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Dr. Elizabeth Thomas is a Professor of Psychology. Her research with undergraduate students focuses on learning and civic engagement, the role of arts in Â鶹´«Ã½ building, and participatory strategies for research and action with youth.

Selected Publications

Kloos, B., Hill, J., Thomas, E., Wandersman, A., Case, A., & Scott, V. (2020). Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities, 4th edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, E., Walton, M., Baker-Olson, A.*, Blaber, I.*, Parker, R.*, & Becton, M.* (in press). Collaborative agency in civic and Â鶹´«Ã½ engagement: Narratives of college students working toward generative partnerships. Journal of Adolescent Research.

Thomas, E., Walton, M., Manoogian, A*, Baker-Olson, A.*, Branch, B.*, & Malpert, A.*, Henderson, K.*, & Parker, R.* (2019). Undergraduate Â鶹´«Ã½ psychology research practice: The story of the Community Narrative Research Project at Â鶹´«Ã½ College. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 10, 1, 1-22.

Main, N.*, Emelue, C.*, Malabanan, E.*, Malpert, A.*, Hoffman, S., Walton, M., & Thomas, E. (2016). The Community Narrative Research Project: Undergraduate students examining their own and others’ experiences of civic engagement over time. The Community Psychologist, 49, 1, 5-8. 

Thomas, E., Pate, S.*, and Ranson, A.* (2015). The crosstown initiative: Art, Â鶹´«Ã½, and placemaking in Memphis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 55, 74-88.

Hill, J., Kloos, B., Thomas, E., & Wandersman, A. (2015). Prevention science. International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition.

Dalton, J., Hill, J., Thomas, E. & Kloos, B. (2012). Community psychology. In I. B. Weiner (Series Ed.) & D. K. Freedheim (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 1. History of psychology (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley. 

Weiner (Series Ed.) & D. K. Freedheim (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 1. History of psychology (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley.　

Kloos, B., Hill, J., Thomas, E., Wandersman, A., Dalton, J., & Elias, M. (2012). Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities, 3rd edition. Cengage Publishing.

Langhout, R., & Thomas, E. (2010). Imagining participatory action research in collaboration with children: An introduction. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46, 60-66.

Thomas, E., & Mulvey, A. (2008). Using the arts in teaching and learning: Building student capacity for Â鶹´«Ã½-based work in health psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 2, 239-250.

Thomas, E., Place, N., & Hillyard, C. (2008). Students and teachers learning to see: Using visual images in the college classroom to promote student capacities and skills. College Teaching, 56, 1, 23-27.

Thomas, E., & Gillespie, D. (2008). Weaving together undergraduate research, assessment, and mentoring of junior faculty: The case of an interdisciplinary program. Innovative Higher Education, 33, 1, 29-38.

Thomas, E. (2007). Student engagement and learning in a Â鶹´«Ã½-based arts classroom. Teachers College Record, 109, 3, 770-796.