Dr. Britain Scott is a social psychologist who joined the University of St. Thomas psychology faculty in 1996. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Director of Environmental Studies at St. Thomas. She is first author of Psychology for Sustainability, 5e (Scott, Amel, Koger, & Manning, 2021; Routledge) and co-creator of the instructor resource Teaching Psychology for Sustainability at teachgreenpsych.com, the creation of which was supported by a 2005 Instructional Resource Award from the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology and for which she was awarded the 2017 Innovation Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 34: The Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology. She served as President of Division 34 in 2015-2015 after serving terms as Secretary and Member-At-Large. Each spring she works with the undergraduate students in her Psychology for Sustainability course on applied Conservation Psychology projects with regional community partners.
Dr. Britain Scott PhD
Professor of Psychology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Areas of Expertise
Publications
Scott, B. A., Amel, E. L., Koger, S., & Manning, C. M. (2021). Psychology for sustainability (5th ed). New York: Routledge.
Amel, E. L., Manning, C. M., Scott, B. A., & Koger, S. M. (2017). Beyond the roots of human inaction: Fostering collective effort toward ecosystem conservation. Science, 356, 275-279.
Koger, S. M., & Scott, B. A. (2016). Teaching psychology for sustainability: The why and how. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 15, 214-225. doi: 10.1177/1475725716648238
Scott, B. A., Amel, E. L., & Manning, C. M. (2014). In and of the wilderness: Ecological connection through Participation in Nature. Ecopsychology, 6(2), 81-91.
Scott, B. A. (2010). Babes and the woods: Women’s objectification and the feminine beauty ideal as ecological hazards. Ecopsychology, 2, 147-158.