Prof. Dr. Patricia Nevers PhD
Retired, no longer involved in academic research and teaching
Matthew T. Ballew PhD
Dr. Matthew Ballew’s research interests combine perspectives from social, environmental, and positive psychology. Dr. Ballew is broadly interested in the interrelation between human behavior, the environment (i.e., nature, social environments), and human wellness: how people influence their environments and how people’s environments influence their health and wellbeing. My research interests include the following: -Experiences with … Continued
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John Zelenski PhD
Dr. John Zelenski studies how people connect with nature as a momentary experience and as an individual (nature relatedness). Broadly, Dr. Zelenski’s work explores the potential of a ‘happy path to sustainability’ that goes through nature. In essence, it seems like when people connect with nature they improve well-being and treat the environment better. Still, … Continued
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James G. Cantrill PhD
Dr. James G. Cantrill received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois – Urbana. Currently, he is the head of the Department of Communication & Media Studies and serves as the Director of General Education at Northern Michigan University. Jim has an extensive publication record and, over the years, he has developed a reputation as … Continued
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Angela G. Mertig Ph.D.
Angela Mertig is currently a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. She specializes in sociological research methodology and statistics, environmental sociology, social movements, especially the environmental movement, and in the study of public opinion and attitudes regarding the natural environment and animals. Dr. … Continued
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Susan D. Clayton PhD
Susan Clayton is professor of social and environmental psychology at the College of Wooster, where she has taught courses in Environment and identity, Sustainability, Environmental Psychology, and Humans and other animals. Clayton received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Yale University. Her research examines people’s relationship with the natural environment; she has written about the … Continued
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Susan M. Koger Ph.D.
Professor Koger received her B.A. degree from Kean College (in New Jersey) and her Ph.D. in physiological psychology from the University of New Hampshire. She joined Willamette University in the fall of 1993, and teaches Biopsychology, Psychology of Learning, and Psychology for Sustainability, among other courses. Her scholarship focuses on the effects of toxicants such … Continued
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Rachel Kaplan PhD
Before her retirement, Rachel was the Samuel T. Dana Professor of Environment and Behavior in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Over a span of more than 50 years, Rachel has written widely on the role the environment plays in helping people … Continued
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Testing Models of Environmental Positivity
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This project aims to corroborate postulates of the Positive Environment model my team and I have recently specified. According to this model, a positive environment contains satisfiers of human needs, instigators of sustainable behaviors, and environmental challenges. These three elements work in combination and in … Continued
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Victor Corral-Verdugo Ph.D.
Dr. Victor Corral-Verdugo studies sustainable behavior, aimed at developing a classification of these actions, including self-care, care for others, and care for the environment. In recent years Dr. Corral-Verdugo’s team proposed, and started testing, a model of positive environments, conceived as scenarios that meet human needs and incite environmentally-protective behaviors in response to environmental challenges. … Continued
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Dr. Florian G. Kaiser, Prof.
Florian G. Kaiser is, since 2008, a professor of personality and social psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. His research interests include attitude theory, attitude-behavior consistency, the Campbell paradigm, evidence-based psychological policy support, large-scale attitude change, and behavior management. Topics of interest are environmental protection and environmental education for sustainable development. Dr. Kaiser received … Continued
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Louise Chawla Ph.D.
Louise Chawla, Ph.D. is an active fellow in the Center for Community Engagement, Design, and Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research and writing relates to children’s experiences of nature and urban environments, including the development of active care for built communities and the natural world. She has been involved with conservation psychology … Continued