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CURRICULUM VITAE
October, 2018
Name: Douglas D. Perkins
Address: HOD, Sony 4074 Phone: (615) 322-7213 (work)
Peabody College, Box 90 Skype: dougperkins1
Vanderbilt University Email: [email protected]
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-present)
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- )
Environmental Design Research Association (1995-2002)
Urban Affairs Association (2001- )
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). 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 Lenzi, M., Santinello, M., & Vieno, A., 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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:
Caregivers’ education and present dietary differences by diagnosis). 中国学校卫生
(China Journal of School Health), 37(2), 267-270.
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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. (in press). 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. (journal published by
Universidad Central de Chile)
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.
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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
Published Book Reviews
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”:
Gaboardi, M., Santinello, M., Lenzi, M., Santoro, P., Bergamin, M., Calcagnì, A., Altoè, G., & Perkins, D.D.
Can mentoring promote self-esteem? Effective evaluation of the Mentor-UP project. Journal of Community
Psychology.
Nation, M., Christens, B., Bess, K., Shinn, M., Perkins, D.D., & Speer, P.W. Addressing the problems of
urban education: An ecological systems perspective. Journal of Urban Affairs.
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.
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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.
Lyew, D., & Perkins, D.D. The influence of foreign aid on the presence and strength of community
psychology and other applied community studies in aid receiving countries.
Manuscripts under review:
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.
Zhang, Y., & Perkins, D.D. An empowerment model of community learning.
Cooper, Christens, Perkins & Vieno, A. Community and crime. In. Handbook of Social Psychology.
Perkins, D.D. Chapter on the history of, and recent emerging issues in, community psychology. For new
edition of the (Italian) Handbook of Community Psychology edited by Massimo Santinello, Alessio Vieno, &
Michela Lenzi.
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., Frazer, R., & 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.
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
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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.
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.
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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., 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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
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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.
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; 27 others at Vanderbilt + 6 others 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 Development:
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“Developing and Evaluating Infrastructure for Technology-Mediated Civil and Consequential Discourse.”
Co-P.I. (Doug Fisher, P.I.)
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.
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“The Effects of Organized Power on Multidimensional Community Change in Five Countries.” National
Science Foundation. Human & Social Dynamics program. Principal Investigator: Isaac Prilleltensky, Co-
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.
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“Learning Organizations and Learning Communities.” Learning Sciences Institute. Principal Investigator
(Co-PIs: Paul Speer & Daniel Cornfield). 2002-04. $50,000 + $19,575 supplement.
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: Honors Seminar: S2012; S2016; F2016; S2017; F2017;
S2018; F2018; S2019
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
HOD 7400 Community Intervention & Change: S2011; S2012; S2013; S2014; S2015; S2016; S2017;
S2018; S2019
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
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Pacifica Graduate Institute Community/Liberation/Eco Psychology Program, Carpinteria, CA
(November, 2014): Participatory Research Methods
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 3 Honors thesis students
Current Graduate Student Advising: 4 PhD advisees (Dominique Lyew, Hasina Mohyuddin, Mehmet
Reha Ozgurer, Cami Rivas-Garrido) and temporary academic advisor to 8 first-year CRA students; 4 M.Ed.
(CDA) advisees (Lauren Pearce, Jeff Strand, Nivedhitha Thiruvenkadam; Alexis Butler (project))
Member of 10 Dissertation or Program of Studies/Mentoring Committees: Scott Brown, Sara Eccleston,
Joseph Gardella, Zachary Glendening, Jyoti Gupta, Dominique Lyew, Adele Malpert, Mehmet Reha
Ozgurer, Cami Rivas-Garrido, Marianne Zape
Service on thesis and dissertation committees:
Doctoral Dissertation Advising
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):
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)
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)
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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)
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)
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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)
SERVICE/ADMINISTRATION:
Professional Service
Associate Editor: Psychosocial Intervention/Intervención Psicosocial (2011-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 (Associate Editor, 2010-present)
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Applied Psychology, Varna Free University, Bulgaria
(2014-present)
The Community Psychologist (and regular columnist: 1987-1989)
Occasional Reviewer:
American Behavioral Scientist
American Journal of Community Psychology
American Journal of Evaluation
American Journal of Sociology
American Psychologist
China Journal, The
City & Community
Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society
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
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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
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
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
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
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)
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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.
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)
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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)
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)
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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.
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)
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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)
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)
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Peabody College
Peabody Directors of Graduate Studies: met with VU Graduate School Dean, Dean candidates, monthly DGS
meetings (2000-2004, 2015-present)
Bonsal Applied Education Research Award Review & Selection Committee (2018)
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-present) 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-present)
Member, HOD Executive Committee (2003-2004, 2005-08; 2011-2013; 2015-present)
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)
Member, CRA Admissions Committee (2001-03, 2007-08; 2011-12; 2013-present)
Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Ashley Carse (2017)
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)
Chair, Ad Hoc HOD Retention Review Committee for Dr. Maury Nation (2005-06)
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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, Ad Hoc HOD Tenure Committee for Dr. Craig Anne Heflinger (2002-2003)
Member, HOD undergraduate Community Leadership & Development Track Committee (2000-present)
Hosted Visiting Scholars from the U.S. (3), Australia (7), Canada, UK, Italy (4), & 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)