The Ecological-Community Psychology Program has been designed to bring humanitarian and scientific thought and research to the understanding and solution of critical human problems. For this reason, students entering the program should have both scientific and humanitarian interests. Ecological-Community Psychology is concerned with a broad range of human problems. Violence against women, child-abuse, juvenile delinquency, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, race relations, over-population, mental health, educational deprivation, public health delivery systems and alternative system creation are current examples of such problems. The intent of the program is to produce psychologists who can carry out socially relevant research aimed at understanding and solving such problems in their natural setting.
Community Involvement
Both our students and our faculty spend much of their professional time working with community members and organizations at the local, state, and national levels. Our involvement in the community is often considered one of the strongest points of our program, and is often what sets us apart from other community psychology programs. Our new students spend their first year finding out who in the community works in their area of interest. Upon exploring the key players in their interest area, students then create and complete a self-guided practicum in the community.
