Dr. Abraham H. Wandersman
Professor
Barnwell, Room 554
wandersman@sc.edu
Dr. Wandersman, a Professor, earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1976. He specializes in the
areas of:
- community psychology
- environmental and ecological psychology
- citizen participation
- community coalitions
- program evaluation
Books
Wandersman, A., Poppen, P., & Ricks, D. (Eds.). (1976). Humanism and behaviorism: Dialogue and growth. Elmsford, NY: Pergamon.
Stough, R., & Wandersman, A. (Eds.). (1980). Optimizing environments: Research, practice and policy. Washington, DC: EDRA.
Heller, K., Price, R., Riger, S., Reinharz, S., & Wandersman, A. (1984). Psychology and community change, 2nd edition. Homewood, IL: Dorsey.
Wandersman, A., & Hess, R. (Eds.). (1985). A special issue of Prevention in Human Services, and published as a book by Haworth Press, Beyond the individual: Environmental approaches and prevention.
Altman, I. & Wandersman, A (Eds.). (1987) Neighborhood and community environments. New York: Plenum.
Linney, J.A., McClure, L., & Wandersman, A. (1989). Evaluating alcohol and other drug prevention programs at the school and community level: A four step approach to program evaluation. Atlanta: Southeast Regional Center for Drug Free Schools and Communities.
Linney, J.A., & Wandersman, A. (Eds.) (1991).Prevention Plus III: Assessing alcohol and other drug prevention programs at the school and community level: A four step guide to useful program assessment. Rockville, MD: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Fetterman, D., Kaftarian, S. & Wandersman, A. (Eds.) (1996) Empowerment evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability. Sage.
Kumpfer, K., Whiteside, H., & Wandersman, A. (1997) Assessing and increasing community readiness for prevention. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Wandersman, A., Imm, P., Chinman, M. & Kaftarian, S. (1999). Getting to Outcomes: Methods and tools for planning, evaluation and accountability. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Work, C., Volf, F., Wandersman, A. et al. (1999). Empowerment evaluation and foundations: A matter of perspectives. Battle Creek, Michigan: Kellogg Foundation.
Dalton, J., Elias, M., & Wandersman, A. (2001). Community psychology: Linking individuals and communities. Wadsworth.
Imm, P., Chinman, M., & Wandersman, A. (2006). Preventing Underage Drinking: Using the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework and Getting to Outcomes to Achieve Results.
Washington, DC: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
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Book Chapters
Wandersman, A. Dissemination. (1990). In P.H. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & L. Jason (Eds.), Researching
community psychology: Integrating theories and methodologies. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Wandersman, A. (1990). Prevention is a broad field: Toward a broad conceptual framework of prevention.
In P. Mueherer (Eds.) Conceptual research models for preventing mental disorders. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health.
Florin, P., Chavis, D., Wandersman, A., & Rich, R. (1992). A systems approach to understanding and enhancing
grassroots community organizations: The Block Booster Project. In R. Levine & H. Fitzgerald (Eds.) Analysis of dynamic psychological systems. New York: Plenum.
Wandersman, A. & Hallman, W. (1994) Environmental threats: Perception of risk, stress, and coping. In B. Hernandez
Ruiz, J. Martinez Torvisco, and E. Suzarez (Eds.) Psicologia ambental y responsabilidad ecologica. University
of Las Palmas: Canary Islands, Spain.
Wandersman, A. Goodman, R. & Butterfoss, F. (1995) "It takes a village to raise a child": Community coalitions
and the prevention of childhood problems. In J. L. Tanner (Ed.) Children, Families and Stress, Ross Roundtable monographs.
Wandersman, A., Goodman, R. & Butterfoss, F. (1995) Community coalitions to prevent alcohol and other drug
problems. In N. Miller (Ed.) Principles of Addiction Medicine.
Morrissey, E. & Wandersman, A. (1995) Total Quality Management in health care settings: A preliminary framework
for successful implementation. In P. R. Keys and L. H. Ginsberg (Eds.) New Managment in Human Services, 2nd Ed., Silver Spring, MD: National Association of Social Workers, Inc.
Linney, J. A. and Wandersman, A. (1996) Empowering community groups with evaluation skills: The Prevention
Plus III model. In Fetterman, D., Kaftarian, S. & Wandersman, A. (Eds.) Empowerment evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability. Sage.
Butterfoss, F., Goodman, R., Wandersman, A. Valois, R., & Chinman, M. (1996) The Plan Quality Index: An
empowerment evaluation tool for measuring and improving the quality of plans. In Fetterman, D., Kaftarian,
S. & Wandersman, A. (Eds.) Empowerment evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability. Sage.
Wandersman, A., Goodman, R. & Butterfoss, F. (1997) Understanding coalitions and how they operate. In
M. Minkler (Ed.) Community organizing and community building for health. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U. Press.
Wandersman, A., Goodman, R. & Butterfoss, F. (1998) Developing comprehensive community coalitions to
prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. In A. Graham, T. Schultz & B. Wilford (Eds). Principles of Addiction Medicine (second edition) American Society of Addiction Medicine: Chevy Chase, MD.
Wandersman, A. & Florin, P. (2000) Citizen participation. Encyclopedia of Psychology, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Wandersman, A. & Florin, P. (2000) Citizen participation and community organizations. In J. Rappaport and E. Seidman (Eds.) Handbook of
Community Psychology. Plenum: New York.
Wandersman, A., Goodman, R., & Butterfoss, F. (1999). Developing comprehensive community coalitions to
prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. In A. Graham, T. Schultz & B. Wilford (Eds.). Principles
of addiction medicine (2nd ed.) American Society of Addiction Medicine: Chevy Chase, MD.
Wandersman, A. (in press) Community mobilization for prevention and health promotion CAN work. In N. Schneiderman,
J. Gentry, H. Tomes, Silva, J., & Speers, M. (Eds.), Integrating behavioral and social sciences with public
health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Butterfoss, A., Wandersman, A. & Goodman, R. (In press). Citizen participation and health. In A. Baum,
T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.) Handbook of health psychology.
Wandersman, A. (in press) Social conditions, stress, resources and health: Interdisciplinary frameworks
for thinking about interactional contexts in prevention science and community mobilization. In A. Maney (Ed.)
Social conditions, stress, resources and health. NIMH.
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Articles of Special Interest - in pdf format
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