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PSYCH 745 - Psychology and Activism for Social Justice

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course examines how applied psychology relates lo activism for social justice, including connections between social justice and mental health/healing for individuals and communities, how psychological concepts can be applied to facilitate activism for social justice, and how activism for social justice may be enacted within psychological settings and organizations. The course considers meanings of social justice and activism, the differentiation of activism from “helping,” and personal relational dynamics within activism (e.g. what prevents or facilitates personal motivations, challenges of interpersonal connections and coalition building that affect effective activism). This course is a student-centered discussion and skills oriented seminar, ultimately focused on the praxis of activism informed by psychological concepts and/or applied within psychology.

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