Mission Statement
The Ecological-Community Psychology Program applies humanitarian principles to community-based research that is designed to ameliorate social problems and promote community well-being. Our approach to community research and intervention training emphasizes the fundamental relationship between the social systems in which individuals are embedded. Through independent service-oriented learning, mentored research experience, and classroom instruction, scholars in training acquire broad substantive knowledge of community psychology theory, research, and intervention, with a special emphasis on program evaluation theory, methods, and practice from a community psychology perspective. Our students leave Michigan State University prepared to work as scholars in a wide variety of applied and academic contexts.
Areas of Research
Students and faculty actively collaborate on research on a variety of topics, including:- Violence against Women
- HIV Prevention and Intervention
- Juvenile Delinquency and Criminal Justice Reform
- Health Behaviors
- Empowerment
- Community and Organization Development
- Intervention Dissemination