community psychology: Development and challenges. American

Journal of Community Psychology. 44, 76–79.

36. Dallago, L., Cristini, F., Perkins, D.D., Nation, M., & Santinello, M. (2010). The adolescents, life

Context & School Project: Youth voice and civic participation. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the

Community, 38(1), 41-54. [special issue on community psychology in Italy]

37. Santinello, M., Martini, E.R., & Perkins, D.D. (2010). Community psychology in Italy: Introduction and

prospects. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 38(1), 1-7.

38. Xu, Q., Perkins, D.D., Chow, J.C. (2010). Sense of Community, Neighboring, and Social Capital as

Predictors of Local Political Participation in China. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3-4),

259-271.

39. Vieno, A., Nation, M., Perkins, D.D., Pastore, M. & Santinello, M. (2010). Social capital, safety

concerns, parenting and early adolescents’ antisocial behavior. Journal of Community Psychology, 38(3),

314–328.

40. Perkins, D.D., & Procentese, F. (2010). Disagio, paura o xenofobia? Un modello di ricerca-azione con le

comunità di immigrati / Perceived disorder, fear or xenophobia? A comprehensive model for action research

on immigrant communities. Psicologia di Comunità (special issue on ecological models & migration), 6, 25-

39.

41. Bess, K.D., Perkins, D.D., & McCown, D. (2011). Testing a measure of organizational learning capacity

and readiness for transformational change in human services. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the

Community, 39(1), 35-49.

42. Bess, K., Perkins, D.D., Cooper, D.G., & Jones, D. (2011). A Heuristic Framework for Understanding

the Role of Participatory Decision Making in Community-Based Non-Profits. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 47(3-4), 236-252.

43. Palmer, N., Perkins, D.D., & Xu, Q. (2011). Social capital and community participation by migrant

workers in China. Journal of Community Psychology, 39(1), 89-105.

44. Nation, M., Bess, K., Voight, A., Perkins, D. D., & Juarez, P. D. (2011). Levels of community

engagement in youth violence prevention: The role of power in sustaining successful university-community

partnerships. American Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 89–96.

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45. Cristini, F., Scacchi, L., Perkins, D.D., Santinello, M., & Vieno, A. (2011). The Influence of

Discrimination on Immigrant Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: What Buffers its Detrimental Effects?

Psychosocial Intervention, 20(3), 243-253.

46. Perkins, D.D., Palmer, N., & García-Ramírez, M. (2011). Psychosocial studies of migration and

community: Introduction to the special issue (Estudios Psicosociales sobre Migraciones y Comunidad.

Introducción al Monográfico). Psychosocial Intervention, 20(3), 237-242.

47. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Perkins, D.D., Pastore, M., Santinello, M., & Mazzardis, S. (2012). Perceived

neighborhood social resources as determinants of prosocial behavior in early adolescence. American Journal

of Community Psychology, 50(1-2), 37-49.

48. Bess, K., Speer. P.W., & Perkins, D.D. (2012). Ecological Contexts in the Development of Coalitions for

Youth Violence Prevention: An Organizational Network Analysis. Health Education & Behavior, 39(5),

526-537.

49. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Perkins, D.D., Santinello, M., Elgar, F., Morgan, M.A., & Mazzardis, S. (2012).

Family affluence, school and neighborhood contexts and adolescents’ civic engagement: A cross-national

study. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50(1-2), 197-210.

50. Palmer, N., & Perkins, D.D. (2012). Technological Democratization: The Potential Role of IT in Social

and Political Transformation in China and Beyond. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology,

11(4), 456-479.

51. Schweizer-Ries, P. & Perkins, D. D. (2012). Sustainability science: Transdisciplinarity,

transepistemology, and action research. Umweltpsychologie (Environmental Psychology), 16, 6-11.

52. Yang, L., & Perkins, D.D. (2012). 中国大陆社区心理学发展的现状、困难与机遇 / The development

of Community Psychology in the People’s Republic of China: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of East

China Normal University, 30(2), 48-56.

53. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Santinello, M., Perkins, D.D. (2013). How neighborhood structural and

institutional features can shape neighborhood social connectedness: A multilevel study of adolescent

perceptions. American Journal of Community Psychology, 51, 451–467.

54. Tankwanchi, A.B.S., Vermund, S.H., & Perkins, D.D. (2014). Has the WHO Global Code of Practice on

the International Recruitment of Health Personnel been effective? The Lancet Global Health, 2(7), e390-

e391.

55. Tankwanchi, A.B.S., Vermund, S.H., & Perkins, D.D. (2015). Monitoring Sub-Saharan African

Physician Migration and Recruitment Post-Adoption of the WHO Code of Practice: Temporal and

Geographic Patterns in the United States. PLOS One, 10(4), e0124734.

56. Cristini, F., Scacchi, L, Perkins, D.D., Bess, K.D. & Vieno, (2015). A. Drug use among immigrant and

non-immigrant adolescents: Immigrant paradox, family and peer influences. Journal of Community and

Applied Social Psychology, 25(6), 531-548.

57. Mihaylov, N., & Perkins, D.D. (2015). Local environmental grassroots activism: Contributions from

environmental psychology, sociology and politics. Behavioral Sciences, 5(1), 121-153. Special issue on

Advances in Environmental Psychology (J. Nasar, Guest Ed.).

58. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Altoè, G., Scacchi, L., Perkins, D. D., Zukauskiene, R., Santinello, M. (2015). Can

Facebook informational use foster adolescent civic engagement? American Journal of Community

Psychology, 3-4, 444-454.

59. Magvanjav, O., Perkins, D.D. Lilienthal, G., Kopsombut, U., Zhou, L., Bai, J., & Zhang, Y. (2016). 看护

者教育水平与目前饮食方式对学前儿童缺铁的影响 (Iron deficiency among Chinese preschool children:

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Caregivers’ education and present dietary differences by diagnosis). 中国学校卫生 (China Journal of School

Health), 37(2), 267-270.

60. Maryman, J., Strompolis, M., Maton, K., & Perkins, D.D. (2016). The SCRA Public Policy Committee in

Action: Advocacy, Collaboration, and Capacity-Building. Global Journal of Community Psychology

Practice. http://www.gjcpp.org/en/index.php?issue=21

61. Perkins, D.D., Garcia-Ramirez, M., Menezes, I., Serrano-Garcia, I., & Strompolis, M. (2016).

Community Psychology and Public Policy: Research, Advocacy and Training in International Contexts.

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 7 (1), 1-8. http://www.gjcpp.org/en/index.php?issue=21

62. Zhang, Y., & Perkins, D.D. (2016). 美国社区教育的缘起、演进与启示 / Origin, Evolution and

Implications of American Community Education (Chinese). Global Education, 45 (11), 58-66.

63. Perkins, D.D., Fisher, B.W., Karakos, H.L., Shields, S.L., Gilbert, E.D., Patterson, M.M. (2017).

Thinking and Acting both Globally and Locally: The Field School in Intercultural Education as a Model for

Action-Research Training and Civic Learning. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research

and Practice. 1 (1).

64. Hanitio, F., & Perkins, D.D. (2017). Predicting the emergence of community psychology and community

development in 91 countries with brief case studies of Chile and Ghana. American Journal of Community

Psychology, 59, 200-218.

65. Zhang, Y., & Perkins, D.D. (2017). 成人教育学研究生专业建设探析: 基于中美比较的视角 / A

Comparative Study on Graduate Adult Program Development between China and USA (Chinese). 当代继续教育 / Contemporary Continuing Education, 35 (199), 4-9.

66. Lorion, R.P., & Perkins, D.D. (2018). Introducing the 2017 Newbrough Award for Best Graduate

Paper: Reflections on “A latent class exploration of adolescent recovery capital.” Journal of Community

Psychology, 46(2), 155-157.

67. Canale, N., Vieno, A., Lenzi, M., Griffiths, M.D., Perkins, D.D., & Santinello, M. (2018). Cross-national

differences in risk preference and individual deprivation: A large-scale empirical study. Personality and

Individual Differences, 126(1), 52–60.

68. Eccleston, S.M.P., & Perkins, D.D. (2019). The role of community psychology in Christian community

development. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(2), 291-310.

69. Perkins, D.D. (2018; published 7/17/19). The global development of applied community studies:

Comparison and evaluation of trends in psychology, sociology, social work and other community sciences.

Liminales: Escritos sobre Psicología y Sociedad/ Writings on Psychology and Society, 7(14), 55-84. ISSN

0719-1758 ed. impresa. ISSN 0719-7748 ed. en línea.

70. Marino, C., Santinello, M., Lenzi, M., Santoro, P., Bergamin, M., Gaboardi, M., Calcagnì, A., Altoè, G.,

& Perkins, D.D. (2020). Can mentoring promote self-esteem and school connectedness? An evaluation of the

Mentor-UP project. Psychosocial Intervention, 29(1), 1-8.

71. Perkins, D.D. (2019). Community psychology and the public interest: 2018 Newbrough Award for Best

Graduate Paper. Journal of Community Psychology.

72. Nation, M., Christens, B., Bess, K., Shinn, M., Perkins, D.D., & Speer, P.W. (in press). Addressing the

problems of urban education: An ecological systems perspective. Journal of Urban Affairs.

73. Lyew, D., Perkins, D.D., & Sohn, J-I.E. (accepted). Foreign Aid, Grassroots Activism and the Strength of

Applied Community Studies in Aid-Receiving Countries: The Case of Community Psychology. Psychosocial

Intervention.

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Articles in non-refereed publications:

1. Perkins, D.D. (1985). Blocking crime with block associations. Citizen Participation, 6 (3), 18-19.

2. Perkins, D.D. (1987). The environmental psychologist as community organizer: A tale of two hats.

Population and Environmental Psychology News, 13 (3), 13-14.

3. Perkins, D.D. (1993). It was still hot outside, still cool inside. The Community Psychologist, 27 (1).

4. Perkins, D.D. (1992). The social and physical environment of residential blocks, crime and citizens'

participation in block associations (1991 Division 27 Dissertation Award). The Community Psychologist,

25 (3), 40.

5. Perkins, D.D., Hughey, J., & Maton, K. (1998). Building bridges: Community research, action, and

community development. Vanguard, 30(2), 5.

6. Perkins, D.D. (1998). Introduction to the special issue on applied community psychology. The

Community Psychologist, 32.

7. Perkins, D.D. (1998). Community development and service learning as applied community psychology.

The Community Psychologist, 32.

8. Perkins, D.D., Manzo, L., & Nation, M. (2000). Mindwalking through the ecology of family,

neighborhood, and community development: Interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities. Population

and Environmental Psychology Bulletin.

9. Perkins, D.D. (2001). A response to the President’s column. The Community Psychologist, 34, 7.

10. Perkins, D.D., Griffith, B., Bess, K., Dokecki, P.R., Newbrough, J.R., & Speer, P.W. (2002). The

uncaged bird: Experiential learning in human, organizational, and community development at Vanderbilt

University. The Community Psychologist, 35(4), 25-28.

11. Perkins, D.D., & Vick, J. (2006). The Center for Community Studies at Vanderbilt University. The

Community Psychologist, 39(4), 11-14.

12. Maryman, J., Maton, K., & Perkins, D.D. (2014). Advocacy, collaboration, capacity building and

development: A year in review from the Policy Committee. The Community Psychologist, 47(2), 19-22.

13. Mihaylov, N.L., & Perkins, D.D. (2014). In, out of and across context: Commentary on conducting needs

assessment in a developing country. The Community Psychologist, 47(3), 23-24.

14. Perkins, D.D. (Oct. 31, 2016). Benefits and drawbacks of living in a small city (Ask the Experts). In R.

Bernardo, “2016’s Best Small Cities in America” https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-small-cities-to-

live-in/16581/#douglas-d-perkins

15. Perkins, D.D. (2019). Social work has lessons that allow more power and impact for working with

groups / El trabajo social tiene aprendizajes que permiten lograr más poder e impacto a través del trabajo

efectivo con grupos de personas. RUMBOS TS, 18, 228–238.

16. Oliveira Cunha, O., & Perkins, D.D. (2020). International Transitions and Global Contributions to the

2019 Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. The Community Psychologist, 53(1:

Winter).

17. Helm, S., Harre, N., Sasao, T., Mihaylov, N., Perkins, D.D., Lee, G., Chinen, S., & Pellman, J. (2020).

Ripples on Ecological Praxis and the Natural World: Islands of the Pacific-Asia Region. The Community

Psychologist, 53(2: Spring).

Published Book Reviews

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1. Perkins, D.D. (1988). The rumor of angels: A review of Crime, fear, and the New York City subways:

The role of citizen action. Criminal Justice Review, 13, 60-61.

2. Perkins, D.D., & Wandersman, A. (1992). Social psychology as social action. A review of Effective

social action by community groups. Contemporary Psychology, 37, 210-211.

3. Perkins, D.D. (1996). The ecology of community development: Environments and levels (review of

"Community builders: A tale of neighborhood mobilization in two cities). Human Ecology Review, 3,

141-143.

4. Perkins, D.D. (1997). The individual, the family, and social good: Personal fulfillment in times of

change. (Ed. by G.B. Melton). Family Relations, 46(4), 458-458.

5. Perkins, D.D. (2001). A review of "The company of neighbours: Revitalizing community through action

research” by C.K. Banks & J.M. Mangan. Journal of the Community Development Society, 32, 196-198.

Manuscripts under “revise & resubmit”:

Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, G. Fear of crime: Relationships with incivilities, place attachment,

and neighborhood revitalization. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Nation, M., Perkins, D.D., & Hughes, C. A. “The Sins of Darkness”: A contextual model of stigma and

psychosocial development among children of color living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Journal of

Community and Applied Social Psychology.

Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., Long, D.A., Larsen, C., & Brown, G. Psychological predictors of neighborhood

revitalization: A sense of place in a changing community. Housing Policy Debate.

Manuscripts under review:

Zhang, Y., Perkins, D.D., & Huang, X. The emergence of an empowerment model of community education

in China. Critical Studies in Education.

Tesdahl, E., & Perkins, D.D. Organizational Collaboration to Prevent Youth Violence: Network Analysis of

a Coalition's Influence on Local Advocacy Work Over Time. Submitted to Prevention Science.

Manuscripts in preparation:

Perkins, D.D. Where in the World is Community Research and Action? The Global Community Studies

Project (based on Address for 2016 SCRA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in

Community Psychology). American Journal of Community Psychology.

Perkins, D.D., Lyew, D., & Mihaylov, N. The influence of foreign aid on the presence and strength of

applied community studies in aid receiving countries.

Bishop, B., Castell, E., Dorozenko, K., Dzidic, P., Lyew, D.A., Perkins, D.D. Speer, P.W., Uren, H.

Neoliberalism and the corporate model of higher education and its influence on community psychology.

Perkins, D.D., Mihaylov, M., Bess, K.D., & Speer, P.W. Approaches to youth violence prevention:

Organizational and coalition strategies.

Perkins, D.D., Zhang, Y., Robinson, J., Palmer, N., & Yang, L. Conditions for the Growth of Community

Psychology: The People’s Republic of China as a Case Study. For submission: American Journal of

Community Psychology.

Perkins, D.D. Block Boosters Revisited: A 7-year follow up assessment of an organization development

intervention with New York City block associations.

Perkins, D.D. Factors influencing the physical environment of urban residential blocks: A seven-year follow-

up study.

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Perkins, D.D. Brief Report: Update of Jason et al. (2007). Ranking institutional settings based on

publications in community psychology journals. JCP.

Perkins, D.D., Boone, L., Joosten, Y., Hull, P. & Schlundt, D. Barriers to community-engaged research:

researcher perspectives at three academic institutions.

Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., Long, D.A., Larsen, C., & Brown, G. A multilevel and longitudinal analysis of

home satisfaction. (For submission to the Journal of the American Planning Association)

Perkins, D.D. & Dupéré, V. Testing a typology of neighborhoods for community organizing.

Perkins, D.D., Long, D.A., Nation, M., & Taylor, R.B. The impact of crime, disorder, fear, and human and

social capital on emotional distress and well-being: A multi-level, stress and coping framework.

Perkins, D.D., & Taylor, R.B. Environmental predictors of change in the social fabric of urban residential

blocks.

Voorhees, C.C.W., Brown S.R., & Perkins, D.D. Estimating the financial cost of homelessness.

Technical Reports

Fraser, J., Thurber, A., Gupta, J., Perkins, D.D. & Vick. J. (2015). Equitable Housing Development. In J. Vick, S.

Thomas-Trudo, M. Cole & A.D. Samuels (Eds.), Health equity in Nashville (pp. 40-42). Metro Nashville Public Health

Department Division of Epidemiology & Research and RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College.

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Health/PDFs/HealthData/MetroNashvilleHealthEquityReport2015.pdf

Thurber, A., Gupta, J., Fraser, J., & Perkins, D.D. (Sept. 25, 2014). Equitable Development: Promising Practices to

Maximize Affordablity and Minimize Displacement in Nashville’s Urban Core. Prepared for the Metropolitan Nashville

Planning Department as part of the NashvilleNext 25-year strategic plan.

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Planning/docs/NashvilleNext/ResourceTeams/Housing_Gentrification_

EquitableDevelopment.pdf

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Planning/docs/NashvilleNext/BackgroundReports/Housing_Gentrificati

on_EquitableDevelopment_report.pdf http://www.nashville.gov/Government/NashvilleNext.aspx

Jones, K., Padgett, D., & Perkins, D.D. (June 30, 2014). Revitalization Strategies in Historic Black Business Districts.

Prepared for the Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department as part of the NashvilleNext 25-year strategic plan.

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Planning/docs/NashvilleNext/BackgroundReports/next-

JeffersonStreetStudy.pdf

Gardella, J.H., Perkins, D.D. & the students of HOD 2670 (December 19, 2013). “Mobilizing for Action through

Planning and Partnerships—Nashville: Final Report to the Health Department of Metropolitan Davidson County and the

Community Themes and Strengths Committee.”

Perkins, D.D. (2012). Final Report: Intercultural Fieldschool In South Africa. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad

grant from the U.S. Department of Education (#P021A110033).

Juarez, P., Samaniego, V., Nation, M., & Perkins, D.D. (2012). Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of

Excellence: A 5-year, multi-study youth violence prevention action-research core. UPACE grant NCIPC/US Centers for

Disease Control & Prevention (5U49CE001022)

Vick, J., & Perkins, D.D. (2008). Quality of Life in Westhaven: A Study Comparing a New Urbanist and a Suburban

Neighborhood. Report to the Southern Land Company. Nashville: Peabody College Center for Community Studies.

Voorhees, C.C.W., Brown S.R., & Perkins, D.D. (2008). The Hidden Costs of Homelessness in Nashville: A Report to

the Nashville Metro Homelessness Commission.

Perkins, D.D., & Students in HOD 1700 (F03) and HOD 2610 (S04) (2005). South Nashville Community Needs &

Assets Assessment: Final Report to the Woodbine Community Organization & Family Resource Center.

Cornfield, D.B., Arzubiaga, A., BeLue, R., Brooks, S.L., Brown, T.N., Miller, O., Perkins, D.D., Thoits, P.A. &

Walker, L.S. (August 15, 2003). Final Report of the Immigrant Community Assessment. For Metropolitan Government

of Nashville and Davidson County (contract #14830) Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies.

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Perkins, D.D. & Speer, P.D. (2003). Learning Organizations and Learning Communities. Final Report to the Learning

Sciences Institute.

Armstead, T., Berchelmann, S., Crosby, D., Dodson, O., Evans, S., Giboney, J., Hall, T., Jones, R., Lercius, H., Nitch,

H., Olsen, A., Stefanik, C., Strong, M., Thomas, E.L., Williams, R., Wright, S., & Perkins, D.D. (April 16, 2002).

Impacts Of Nashville Housing Redevelopment Projects. Community Development & Urban Policy (HOD 2600/3600),

Department of Human & Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.

Brown, B.B., & Perkins, D.D. (2001). Neighborhood Revitalization & Disorder: An Intervention Evaluation. Executive

Summary and Final Report, National Institute of Justice.

Perkins, D.D., & Brown, B.B. (1995). Neighborhood Assessment: West Salt Lake City Revitalization Initiative. Final

grant report to the Salt Lake City Dept. of Community and Economic Development. Salt Lake City: University of Utah.

Taylor, R.B., & Perkins, D.D. (1989). Mental health: Stress and coping with urban crime and fear. Final report to the

National Institute of Mental Health. Philadelphia: Temple University.

Perkins, D. D. (1989). Description of data set and methods: NIMH final grant report Appendix A (Grants #R01-

MH40842-01 and -02). Unpublished manuscript. Philadelphia, PA: Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University.

Perkins, D.D. (1989). Proceedings of the Eisenhower Foundation Neighborhood Program Evaluation Conference. Final

Report to the Eisenhower Foundation. Washington, DC.

Chavis, D.M., Florin, P., Rich, R.C., Wandersman, A., & Perkins, D.D. (1987). The role of block associations in crime

control and community development: The Block Booster Project. Final Report to Ford Foundation. Citizens Committee

for New York City.

Perkins, D.D. (1985). Westchester Elementary Interpersonal Problem-solving Training Program: An evaluation in 2

schools. Final Report to Westchester Co., NY, Dept. Mental Health.

Perkins, D.D. (1979). The influence of father absence on the black child as a mental health outpatient. Research &

Evaluation Div., Hahnemann Mental Health Center, Philadelphia.

Published Conference Proceedings Articles

Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, G. (2000). Place Attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood. In Moser, G., Pol,

E., Bernard, Y., Bonnes, M., Corraliza, J. and Giuliani, M.V. (eds.), Metropolis 2000 - Which Perspectives? Cities,

Social Life and Sustainable Development (IAPS 16 Conference Proceedings on CD-Rom), Paris, France, 4-7 July 2000.

Perkins, D.D. (1998). Community psychology, planning and learning: A U.S. perspective on sustainable development.

Learning Communities, Regional Sustainability and the Learning Society: An International Symposium (Vol. II; pp.

271-280). Launceston, Australia: University of Tasmania.

National and International Conference Presentations (all refereed; since 2000; 36 others from 1982-1999; does

not include papers presented at regional conferences)

Perkins, D.D. (6/28/2019). Realizing the Woods Hole Field Station Concept: Navigating the Challenges. SCRA

Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago.

Perkins, D.D. et al. (6/27/2019). Neoliberal Influences on Community Psychology: Experiences From Australia, Chile

and the United States. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago.

Thiruvenkadam, N., & Perkins, D.D. (6/27/2019). A qualitative case study of informal nonacademic community

knowledge in comparison to formal academic disciplinary community studies knowledge in India. SCRA Biennial

Conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago.

Ozgurer, M.R. & Perkins, D.D. (6/27/2019). A Mapping and Geospatial Analysis of The Global Growth of Community

Psychology in the Context of International Social, Political and Economic Indicators. SCRA Biennial Conference on

Community Research and Action. Chicago.

Haecker, H., & Perkins, D.D. (6/27/2019). Predicting the Strength of Indigenous Applied Development Economics

Research in 104 Countries. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago.

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Pak, L., Perkins, D.D., & Mohyuddin, H. (6/26/2019). Combatting Islamaphobia through food and interfaith dialogue:

The Faith and Culture Center’s ‘Our Muslim Neighbor’ initiative. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research

and Action. Chicago.

Perkins, D.D. (6/25/19). Represented CRA and CDA Programs at SCRA Council on Education Preconference

Workshop. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago.

Perkins, D.D., Lyew, D. Muñoz Proto, C., Keast, S., Sonn, C., & Alfaro, J. (10/6/18). International Symposium:

Obstacles and tensions for academics in sustaining community psychology and broader context of political and

economic pressures. International Conference on Community Psychology, Santiago, Chile.

Perkins, D.D. (10/5/18). Invited Plenary Address: Public policy training, research and practice for community

psychologists in the U.S. International Conference on Community Psychology, Santiago, Chile.

Sohn, J-I. & Perkins, D.D. (4/6/18). The Moderating Effect of Foreign Aid on the Relationship between Nonviolent

Grassroots Activism and Formal Education for Community Development in Aid Receiving Countries. Harvard School

of Education Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA.

Perkins, D.D. (6/23/17). Xenophilia over Xenophobia (or Community Research and Action in an Era of Populist

Nationalism and Decolonial Development): The Global Community Studies Project. Invited Address. SCRA/APA

Division 27 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research. SCRA Biennial Conference on

Community Research and Action. Ottawa, Canada.

Lyew, D., & Perkins, D.D. (6/24/17). The Global Development of Applied Community Studies. SCRA Biennial

Conference on Community Research and Action. Ottawa, Canada.

Eccleston, S.M.P., & Perkins, D.D. (6/24/17). The role of religion in community development: A community

psychology perspective. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Ottawa, Canada.

Perkins, D.D. (5/23/17). Community psychology perspectives on social capital theory/社区心理学视野中社会资本理

论. Keynote Address: International Seminar on Neighborhood-based Learning Community, Suzhou, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/19/17). Community Education in the USA/社区教育在美国.Keynote Address: Seminar on

Community Education, Fuyang (富阳), China

Perkins, D.D. (5/8/17). Developing an Empowering Ecological-Transdisciplinary Care System. Roundtable on

Developing Integrated Care Systems: A Cross Cultural Dialogue. NYU-Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D., Sasao, T., Amer, M., Barker, C., Brodsky, A., Zani, B. (6/27/15). International Provocative Roundtable:

What Can American Community Psychology Learn From the Rest of the World? SCRA Biennial Conference on

Community Research and Action. Lowell, MA.

Olson, B., et al. & Perkins, D.D. (6/27/15). Addicted to Prisons: SCRA Mass Incarceration Task Force Town Hall on

Research and Value-Based Solutions. SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action. Lowell, MA.

Perkins, D.D. (6/25/15). The Field School in Intercultural Education & Research as a Model for Immersive Action-

Research Training and Service-Learning. Presented at the SCRA Biennial Conference on Community Research and

Action. Lowell, MA.

Padgett, D., Perkins, D.D., & Jones, K. (4/9/15). Urban Revitalization without Gentrification?: A Comparative Analysis

of Development Intervention Efforts in Three Historically Black Street Corridors using Geographic Information

Systems. Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Miami, FL.

Perkins, D.D., Maryman, J., Bishop-Scott, J.T. & Maton, K. (2014). Development of community psychology advocacy,

collaboration, and capacity in the United States: The SCRA Public Policy Committee, 5th International Conference on

Community Psychology, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Perkins, D.D., Luis, C., & Cunha, O.O. (2014). The development of global community psychology: The potential of

interdisciplinary collaboration, 5th International Conference on Community Psychology, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Perkins, D.D. (2013). Lo Sviluppo Del Capitale Sociale: Tra Ricerca E Azione (The Development of Social Capital:

From Research to Action). 9th National Convention on Prevention in Schools and Community, Padua, Italy, 7/5/13.

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Perkins, D.D., Tesdahl, E., Bess, K.D., Speer, P.W., & Doykos, B. (2011). Examining the Patterns of Social

Regularities: A Five-Year Retrospective of a Youth Violence Prevention Effort. Biennial Conference on Community

Research and Action. Chicago, IL, 6/18/11.

Dziadkowiec, O., Perkins, D., Speer, P., Alcantara, L., Chavis, D., Reischl, T. (2011). How Does Sense of Community

and Social Capital Contribute to Building Communities? Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action.

Chicago, IL, 6/16/11.

Perkins, D., Zimmerman, L., Sasao, T., Simons-Rudolph, J., Paavola, E. (2011). Examining the Present and Future of

International Community Psychology. Biennial conference on Community Research and Action. Chicago, IL, 6/16/11.

Perkins, D.D., Vick, J., Christens, B., & Speer, P.W. (2011). Rebuilding New Orleans: Residents’ Views. Paper

presented at Urban Affairs Association 41st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 3/18/11.

Perkins, D.D. (Nov. 12, 2010). Forms of Sustainability and Levels of Civic Education and Change: Beyond Service-

Learning. Keynote Address to the Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association Conference on Sustainability

and Service-Learning, Vanderbilt University.

Palmer, N., Perkins, D.D., & Xu, Q. (2010). Community Participation by Migrant Workers in China. 3rd International

Conference on Community Psychology, Puebla, Mexico, 6/4/10.

Cristini, F., Scacchi, L., Perkins, D.D., Santinello, M., & Vieno, A. (2010). Psychological wellbeing among immigrant

adolescents: The role of perceived discrimination, social support, school and local policies. 3rd International Conference

on Community Psychology, Puebla, Mexico, 6/4/10.

Perkins, D.D., Tesdahl, E., Thompson, J., Bess, K.D., & Speer, P.W. (2010). Youth violence prevention, coalitions, &

political action: A city-wide organizational network analysis. Urban Affairs Association 40th Annual Meeting,

Honolulu, HI, 3/12/10.

Palmer, N.A., Perkins, D.D. and Xu, Q. (2009). Community Participation by Migrant Workers in China. American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 8/8/09.

Perkins, D.D. (2009). Immigration and Perceived Disorder: Fear of Crime or Xenophobia? Plenary Address, 7th

National Convention on Prevention in Schools and Community, Padua, Italy, 6/27/09.

Perkins, D.D. & Palmer, N. (2009). Community Participation by Migrants & Long-time Residents in the US & China:

Implications for Immigrant Integration in Europe? International “City Futures” Conference, European Urban Research

Network & Urban Affairs Association, Madrid, Spain, 6/4/09.

Tesdahl, E., Perkins, D.D., Bess, K., & Speer, P. (2009). Analyzing the Network Structure of Nonprofit Organizations

Addressing Youth Violence in a Mid-South Metropolitan Area. Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Voorhees, C.C., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, S.R. (2009). The Hidden Costs of Homelessness in Nashville. Urban Affairs

Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Vick, J.W., & Perkins, D.D. (2009). Better Living or Better Sprawl? Comparing Sense of Community and

Neighborhood Involvement in Neo-Traditional and Suburban Neighborhoods. Urban Affairs Association Annual

Meeting, Chicago.

Perkins, D.D. (2008). Prospects for Community Psychology in the People’s Republic of China (Organized paper panel

on “East-West as well as North-South Dialogue: Prospects for community psychology in the developing and

transitioning world.”) 2nd International Conference on Community Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Perkins, D.D. (2008). Sense of Community and Community Psychology: Where do we go from here? 2nd International

Conference on Community Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Perkins, D. (2008). International Urban Affairs Communication and Collaboration: Looking East and South. Urban

Affairs Association, Baltimore, MD.

Nation, M., Bess, K., Collins, L., Juarez, P., Perkins, D.D., & Speer, P. (2008). The Possibilities and Challenges: Youth

Violence Prevention through School-Community Collaboration. Urban Affairs Association, Baltimore, MD.

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Perkins, D.D., & Robinson, J. (2007). Community Health, Education, and Development in Guangxi Autonomous

Region and the Impact of Human Migration on the Changing Reality of Provincial China. 15th Symposium of the

International Consortium for Social Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Vick, J., Robertson, J., Morgan, R., Perkins, D. D. (April 28, 2007). The Nashville Street Life Project: Using mixed

methods and an interdisciplinary research team to assess urban public space. Urban Affairs Association, Seattle, WA.

Perkins, D.D. (2006). The death of community psychology (& the development of community research & action) in the

United States: Issues of theoretical, methodological, & practical diversity.” Keynote Address, 1st International

Conference on Community Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Perkins, D.D., & McCown, D. (2006). The measure of SPEC practices: Strengths, Prevention, Empowerment, and

Changing community conditions. 1st International Conference on Community Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Vick, J., Perkins, D., Christens, B., Nelson, M., & Speer, P. (2006). Rebuilding Community Among Residents

Displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Canada.

Thaden, E., Vick, J., Perkins, D., & Conway, P. (2006). Grassroots and Lobbying Campaign to Create a City Housing

Trust Fund. Urban Affairs Association, Montreal, Canada.

Vick, J., Perkins, D., Christens, B., & Speer, P. (2006). Citizen Participation in the Face of Conflict: Community voices

on the rebuilding and planning of neighborhoods in the wakes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Environmental Design

and Research Association, Atlanta, GA.

Voorhees, C., Vick, J., Christens, B, & Perkins, D.D. (2006). Citizen participation in the face of conflict: Community

voices on the rebuilding and planning of neighborhoods in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Society for Applied

Anthropology, Vancouver, BC.

Speer, P., Perkins, D. D., Prilleltensky, I., (2005). The Exercise of Power in Community. Paper presented at 10th

Biennial conference on Community Research and Action. Urbana, IL.

Bess, K., Perkins, D.D., Cooper, D. & Jones, D. (2005). Decision-making practices, participation, and learning in non-

profit organizations. 10th Biennial conference on Community Research & Action. Urbana, IL.

Bess, K., Prilleltensky, I., Evans, S., Hanlin, C., Perkins, D.D., Conway, P., McCown, D., & Newbrough, J.R. (2005).

Innovative session on “Transforming human service organizations for community change. 10th Biennial conference on

Community Research and Action. Urbana, IL.

Boyd, N., Loundsbury, D., Lardon, C., Shinn, M. Evans, S. Perkins, D. Bess, K., Sanchez Cesareo, M., Bhawuk, D. &

Keys C. (June 2005). Round Table Discussion: Continuing the Dialogue on Organization Studies and Community

Psychology. The 10th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research & Action, University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign.

Sabina, C., Toro, P., Perkins, D.D., Freedman, D. & Armstead, T. (2005). Roundtable/ presentation: Researching

homelessness: Political trials and practical tribulations. 10th Biennial conference on Community Research and Action.

Urbana, IL (6/9/05).

Perkins, D.D., & Dupéré, V. (2005). Six types of streetblocks: An empirical test of Don & Rachelle Warren’s

neighborhood typology for community organizing. 35th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Assoc., Salt Lake City,

UT, 4/15/05.

Perkins, D.D. (2005). Limits on sustainable individual, organizational, and community change. 35th Annual Meeting of

the Urban Affairs Assoc., Salt Lake City, UT, 4/15/05.

Perkins, D.D., Speer, P., Sonn, C., Kagan, C., Robertson, N., Lewis, D. (2004). Development of an international

interdisciplinary research network on power and community. 5th Conference of the European Network of Community

Psychology: "Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World." Berlin, Germany. (Organized symposium)

Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., Long, D.A., & Larsen, C. (2004). Psychological predictors of neighborhood revitalization:

A longitudinal and multi-level analysis. 5th Conference of the European Network for Community Psychology, Berlin,

Germany.

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Vieno, A., Perkins, D.D., Nation, M. Santinello, M., Dallago, L. (2004). Civic participation and the development of

adolescent behavior problems. 5th Conference of the European Network for Community Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Perkins, D.D., Bess, K., Cooper, D., Evans, S., Hanlin, C., Jones, D., & Speer, P. (2004). The Ecology of Community

Organizational Learning: Contexts, Levels, Dynamics, and Orders of Social Capital. Urban Affairs Association,

Washington, DC. (Organized symposium on “Community Organizations, Power, & Social Capital”)

Co-chaired opening and closing sessions of “Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-Based Research”

Conference, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University (organized by the Society for Community Research & Action,

funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May, 2004).

Cooper, D.G., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, B.B. (2004). Land Use Impacts on Resident Perceptions of Problems, Place

Attachment, and Social Capital. Urban Affairs Association, Washington, DC. (Organized symposium on “Social

Capital, Social Epidemiology, and Neighborhood Environmental Contexts”)

Cooper, D.G., & Perkins, D.D. (2003). The ecology of community organizational learning: contexts, levels, dynamics,

and orders of service learning. 3rd Annual International Conference On Service-Learning Research. Salt Lake City, UT.

Bess, K., Evans, S., Hanlin, C., Perkins, D.D., & Speer, P. (2003). Individual and organizational contributions to civic

learning in community-based volunteer organizations. International Conference on Civic Education Research, New

Orleans, LA.

Long, D.A., Perkins, D.D., & Taylor, R.B. (2003). Self-identity, place, and psychological well-being: An ecological

analysis of neighborhood place identity and social identity on psychological well-being controlling for social capital,

crime rates, defensible space, stress, social support, and multilevel sociodemographics. 53rd Annual Conference of the

Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA.

Perkins, D.D. (2003). Evaluating community building initiatives: Comparing qualitative and quantitative action research

strategies. Annual Conference of the Community Development Society and International Association for Community

Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Perkins, D. D. (2003). Social Capital: Formal and Informal Community Cognitions, Behaviors, Networks, and Learning

Organizations. 4th National Congress on “Prevention in Schools and Communities: Development of Social Capital for

Health Promotion and Prevention” University of Padova, Italy.

Perkins, D. D., Prilleltensky, I., Newbrough, J., Jones, D., Christens, B., Speer, P., Lorion, R., Fryer, D., Montero, M.,

& Sloan, T. (2003). Power in wellness, oppression, & liberation: JCP issue & a new Woods Hole. Biennial conference

for Community Research and Action. Las Vegas, NM.

Perkins, D.D., & Cooper, D. (2003). Learning contexts. Presented at symposium on Learning communities and learning

organizations. 9th Biennial conference for Community Research and Action. Las Vegas, NM.

Long, D.A., & Perkins, D.D. (2003). Brief Sense of Community Index and Multi-Level Analysis of Sense of

Community. Paper presented in Innovative Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Sense of Community

Assessment. 9th Biennial conference for Community Research and Action. Las Vegas, NM.

Perkins, D.D. (2003). Roundtable: Enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration in community-based research. 9th Biennial

conference for Community Research and Action. Las Vegas, NM.

Perkins, D.D. (2002). A new graduate training program in Community Research & Action at Vanderbilt: A synthesis of

community psychology and community development. Annual Community Development Society Conference,

Cleveland, MS. Chaired symposium on “The Present and Future of Graduate Training in Community Development: A

Comparison of Masters and PhD Programs at Three Universities.”

Perkins, D.D. (2002). Community Psychology and Development: The CDS-SCRA Interdisciplinary, Inter-

organizational Collaboration. Chaired Roundtable at Annual Community Development Society Conference, Cleveland,

MS.

Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., Long, D.A., Larsen, C., & Brown, G. (2002, May) Psychological predictors of

neighborhood revitalization: A multi-level analysis. Annual Meeting of the Environmental Design Research

Association, Philadelphia, PA.

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Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, G. (2002, March). Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood: Individual

and block levels of analysis. Urban Affairs Association, Boston, MA.

Perkins, D.D., & Long, D.A. (2002, March). Neighborhood sense of community and social capital: A multi-level

analysis. Urban Affairs Association, Boston, MA. (Won Annual Fannie Mae Foundation/UAA Award for Best Paper in

Housing or Community Development)

Manzo, L.C., & Perkins, D.D. (2001, July). Neighborhoods as common ground: The importance of place attachment to

community participation and development. Environmental Design Research Association, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D., Larsen, C., & Brown, G. (2001, July). Place Attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood.

Environmental Design Research Association, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Perkins, D.D., & Long, D.A. (2001). Neighborhood sense of community and social capital: "All the things you are".

Biennial Conference on Community Research & Action, Atlanta, GA.

Manzo, L.C., & Perkins, D.D. (2001, June). A sense of place and place attachment: Redefining citizen participation and

community action. Biennial Conference on Community Research & Action, Atlanta, GA.

Dokecki, P.R., Perkins, D.D., Newbrough, J.R., & Cunningham, J. (2001). Interdisciplinary Roots & Future of Graduate

Training in Community Research & Action at Peabody College, Vanderbilt. Biennial Conference on Community

Research & Action, Atlanta, GA. Organized symposium on “Interdisciplinary Models for Graduate Training in

Community Research & Action”

O’Donnell, C., Perkins, D.D., Julian, D., & Wilcox, B. (2001). Employment in community psychology. Roundtable

discussion. Biennial Conference on Community Research & Action, Atlanta, GA.

Perkins, D.D., Brown, B.B., Larsen, C., & Brown, G. (2001, March). Psychological predictors of neighborhood

revitalization: A sense of place in a changing community. Urban Affairs Association, Detroit, MI.

Manzo, L.C., & Perkins, D.D. (2001). Neighborhoods as common ground: The importance of place attachment to

community participation and development. Urban Affairs Association, Detroit, MI.

Brown, B.B., Perkins, D.D., & Brown, G. (2000, 4-7 July). Place Attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood. Metropolis

2000-Which Perspectives? International Assoc. for People-Environment Studies (IAPS)-16 Conference, Paris, France.

Hughey, J., Pigg, K., Perkins, D.D. & Speer, P.W. (2000, July). Integrating perspectives of power and empowerment in

community development. Community Development Society 32nd Annual International Conference, St. Johns, New

Brunswick, Canada.

Brown, G.; Brown, B.B.; Perkins, D.D. & Werner, C. W. (2000). Community Confidence as a Critical Factor in

Neighborhood Revitalization. Environmental Design Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

International Invited Presentations (since 2000; many others at Vanderbilt + elsewhere in U.S. since 2000 + 29

others from 1988-1999, including at Edith Cowan, Curtin, Murdoch, Queensland, South Queensland, and Tasmania

universities in Australia):

Perkins, D.D. (10/1/18 & 10/2/18). The global development of applied community studies: Comparison and evaluation

of trends in psychology, sociology, social work and other community sciences. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales,

Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago and La Serena, Chile

Perkins, D.D. (5/10/17). Community research and action: A transdisciplinary framework. Invited address: Institute on

Adult & Vocational Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/15/17). Organizational & Community Capacity Building, Program Development & Evaluation.

Institute on Adult & Vocational Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/16/17). Community organizing, development, mobilization & social action. Institute on Adult &

Vocational Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/17/17). Globalization of Applied Community Studies and Education. Institute on Adult & Vocational

Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

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Perkins, D.D. (5/12/17). Stress, coping, social support & self-help groups. Institute on Adult & Vocational Education,

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/11/17). Community Participation and Empowerment Theory and Research. Institute on Adult &

Vocational Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (5/9/17). Social Capital, sense of community, neighboring, & place attachment theory & research

methods. Institute on Adult & Vocational Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (July 17, 2013). Youth violence prevention, coalitions, & political action: A city-wide organizational

network analysis. Presented to Department of Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (July 9, 2013). Introduction to Community Psychology: Research and Action in Communities. Sponsored

by Association Roditeli (Parents), National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Roundtable on secondary education in the United States and China. (June 7, 2013). East China Normal University,

Shanghai, China.

Perkins, D.D. (June 5, 2013). The Educational Dimension of International Development: From Primary Education to

Adult Literacy and their Role in Development. College of Education, Yangzhou Normal University, Yangzhou, China.

Perkins, D.D. (June 3, 2013). Education-based prevention programs in the USA: What works and what does not.

College of Education, Nanjing Normal University, China.

Perkins, D.D. (May 31, 2013). The Educational Dimension of International Development: From Primary Education to

Adult Literacy and their Role in Development. College of Education, Nanjing Normal University, China.

Perkins, D.D. (May 29, 2013). Introduction to Community Psychology and Its International Growth. Psychology

College, Nanjing Normal University, China.

Perkins, D.D. (March 7, 2012). The Fieldschool for Intercultural Education & collaborative action-research training on

township youth & community development, health, & education: China 2007, S. Africa 2012. Presented to the

Psychology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Perkins, D.D. (March 8, 2012). The Fieldschool for Intercultural Education & collaborative action-research training on

township youth & community development, health, & education: China 2007, S. Africa 2012. Presented to the

Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Perkins, D.D., Palmer, N., & Xu, Q. (2009). Community Participation by Migrants & Long-time Residents in the U.S.

and China: Implications for Immigrant Integration in Europe? (Presented in different versions on April 27 at University

of Padua, Italy; May 22 at University of Turin, Italy; June 8 at University of Seville, Spain.

Perkins, D.D. (May 6, 2009). Psychological and behavioral aspects and predictors of urban neighborhood revitalization.

Presented at University of Padua, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (March 30, 2009). Forms Of Capital & Domains of Liberation: Sociocultural, Political, Economic,

Physical Environmental. Presented at University of Genoa, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (May 30, 2006). “Community psychology in the U.S.: History and future.” Facoltà di Psicologia,

Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (May 31, 2006). “The role of community psychologists in community development, neighborhood

revitalization and citizen participation: Background and 3 examples.” Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di

Padova, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (June 1, 2006). “Empowerment strategies: Theory and action.” Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli

Studi di Padova, Italy.

Perkins, D.D. (September, 2004). Psychological predictors of neighborhood revitalization: A longitudinal and multi-

level analysis. Invited Address to the Programs in Environmental, Social, and Educational Psychology, Insitut für

Psychologie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany.

Perkins, D.D. (2003). Development of Social Capital for Health Promotion and Prevention. Keynote Address, National

Congress on “Prevention in Schools and Communities, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.

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Grant Activity

Awarded Extramural Grants and Contracts

Fulbright Group Project Abroad Proposal: “Intercultural Fieldschool In South Africa.” U.S. Department of

Education Office of Postsecondary Education. Principal Investigator. 2011-2012. $106,645.

“Community Engagement Research Program: Clinical Translational Science Award.” National Center for

Research Resources, NIH. Faculty Associate Director of CERP (PI: Gordon Bernard). 2007-2012. $40

million total CTSA grant ($291,400-1st year CERP budget).

“Monitoring Change in the Network of Organizations Addressing Youth Violence.” Subcontract on U.S.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of

Violence Prevention grant to Meharry Medical College for Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of

Excellence. Principal Investigator. 2006-2011 (+ 1 year no-cost extension: 2012). $119,000/year.

“The hidden costs of homelessness.” Metro Davidson County Development and Housing Agency. Metro

Social Services, and Vanderbilt Division of Public Affairs. Principal Investigator. 2007-08. $10,175 ($7,500

+ cost share)

“Changing Paradigms in Human Services.” United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. Co-Principal

Investigator (PI: Isaac Prilleltensky). 2004-07. $315,000.

“Immigrant Community Assessment.” Metro Davidson County Government RFP #02-08. Co-Principal

Investigator (PI: Daniel B. Cornfield). 2002-03. $342,912.

“Nashville Task Force on Homelessness and 10-year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness” Metro Davidson

County Government (and Vanderbilt Division of Public Affairs). Principal Investigator. 2004. $5,000.

“Community Needs Assessment Demonstration Project with Woodbine Community Organization/Family

Resource Center through a Service-Learning Project” Corporation for National and Community Service

Ambassador Program Service-Learning Enhancement Grant. Principal Investigator. 2003-04. $1,000.

"Neighborhood Revitalization and Disorder: An Intervention Evaluation." Grant 98IJCX0022, National

Institute of Justice. Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Barbara Brown).1998-00. $236,195.

"Neighborhood Assessment: West Salt Lake City Revitalization Initiative." Part of Demonstration Grant

from U.S. Dept. Housing & Urban Development to Salt Lake City Dept. Community & Economic

Development. Principal Investigator. $4,374.56.

"Mental Health: Adaptive coping with urban crime and fear." National Institute of Mental Health. Project

Director. (Principal Investigator: Ralph B. Taylor). 1986-88. $133,535.

"The Social and Physical Environment of Residential Blocks, Crime and Citizens' Participation in Block

Associations." National Institute of Justice Doctoral Research Grant. Principal Investigator. 1986-87. $6,645.

Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues Research Grant. Principal Investigator.1985. $1,000.

Grant Proposals Under Review or Development:

“Rethinking Integration from a Grass Root Perspective: Learning and Transforming through Self-

Organization.” Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. Co-P.I. (Helena Korp,

P.I.). 2021-2023. $504,513 [excluding indirect costs]

“Global development of Community and Popular Education.” Spencer Foundation. Principal Investigator.

9/2020-9/2021. $50,000.

“Developing and Evaluating Infrastructure for Technology-Mediated Civil and Consequential Discourse.”

Co-P.I. (Doug Fisher, P.I.)

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Recent Unfunded Extramural Proposals (some under revision for resubmission):

“Do perceived and actual socioeconomic inequalities influence voting and other political behaviors by

shaping values and interpersonal trust in different societies?” Political Science Program, National Science

Foundation. R-01. Principal Investigator. 2016-2018. $242,911.71.

“Studying the concept of hope among the San people of Southern Africa.” Templeton Foundation (letter of

intent submitted with Peter Redvers-Lee & Maitseo Bolaane, San Research Centre, University of Botswana).

Co-Principal Investigator. 2015-2016.

“Do perceived and actual socioeconomic inequalities influence civic participation by shaping values and

interpersonal trust in different societies?” University of Padua, Italy (Post-doctoral fellowship). Research

consultant. 2013-2015.

Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research National Institutes of Health (RFA-OD-09-010). Academic/Community Health Disparities Partnership Steering

Committee member (partnership with Meharry Medical College). 2010-2011.

“Measuring Program Success from the Community Perspective.” (R21) NICHD, NIH. Consultant (PI: Alice

Hausman, Temple University) 2010-2012.

“Neighborhood Characteristics As Protective Factors For Preventing Youth Violence.” U.S. Centers for

Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Co-Investigator (Principal

Investigator, Vanderbilt subcontract). 2010-2012. $1,050,000.

“ABCs of Youth Violence Prevention: a Community-Level Intervention.” U.S. Centers for Disease Control

& Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention. Co-

Investigator. 2008-2013. $580,745.

“Community Health, Education, and Development in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Impact

of Human Migration on the Changing Reality of Provincial China.” U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-

Hays Group Research Project Abroad. Principal Investigator. $68,739.

“Poverty and Wellbeing in Urban Neighborhoods” National Institute for Child Health and Development,

NIH (R01). Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Maury Nation)

“Measuring Impacts of Community Organizations: Do Organizational Capacity, Learning, Intervention

Orientation, Type, and Density Affect Neighborhood Indicators?” National Science Foundation Human &

Social Dynamics program [Agents of Change emphasis area]. Principal Investigator [Co-PI: Paul Speer;

other personnel: Rhonda Belue, Dan Cornfield, James Foster, Brian Christens, Maury Nation, David

Padgett]. $513,483.

“Rebuilding Community among Residents Displaced by Hurricane Katrina” Human & Social Dynamics

program, National Science Foundation. Principal Investigator. $98,735.

“Evaluation of an innovative, multi-level community-centric colorectal cancer education and screening

program.” National Cancer Institute, NIH. Co-Investigator [PI: Kathleen A. Dwyer]

“Spatial & Social Dynamics of Individual, Organizational, & Community Learning, Empowerment &

Change.” National Science Foundation. Human & Social Dynamics program [with 2nd review by Innovation

& Organizational Change]. Principal Investigator: Douglas Perkins. $386,305.

“Community Organizational Learning, Empowerment, And Change.” National Science Foundation.

Innovation & Organizational Change program [with 2nd review by Sociology program]. Principal

Investigator: Douglas Perkins. $215,559.

“The Effects of Organized Power on Multidimensional Community Change in Five Countries.” National

Science Foundation. Human & Social Dynamics program. Principal Investigator: Isaac Prilleltensky, Co-

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PIs: Douglas Perkins, Paul Speer, William Partridge, Marsha Davis, Brian Williams, Ora Prilleltensky.

$750,000.

“Reliability and Risk Assessment and Management.” Pre-proposal for 5-year, multi-site grant for NSF

Science and Technology Center. Principal Investigator: D.S. Kosson. Consultant on social science

component of proposal: Douglas D. Perkins. Total budget: $22,637,000; VU portion: $12,803,000; Peabody

portion: $500,000.

“The Effect of the Physical Environment on Pedestrian Activity.” Active Living Policy and Environmental

Studies Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Principal Investigator: Jack L. Nasar; Co-PIs: Andrew

Hayes, Steven I. Gordon, Douglas D. Perkins, Peter Hecht. $235,514.

“Community-based Environmental Health Education.” United States Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Environmental Education. Grant partner: Environmental Law Institute. Principal Investigator: D.S.

Kosson. Peabody Co-PIs: Douglas D. Perkins and William Partridge. VU portion: $23,600; Peabody portion:

$11,500.

“Census-based organizational data as community capacity.” Extramural proposal originally submitted to the

Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives. Principal Investigator: Douglas D.

Perkins. $49,999.

Other Grant Participation:

“Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-Based Research.” Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation. Lead organizer of conference. (PI: David Altman) 2003-04. $20,000

NIMH Mental Health Research Training Grant. Faculty Supervisor Participant. Vanderbilt Institute for

Public Policy Studies (PI: Leonard Bickman). 2001-06.

Consultant/Advisory Board Member, “Urban forests and crime in the inner city: High-resolution satellite

imagery and GIS” National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. (PI: William Sullivan,

Human-Environment Research Lab, U. Illinois-Urbana). 2001.

Consultant to "Assessing Community Readiness for Prevention." NIDA Technology Support Transfer

Program. (Principal Investigator: Karol Kumpfer, University of Utah) 1994.

Consultant to "Salt Lake Valley Drug Abuse Prevention Coalition." U.S. Office of Substance Abuse

Prevention. (Principal Investigator: Barbara Hardy, Evaluation Director: Karol Kumpfer) 1991-92.

"The role of block associations in crime control and community development." The Ford Foundation.

Research Associate, Citizens Committee for New York City. (Principal Investigators: Abraham

Wandersman, Richard C. Rich, David M. Chavis, Paul Florin). 1985-87. $120,000.

National Institute of Mental Health Graduate Research Traineeship. 1982-84. $12,000.

Intramural Grants at Vanderbilt University:

“Vanderbilt Initiative for Smart-city Operations Research (VISOR)” (ViA award) Affiliated Faculty/Co-P.I.

2016-2018 $199,948

“Monitoring Change in the Network of Organizations Addressing Youth Violence” VICTR Scientific

Review Committee. PI. 3 separate funded proposals for equipment and qualitative transcription costs. 2008-

2011. $5,000

“Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-Based Research: A Conference.” VU Research

Scholars Grant Program. Lead Organizer: Douglas D. Perkins. 2003-04. $19,450.

“Learning Organizations and Learning Communities.” Learning Sciences Institute. Principal Investigator

(Co-PIs: Paul Speer & Daniel Cornfield). 2002-04. $50,000 + $19,575 supplement.

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Vanderbilt Service Learning Seminar Grant (to develop new course, HOD 2610: Community Development

Organizations and Policies, which will involve a different community-based action-research project every

year), Intercambio Community Study Grant. 2002-03. $1,400.

Peabody College Small Research Grant (Research Assistance). 2002. $9,150.

TEACHING:

Courses developed and taught at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University:

HOD 1700 Systematic Inquiry (Fall 2003)

HOD 2460/3460 Fieldschool in Intercultural Education & Research (in China: Sum. 2007; in South Africa:

Sum. 2012)

HOD 2490/3960: Youth and Community Health, Education, & Development in South Africa (May, 2012)

HOD 2600 Community Development and Social Policy: F2001

HOD 2610 Community Development Organizations and Policies: S2003; S2004; S2008

HODC 3342/PSY-PC 2470 Introduction to Community Psychology: F2000; F2002; F2004; F2005; F2006;

F2007; F2009; S2010; F2010; S2011; F2011; F2012; S2013; F2013; S2014; S2015; F2015; F2016

HOD 2690/3960 Special Topic: Community Health, Education, Development, and Change in China: S2007

HOD 3864: Research Experience/HOD 4980/4987: Honors Seminar: S2012; S2016; F2016; S2017; F2017;

S2018; F2018; S2019; F2019; S2020 (both sections approved & taught for writing intensive credit)

HOD 3000 Masters Proseminar in Organizational and Community Development: S2001

HODC 3890: Sp. Topics in CLD: Philanthropy and Social Problem Solving: S2016

HOD 3470/PSY 347: Graduate Seminar in Community Psychology: S2001; F2002; F2004; F2005; F2006;

F2007; F2008

HOD 3600 Graduate Seminar in Community Development and Urban Policy: F2001; S2008

HOD 3640 Graduate Seminar in Global Dimensions of Community Development: F2008; F2010; F2011;

F2012; F2013

HOD 3960 Graduate Special Topic: Psychology & Environmental Change: F2003, Advanced Topics in

Community, Environmental, & Social Psychology: S2006

HOD 6210 Community Inquiry: F2017; F2018; F2019

HOD 7400 Community Intervention & Change: S2011; S2012; S2013; S2014; S2015; S2016; S2017;

S2018; S2019; S2020

HOD 7989 Graduate Thesis Development Seminar: S2002, S2003, S2004, S2006, S2007; S2008; S2010;

S2016

“Social and Environmental Change through Grassroots Organizing.” Training Seminar for PREP:

Preparation for Leadership & Service in a Diverse Society, Sponsored by the VU Office of Active

Citizenship and Service and the Office of Leadership Development and Intercultural Affairs (Nov. 12, 2008).

Courses and seminars taught at other institutions:

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (May, 2017): Community Psychology

Pacifica Graduate Institute Community/Liberation/Eco Psychology Program, Carpinteria, CA

(November, 2014): Participatory Research Methods

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Varna Free University Psychology Department, Bulgaria (June, 2014): Community Psychology

Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany (September, 2004): Community Environmental

Psychology

University of Utah (1989-2000): Community Environments, Graduate Thesis Development Seminar,

Community Psychology & Environments, Home & Community Environments, Community and

Environmental Change, Capstone Service-Learning, Community Service & the Needs of Children, Social

Scientists and Social Policy, Social Research Methods

Temple University (1987-1989): Research methods for Criminal Justice, Community Crime Prevention,

Environmental Criminology, Planned Organizational and Community Change, Urban Crime Patterns, Intro

to Criminal Justice

Undergraduate Advising: currently advising approx. 26 HOD majors and 2 Honors thesis students

Current Graduate Student Advising: 2 PhD advisees (Hasina Mohyuddin, Mehmet Reha Ozgurer); 5

M.Ed. (CDA) advisees (Julia de Aragon (thesis), Jeff Strand, Nivedhitha Thiruvenkadam, Ashley Demaio

Nyarecha, Xinyu Huang)

Member of 9 Dissertation or Program of Studies/Mentoring Committees: Scott Brown, Sara Eccleston,

Joseph Gardella, Zachary Glendening, Dominique Lyew, Adele Malpert, Hasina Mohyuddin, Reha Ozgurer,

Marianne Zape

Service on thesis and dissertation committees:

Doctoral Dissertation Advising

Dominique A. Lyew, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “[Tentative title:]

Community research and epistemic justice in the Caribbean” (Member, 2019- )

Hasina Mohyuddin, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Muslim community

wellness and relations in the age of Islamaphobia: Final Title TBA” (Co-Chair, 2015-in progress)

Nikolay Mihaylov, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Releasing the Waters: A

Sociological Study of the Anti-fracking Movement in Bulgaria” (Chair, 2014-2018)

Dini Bintari, Psychology, Sofia University, Ph.D. “Women's Psychological Empowerment through Active

Participation in Islam in Indonesia” (Committee member, 2013-2018)

Mark McCormack, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Exploring the non–

religious elements of interfaith work” (Co-Chair, 2013-2015)

Karl Jones, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Local Inequality in the

Geography of Class-Differentiated Migration” (Committee member, 2012-2014)

John Vick, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “’Best laid plans:’ An Ecological

Analysis of Community Participation, Power, and Urban Neighborhood Planning in Practice” (Chair, 2009-

2014)

Jill Robinson, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “A New Iron Curtain?

Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union Living in the United States” (Chair, 2009-2013)

Eric Tesdahl, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “More than the sum of its

parts: Cooperation and mutual commitment in a congregation-based community organizing federation”

(Committee member, 2011-2013)

Michael Nelson, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “What Causes Racially

Segregated Residential Communities? Testing Agent-based and Institutional Explanations for the Locational

Decisions of Homebuyers in Nashville, Tennessee” (Committee member, 2011-2012)

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Melinda Rogers Hill, Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Best

Practices in Service-Learning in Higher Education for Achieving Positive Effects on Students” (Committee

member, 2011-in progress)

Courte Voorhees, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Promoting environmental

empowerment: Environmental justice policy, participatory planning, and empowerment in response to

environmental threats” (Chair, 2009-2012)

Benjamin Siankam, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Doctors Beyond

Borders: Data trends and Medical Migration Dynamics from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States”

(Chair, 2009-2012)

Daniel G. Cooper, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “Beyond dollars and

cents: Non-financial impacts and implications of the foreclosure crisis for low-income minority

communities” (2007-2012; Chair)

Patricia Conway, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. “The problem with food:

Contemporary concerns about food and solutions to change the food in our future” (Committee member,

2011-unfinished)

Mani Hull, Higher Education Leadership and Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Ed.D.

“Effective Characteristics of State Campus Compacts in Management Quality, Program Innovation and

Financial Sustainability” (Member, 2007-2010)

Carrie Hanlin, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2007-unfinished; Committee

member)

Brian D. Christens, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2008) “Vehicles of

change: Context and participation in power-based community organizing.” (Committee member)

Diana Jones, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2008) “Organizing through

congregations: Mediating and moderating roles of spirituality.” (Committee member)

Sarah Hippensteel, Leadership and Change, Antioch University, Ph.D. (Qualifying Exam Co-Chair, 2008)

“Empowerment Theory and Participation in Community-Based Organizations: Critical Analysis”

Diane I. Costello, Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, Ph.D. (2007) “A

substantive examination of rural community resilience and transition - A social justice perspective of a civil

society” (External Examiner)

Lynette Jacobs-Priebe, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2007) “A social

norms approach to preventing violence against women” (Committee member)

Kimberly Bess, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2006) “A new paradigm for

human service organizations: Renegotiating identity, values, and practice” (Chair)

Laura C. Hein, Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2006) “Survival among homelessness gay, bisexual,

and transsexual adolescent males.” (Committee member)

Scot D. Evans. Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2005) “From Amelioration

to Transformation in Human Services: Towards Critical Practice.” (Cmte. member)

D. Adam Long, Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2005) “Residential community identification and

psychological well-being” (Chair; won the 2006 SCRA Award for Best Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to

Community Psychology)

Julie Ann Pooley, Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, Ph.D. (2005) "Indicators of

community resilience: A study of communities facing impending natural disasters" (External Examiner)

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Cynthia Ganote, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. (2004) “Community, collective action, and social

change: The effects of neighborhood mobilization on social capital and its individual and collective

consequences.” (Committee member)

Iain Butterworth, Psychology, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, Ph.D. (1999)

"Environmental education: A community psychology perspective" (External Examiner; won the 2000 SCRA

Award for Best Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology)

Rosalynn Morrow, Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, Ph.D. (1996) "Towards

an understanding of the process of relocation syndrome: An environmental, ecological and community

psychology perspective" (External Examiner)

Predoctoral Thesis Advising (since 2004; not shown: chaired 5 Masters theses, member of 7 other

thesis committees while at University of Utah):

Julia de Aragón, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “[Tentative title:] Community

engagement with urban food justice initiatives: A qualitative case study” (Advisor; 2019- )

Rachel Privett, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Modern Support for Grieving:

A Content Analysis of the Online Subreddit r/GriefSupport” (member; 2019)

Becca Huppi, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. Final Project: “Persuasive

Messaging in Advocacy by Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition” (Advisor)

Dominique A. Lyew, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Community research

and epistemic justice in Jamaica” (Chair, 2018)

Sara Eccleston, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “A Critical Inquiry of

Relocation: Understanding the Motivations, Goals, and Experiences of Relocators” (Chair, 2016-17)

Lauren Pak, HOD Honors Thesis: “A Seat At The Table: Interfaith dialogue to combat Islamaphobia” (Chair,

2016-17)

Charrise Hollingsworth, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “A Mixed-Methods

Exploration of the Perceptions of After-School Practitioner Identities” (Reader, 2015-2017)

Hans Braunfisch, HOD Honors Thesis: “Weber and Development Economics: Weber’s Theory in the

Century of Globalization” (Chair, 2016-2017)

Felicia Hanitio, HOD Honors Thesis: “Locally Grounded, Socially Engaged Research: A Model to Predict

the Emergence of International Community Psychology and Community Development” (revised thesis

accepted for publication in American Journal of Community Psychology; Founder’s Medalist, Vanderbilt’s

highest award) (Chair, 2016)

Robert A. Marx, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Theorizing Social and

Emotional Learning: Key Mechanisms for Effective Programs” (member; 2016)

Leah Samples, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Disabling Barriers to

Community Participation from the Standpoint of Visually Impaired Adults” (member; 2015-2016)

Ryan Schooley, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Predictors of Civic

Engagement in Community Organizing” (member; 2015-2016)

Dessie Clark, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Assessing the Impact of

Educating Coaches about Healthy Masculinity" (member; 2015-2016)

Joseph Gardella, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Promoting school

connectedness for adolescents who experience multiple victimization” (member; 2015-2016)

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Adams Carroll, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Once and For All: Program

Evaluation and Policy Solutions for Nashville's Sidewalks Problem” (member; 2015)

Grant Yoder, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Measuring Acculturative Stress

in Elderly Refugees” (member; 2014-2015)

Hasina A. Mohyuddin, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “’It’s not part of the

religion’: The “Null Curriculum” and the Sexual Identity Development of Muslim American Youth”

(member; 2014)

Andrew Perry, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Civic Engagement and City

Planning: Ecological Factors Related to Increased Participation” (Chair; 2013-2014)

Benjamin W. Fisher, Revision of Penn State Masters Thesis for Community Research & Action requirement.

“Urban Neighborhood Context and Fear of Victimization at School” (Co-chair, 2013)

Jera Niewoehner, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. Project. “Youth Learning

Through Service: Service Learning at Whites Creek High School” (Chair, 2013)

Brendan O’Connor, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “From isolation to

community: what a social capital intervention suggests about creating solidarity in the neighborhood and

beyond” (member; Acting Chair, 2011; 2011-2012)

Zoie Saunders, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Building Collaborative

Capacity at the Program Level: Re-Framing How Practitioners Think About Human Service Delivery”

(member; Acting Chair, 2011)

Geordie Brackin, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. Final Project, “Integrating a

Reflective Service-Learning Model into a South African University” (member, 2011)

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “The Cascading

Effect of Social Capital: From Parenting to Mediating Youths’ Engagement in HIV Risk Behavior”

(member, 2011)

Neal Palmer, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Social Capital, Migration, and

Educational Opportunities in the Urban Chinese Context” (Chair, 2009-2010)

Eric Tesdahl, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Building power beyond the

local scale: An examination of interorganizational collaboration among faith-based community organizing

groups” (Member, 2008-2010)

Courte Voorhees, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “A theoretically based

assessment of ecological validity in community psychology” (Chair, 2009)

John Vick, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “Planning for conflict: An analysis

of a participatory planning process to develop a unified neighborhood vision among community groups”

(Chair, 2008)

Patricia Conway, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. “A critical theory and

approach to intervening with female victims of domestic violence” (Co-chair, 2008)

Scott Brown, HOD, B.S. (Chair, 2008) “The Hidden Costs of Homelessness in Nashville.”

Emily Thaden, Community Research & Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. Understanding Attrition and

Predicting Employment Durations of Former Staff in a State Social Service Organization. (Chair, 2007)

Diana McCown, Community Development & Action, Peabody College, M.Ed. “Organizational predictors of

strength-based, preventative, empowering, and community-focused practices in human services” (Chair,

2006)

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Carrie Hanlin, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. (2005) “A study of local labor

unions as mediating structures: Exploring the black box of democratic participation” (chair)

Jonathan Wong, HOD B.S. (Chair, 2005) “SPECtacular: Nonprofit transformation with passion, purpose, and

insight” (Chair)

Daniel G. Cooper, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, M.S. (2004) “Land use impacts

on resident perception of problems, place attachment, and social capital.” (chair)

Scot D. Evans. Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University, Masters Empirical Paper (2004)

“Youth Sense of Community: Power, Voice, and Influence.” (co-chair)

Hosted/Advised International Visiting Scholars:

Adrian Fisher, Victoria University, Melbourne, & Chris Sonn, Edith Cowan U., Perth, Australia (2000)

Grace Pretty, University of South Queensland, Australia (2001)

Isaac Prilleltensky, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia (2002)

Iain Butterworth, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Australia (2003)

Véronique Dupéré, Psychology, Université de Montréal, Canada (2003)

Alessio Vieno, Developmental & Social Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2003)

Lorenza Dallago, Developmental & Social Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2004)

Francesca Cristini, Developmental & Social Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2007)

Michela Lenzi, Developmental & Social Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2010)

Liping Yang, Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, China (2011-12)

Yong Zhang, Fulbright Fellow, Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, East China Normal University,

Shanghai, China (2015-16)

Marta Gaboardi (assisting Shinn), Developmental & Social Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova,

Italy (2018-19)

SERVICE/ADMINISTRATION:

Professional Service

Associate Editor: Psychosocial Intervention/Intervención Psicosocial (2011-present)

Co-Editor, International Column, The Community Psychologist (2019-present)

Editorial Board Memberships:

American Journal of Community Psychology (1995-1997; 2016-present); Student Editorial Board (1985-87)

Community Development (formerly Journal of the Community Dev. Society) (2002-present)

Psychosocial Intervention/Intervención Psicosocial (2010-present)

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Applied Psychology, Varna Free University, Bulgaria

(2014-present)

The Community Psychologist (and regular columnist: Community Action: 1987-89; International: 2019-

present)

Occasional Reviewer:

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American Behavioral Scientist

American Journal of Community Psychology

American Journal of Evaluation

American Journal of Sociology

American Psychologist

Applied Research in Quality of Life

China Journal, The

City & Community

Community Development: Journal of the

Community Development Society

Complexity

COST Switzerland-State Secretariat for Education,

Research and Innovation

Criminal Justice Review

Criminology

Environment & Behavior

Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

Health Education & Behavior

Health Psychology

Hercules Foundation

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Community Practice

Journal of Community Psychology

Journal of Community & Applied Social

Psychology

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Journal of Educational Change

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences

Journal of Health & Social Behavior

Journal of Health and Environmental Sciences

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Journal of Planning Literature

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the

Community

Journal of Urban Affairs

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on

Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

Justice Quarterly

Landscape and Urban Planning

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

National Research Foundation of South Africa

Palgrave Macmillan Publishers

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Planning Practice and Research

Planning Theory and Practice

PLOS-One

Psychosocial Intervention/Intervención Psicosocial

Research in Human Development

Rural Sociology

Sage OPEN

Social Indicators Research

Social Science Quarterly

Social Problems

Society and Natural Resources

Springer Books

State and Local Government Review

Sustainable Cities and Society

Umweltpsychologie

Univ. of Ghent, Belgium, Research Council

Urban Affairs Review

Urban Studies

Urban Geography

WT Grant Foundation

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Selected to evaluate candidates for hiring, promotion, and/or tenure for many universities in the United

States and internationally.

Society for Community Research & Action (American Psychological Assoc. Div. 27):

2021 Biennial Conference on Community Research & Action, Host Site Planning Committee (2019-2021)

SCRA Council on Education (formerly Council of Program Directors): 2001-2005, 2017-present

SCRA Policy Committee Co-Chair (2013-2014), Member (1993- ), Position Statement Development Ad hoc

Committee (2011- ), Policy Special Issue Co-editor (2015-2016)

SCRA Environmental Justice Interest Group (2009- )

SCRA Organization Studies Interest Group (2005- )

Edited special issue of American Journal of Community Psychology on “International Community

Psychology” (2008-2009)

Co-edited (with M. Santinello & E.R. Martini) special issue of Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the

Community on “Community Psychology in Italy” (2007-2009)

Chair, Vanderbilt 2007 and 2009 Biennial SCRA Conference Proposal Committee

SCRA Presidential Candidate, Runner-up (2004, 2005, 2006)

Chair, Host Organizing Committee for 2004 “Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-

Based Research” Conference.

Member, Interdisciplinary Task Force (2002-2005)

Co-edited (with K. Maton) special issue of American Journal of Community Psychology on “Enhancing

Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Community-Based Research” (2003-2006)

Host Committee, Southeast Eco-community Conference (2002 Chair, 2006)

Appointed SCRA Liaison to the Community Development Society (1998-2003) Wrote article on SCRA and

community psychology for the CDS newsletter. Solicited and edited article on CDS for The Community Psychologist. Organized town meetings at SCRA, CDS, and Environmental Design Research

Association conferences on interdisciplinary and interorganizational collaboration. Explored SCRA

collaborations with CDS, EDRA, and Urban Affairs Association.

Member, Community Action-Research Centers Task Force, Liaison to SCRA-CDS Initiative (1999-2004);

Co-authored (with Isaac Prilleltensky and Adrian Fisher) 2003 Proposal for International Research

Network on Issues of Power in Community

Community Action and Applied Interest Group (Member, 1993-2002, Chair: 1997-99). Organized 1997

SCRA debate on practice award, which led to Task Force on Awards. Coedited 1998 special issue of

The Community Psychologist on applied community psychology. "Community Action" column Editor,

The Community Psychologist. Created IG membership database (and updated SCRA member database).

Reported semiannually to SCRA Executive Committee.

Co-Edited (with M. Zimmerman) special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology on

"Empowerment Theory, Research, and Intervention" (vol. 22, #5: October, 1995; developed from panel I

organized at Biennial Conference, Williamsburg, VA, 1993)

SCRA Dissertation Award Committee (member: 1992-95, Chair: 1994-95)

Rocky Mountain Regional Coordinator of SCRA. (1990-92) Revitalized SCRA activities in region, including

recruitment efforts, organizing a business meeting, and initiating a newsletter.

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Organized and chaired (for APA Divisions 27 and 34) "A Community Psychology/ Environmental

Psychology Teaching Exchange." APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA. (1990)

Chaired symposium on Roles for Community Psychology in Organizing Communities Against Crime at the

Annual Northeastern Community Psychology Conference, Lowell, MA. (1986)

Planning Committee, 1st Northeastern Community Psychology Conference, NYC (1984)

Other APA and Divisional Service:

Participated in the APA Task Force on Urban Initiatives. (1994-96)

Reviewer for "Psychology in the Public Forum" Section of the American Psychologist: Environmental

Psychology and Policy (1992)

Organized and wrote follow-up policy and lobby recommendations to APA based on the 1991 APA

Convention Roundtable Panel, which I organized and chaired, on "The Aftermath of the 1989 California

Earthquake: What Role Psychology." (1991)

Reviewer for the Student Paper Award Competition of Division 34 (Population & Environmental

Psychology) of the APA. (1991)

Committee to Study the Social Application of Psychological Research, APA Div. 9: Society for the

Psychological Study of Social Issues, New York Branch. (1985-86)

Environmental Design Research Association:

Host Site Annual Conference Planning Committee; organized and chaired session on service learning and a

half-day educational tour (1995-96)

Community Development Society:

Chair, Research and Graduate Education Section (2002-04)

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Community Development Society (2002- )

Goals and Policy Committee (1999-2004)

CDS Liaison to SCRA (1998-2002)

External Review Team member for Graduate Programs of the School of Human Ecology, University

of Wisconsin-Madison (coauthored report; 2014)

Public/Community Service:

Advisory Council member, Faith & Culture Center and Our Muslim Neighbor Initiative (2012-present)

Advisory Committee member, People's Guide to Nashville (participatory alternative tourist guidebook, under

contract: University of California Press; 2015-2017)

Study of Davidson County Housing and Gentrification Policy Options for Metro Nashville Planning

Department NashvilleNext Community Participatory Strategic Planning Report (2014; with James Fraser,

Amie Thurber, & Jyoti Gupta)

Case Studies of African-American Historic Business District Redevelopment for Metro Nashville Planning

Department NashvilleNext Strategic Planning Report (2013-2014; with Karl Jones & David Padgett)

Study of Davidson County Community Health and Wellness Conditions, Concerns and Assets for Metro

Nashville Health Department Community Participatory Strategic Planning Process (2013)

Steering Committee, Shaping Healthy Cities Initiative, Nashville Civic Design Center (2011-2013)

Advisory Council member, Urban Green Lab (2011-2016)

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Advisory Council member, World Relief-Nashville (2011-2015)

Research Core, Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence (2006-2011).

Supervised student team researching housing trust funds nationally; started Nashville coalition to campaign

& appointed liaison to Mayor for local housing trust fund (2005-09)

Member/Technical Assistance Provider, Creating Homes Initiative-Nashville Task Force, Tennessee Dept. of

Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, Office of Housing & Homeless Services (2008-09)

Advised Housing Committee of Nashville Mayor’s Anti-Poverty Initiative (2008-09)

Principal Investigator of the Hidden Costs of Homelessness research project for the Metro Davidson County

Commission on Homelessness (2007-09)

Advisory Board Member, Program and National Summit Conference on Community Literacy, National

Institute for Literacy (U.S. Departments of Education, Labor and Commerce; 2006-07)

Chaired meetings of the Nashville Task Force on Homelessness and Lead Facilitator for the 10-year Plan to

End Chronic Homelessness, appointed by Mayor Bill Purcell (2004).

Community Needs Assessment/Asset Mapping Project with South Nashville Family Resource Center Board

and Staff. Multi-method project (HOD 1700 & 2610), supported by Vanderbilt service-learning grant (2003-

2004)

Appointed by Nashville Civic Design Center to Steering Committee of the Plan of Nashville to guide a team

of 30 of the area's leading architects and planners who will, with community involvement, create a

masterplan for future downtown and inner-loop development (2002-2003).

Davidson County Metro Development & Housing Agency and Planning Department: Analysis of impact of

redevelopment projects on tenant displacement and property values (2001-2002)

Cumberland Region Tomorrow Smart Growth Visioning Workshop Training and Group Facilitation (2001)

Nashville Chamber of Commerce Community Improvement Guide: Natural and Built Environment Data

Committee (2001-2002)

Member, Board of Directors, Utah Issues. Member of Policy Issues, Research, Community Development,

and Affordable Housing Committees (1998-2000).

Executive Committee Member, Coalition of Religious Communities (CORC): Advocates for Social Justice.

Coordinator for housing and campaign finance reform lobbying. Membership Committee Cochair: Organized

and conducted 1996 campaign to recruit church lay and clergy leaders from low-income neighborhoods of

Salt Lake City. (1996-2000).

Member, Advisory Board, “Bend in the River” Environmental Education & Community Development

Project, University of Utah Bennion Community Service Center and Poplar Grove Community Council).

(1997-2000)

Member, Envision Utah advisory committees on social impact and crime impact of urban growth/sprawl.

(1997-99)

Member, Salt Lake Urban Social Ministry (1990-96).

Member, Board of Directors, Community Services Council of Salt Lake (1990-93). Member of the Direct

Services & Volunteer Center Advisory Committees. Organized and supervised 1. Evaluation of the Utah

Food Bank , 2. Needs assessment and evaluation for the state-supported Emergency Work Program, 3.

Evaluation of Life Care Services (elderly & handicapped) client needs.

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Various program/advocacy/need assessment consultations with Utah state legislators, agencies, and nonprofit

organizations, including Salt Lake City (SLC) Multi-Ethnic Advisory Committee, SLC Futures Commission,

SLC Council, Coalition for Utah's Future, SLC Gateway redevelopment & housing plan, Utah Coalition for

Justice (USDJ Weed & Seed Grant), 5 SLC Community Councils and faith-based organizations (1990-2000)

Consulted with the Eisenhower Foundation for the Prevention of Violence, Washington, DC. Coauthored:

(1) proposal for evaluation of a nationwide community development-delinquency prevention program, (2) a

conference summary monograph on program evaluation methods, (3) a proposal for community-based

juvenile substance abuse prevention program, with process and impact evaluation. (1988-89)

Consulted with Philadelphia Police Department re community policing (1988-89)

Consulted with St. Michael's Church, Trenton, NJ, to assist urban social mission (1988-89)

University Service

Vanderbilt University

Faculty Affiliate, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (2007-present)

Affiliated Faculty/Co-P.I., Vanderbilt Initiative for Smart-city Operations Research (VISOR; 2016-2018).

Organized and hosted invited full-day workshop: Data Methods for Equitable Development (4/16/18)

Member, Library Collections Initiative Grant Selection Committee: reviewed Cliff Anderson’s proposal,

“The Vanderbilt Television & Television News Archive Research Collection” (2018)

Presented “The Need for Transdisciplinary, Multilevel Collaborative Action Research to Address Political,

Economic, Sociocultural, & Physical Environmental Contexts of Climate Change” on the interdisciplinary

roundtable on prospects and priorities for climate change action and Vanderbilt’s future roles: “After Paris:

What Next?” (1/13/2016, Vanderbilt School of Law); Eco faculty reading/discussion group, Curb Center

(2015-2016)

Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Program: Participant & Presenter (2000-2008), Core Faculty (2004-

2008), Chair (organized and scheduled seminar) (2005-2006)

Elected to Faculty Senate, Committee on Professional Ethics and Academic Freedom (2002-2003), Student

Life Committee (2003-2005), Consultative Committee (selected VU faculty awards, 2005), drafted motion

and helped organize forum on Living Wage Policy (2005)

Member, University Standing Committee on Athletics (2004-07, 2009-2012)

VU Faculty Senate Representative to Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics meeting with NCAA

President and panel of university presidents & researchers of athletics reform, Washington, DC (10/24/11)

and to national Coalition On Intercollegiate Athletics, Tampa, FL (2/1-3/13)

Member, Vanderbilt Fulbright Fellowship Faculty Review Committee (2009-2011, 2015-)

Member, Senate Task Force on Reform of Intercollegiate Athletics (2003-04)

Represented Vanderbilt at Coalition On Intercollegiate Athletics conferences on NCAA Bylaws

recommendations and Best Practices, hosted by VU (Jan. 2005) & Washington State U. (Dec. 2005)

Member representing Vanderbilt, Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Faculty Governance

Committee (2004)

Chair, Planning Committee for “Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Community-Based Research:

A Conference” (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & VU Research Scholars Grant and

sponsored by the Society for Community Research & Action) (2003-04)

Represented Vanderbilt as Facilitator of Nashville Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness (2004)

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Represented Vanderbilt on Steering Committee for Nashville Civic Design Center’s Plan of Nashville (2002-

2004)

Member, Proposed VU Environmental Institute, Individual and Community Focal Group (2002- )

Participant, faculty group planning the focus and governance of Vanderbilt University Learning Sciences

Institute; Chaired panel on overall vision and mission statement (2002)

Participant, Service-Learning Faculty Seminar (2002-03)

VU Graduate Faculty Delegate Assembly (2001-2004, 2015-present)

Participant, Ad Hoc Faculty Group exploring Vanderbilt University connections with the Nashville Latino

community (2001-02)

Ad Hoc Division of Public Affairs Committee to assist Edgehill neighborhood (2005-07)

Peabody College

Peabody Directors of Graduate Studies: met with VU Graduate School Dean, Dean candidates, monthly DGS

meetings (2000-2004, 2015-2019)

Bonsal Applied Education Research Award Review & Selection Committee (2018, 2019)

Graduate Admissions Award Committee (2001-2004, 2014-2015)

Center for Community Studies: Founder and Director (2004-2008); Coordinator, International Communities

Work Group (2007-2011)

Hubert H. Humphrey International Fellows Program Advisor and Instructor (2009-2016)

Peabody Honor Council, Faculty Member (2009-2011)

Chair, Peabody Faculty Council Research Committee (2011)

Peabody Faculty Council Affirmative Action and Diversity Committee (2006-2007)

Ad-Hoc Committee on Graduate Quantitative Curriculum (2004)

Graduate Studies Steering Committee (2001- 2003)

Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education Search Committee (2001-2002)

Ad-Hoc Committee on Graduate and Professional Student Recruitment (2001)

Department of Human and Organizational Development

Director of Graduate Studies (2000-2004, 2015-2019) Chaired Department Graduate Committee overseeing

M.Ed. Program in Human Development Counseling and the creation of new M.Ed. in Human,

Organizational and Community Development and new PhD Program in Community Research and Action.

Founding Director, Ph.D. Program in Community Research and Action (2000-2003, 2015-2019)

Member, HOD Executive Committee (2003-2004, 2005-08; 2011-2013; 2015-2019)

HOD Graduate International Committee (2011-present; faculty advisor: 2011-14)

HOD Faculty Search Committee (2014-2015; Chair: 2000-03, 2016)

Graduate Curriculum Committee (2008-10; Chair, 2009-10)

CRA Program Curriculum Subcommittee (2008- ; Chair, 2009-10; 2016)

Chair, CRA Admissions Committee (2001-03, 2007-08; 2011-12; 2013-14; 2019-20)

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Member, CRA Admissions Committee (2001-03, 2007-08; 2011-12; 2013-present)

Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion Review Committee for Dr. Leigh Gilchrist (2019-20)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Leigh Gilchrist (2013)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Gina Frieden (2019-20)

Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Ashley Carse (2017, member: 2019)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion Committee for Dr. Ajali Forber-Pratt (2017, 2019)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion Committee for Dr. Andy Van Schaack (2015)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion Committee for Dr. James Fraser (2012-2013, 2015)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Sarah Suiter (2015)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion Committee for Dr. Paul Speer (2012-2013)

Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Promotion &Tenure Committee for Dr. Maury Nation (2008-09; Promotion to Full:

2019)

Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Maury Nation (2005-06)

Member, Ad Hoc HOD Tenure Committee for Dr. Craig Anne Heflinger (2002-2003)

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to develop proposal to host SCRA Biennial Conference (2004-2007)

Chair, Planning Committee for VU Center for Community Studies (2002-2004)

Member, HOD undergraduate Community Leadership & Development Track Committee (2000-present)

Hosted Visiting Scholars from the U.S. (3), Australia (7), Canada, UK, Italy (5), & China (2): see

collaborative papers, above, and list at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/departments/hod/graduate-

programs/phd_in_community_research_and_action/past_visiting_scholars.php)

Member, CRA Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum/Program of Studies Change (2003)

Member, Community Research & Action Doctoral Program Committee (2001-present)

Member, Human, Organizational, and Community Development Master’s Program Admissions Committee

(2001-2004)

Led development of new M.Ed. Program in Human, Organizational and Community Development (now

“Community Development & Action”). (2000-2001)