Campus Ecologist Resources

CAMPUS ECOLOGY: A PERSPECTIVE FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
    Edited by: James H. Banning (pdf Format, Adobe Acrobat required)

Learning Resources

Learning and teaching materials will be collected here and everyone is encouraged to provide lectures, PowerPoint presentations, and other material.

Internet Resources

Leadership for a healthy campus: An ecological approach for student success.

This NASPA monograph from the Health Education and Leadership program is a wonderful source of good information. 

Articles by Jim Banning

This is Dr. Banning's collection of his articles on campus ecology which have appeared elsewhere.

Ecological Counseling

This web site highlights the Center for Ecological Counseling at the University of Cincinnati. The site contains information on the book Ecological Counseling: An Innovative Approach to Conceptualizing Person–Environment Interaction that is forthcoming from ACA and has an excellent collection of links and resources.

ecopsychology.org

"Ecopsychology is situated at the intersection of a number of fields of enquiry, including environmental philosophy, psychology, and ecology, but is not limited by any disciplinary boundaries. At its core, ecopsychology suggests that there is a synergistic relation between planetary and personal well being; that the needs of the one are relevant to the other."

The website contains information and links on many aspects of ecopsychology.

The Society for Human Ecology

The Society for Human Ecology (SHE) is an international interdisciplinary professional society that promotes the use of an ecological perspective in both research and application. 

The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology

"The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE),  founded in 1993, is an international association of affiliated organisations and individuals, who share a common concern with the state of the world soundscape as an ecologically balanced entity. Our members represent an interdisciplinary spectrum of individuals engaged in the study of the social, cultural and ecological aspects of the sonic environment.

This web site provides an introduction to acoustic-ecology. You will find articles, online resources, and educational activities related to this new field of environmental study. Gary Ferringtion, WFAE Secretary, garywf@oregon.uoregon.edu"

Salter Environmental Type Assessment

The information is offered to support researchers and practitioners interested in the effective use of Environmental Types and the Salter Environmental Type Assessment. Parts of this site are still under construction, so your patience is appreciated. Please check-back for updates.  Dan Salter, salter@environmentaltypes.org

The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)

The Higher Education Research Institute is based in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. HERI's research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of postsecondary education, leadership development, faculty performance, federal and state policy, and educational equity. Visiting scholars, faculty, and graduate students have made use of HERI facilities and research resources since its affiliation with UCLA in 1973. The Institute's holdings include more than a hundred datasets that are regularly maintained for analysis of postsecondary education. For more information about the research and other related area, please visit its web site.

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE)

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) is an on-line journal published by the edresearch.org and the Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation at the University of Maryland, College Park. Its purpose is to provide education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level. For further information about the journal and other articles, visit its web site. 

CollegeNews.Org

With news, insight, and commentary for journalists from many of the top colleges in the nation, Collegenews.org comes to you from the Annapolis Group, a nonprofit alliance of the nation’s leading independent liberal arts colleges. Use this site to find experts to answer questions related to politics, history, science, economics, art, and dozens of other scholarly disciplines, to obtain up-to-date news from campuses across the country, as well as commentary on issues confronting the nation and higher education, and to discover more about residential liberal arts colleges and the distinctive education they provide, including current thinking on the character, challenges, and outcomes of a liberal arts education. For getting more updated information, search its web site.

Institute for Social Ecology

Established in 1974 and incorporated in 1981, the ISE is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to the study of social ecology, an interdisciplinary field drawing on philosophy, political and social theory, anthropology, history, economics, the natural sciences, and feminism. The ISE offers intensive summer programs, a year-round B.A. degree program, workshops on issues such as biotechnology, fall and winter lecture series, internship opportunities, and a speakers bureau. ISE's campus also plays host to art exhibits, conferences, and other events. In addition, the ISE is involved in research as well as publishing and activist projects—currently including both the ISE biotech education and regional food system design projects.

Professional Associations

American College Personnel Association (ACPA)

 General users can find the introduction of ACPA, member benefits, convention information, newsletter articles, and other related Internet resources on this page.  

The Standing Committee for Multicultural Affairs (ACPA)

CMA serves as a liaison to ACPA's leadership, focusing attention on issues in education and trends, which affect ethnic students and professionals in the College Student Personnel field. For more information about multicultural issues and student affairs, visit its official web site.

• Latino/a Network (LN)

• Asian Pacific American Network (APAN)

• Native American Network (NAN)

• Pan African Network (PAN)

Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS)

Canadian Association of Disability Service Providers in Post-secondary Education (CADSPPE)
Web Site: http://www.cadsppe.cacuss.ca 

Canadian College Health Services Association (CCHSA)
Web Site: http://www.cchsa.cacuss.ca

Canadian University & College Counselling Association (CUCCA)
Web Site: http://www.cucca.cacuss.ca 

Student Affairs And Services Association (SASA)
Web Site: http://www.sasa.cacuss.ca  

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

NASPA provides professional development, promotes exemplary practices, and is a leader in policy development. NASPA helps senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhance student learning and development. NASPA promotes quality and high expectations; advocates for students; encourages diversity; and excels in research and publication. For more updated information, go to its web site.

The Environment Design Research Association (EDRA)

The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) is an international, interdisciplinary organization founded in 1968 by design professionals, social scientists, students, educators, and facility managers. The purpose of EDRA is the advancement and dissemination of environmental design research, thereby improving understanding of the interrelationships between people, their built and natural surroundings, and helping to create environments responsive to human needs.

International Association for People - Environment Studies (IAPS)

IAPS was officially founded in 1981, although its origins go back to a series of successful conferences in several European countries from 1969 onwards. IAPS is now well-established, is registered as a charity in the UK, and has an international membership. The Objectives of IAPS are to facilitate communication among those concerned with the relationships between people and their physical environment, to stimulate research and innovation for improving human well-being and the physical environment, and to promote the integration of research, education, policy and practice. For more information about IAPS, go to its official web site. 

The next IAPS Conference will be held in Vienna between July 7 - 10, 2004. Preliminary details about the conference can be found at http://info.tuwien.ac.at/iaps2004/

Journals of Interest

Advancing Women in Leadership Journal

Advancing Women created and publishes a prestigious online journal which provides continuous world wide research on the barriers to and dynamics of career advancement. In order to deliver the benefits of those insights, Advancing Women helps employers and employees alike by providing successful career advancement education and training services to upgrade the skills, productivity and competitiveness of job candidates. Advancing Women also offers interactive Career and Leadership Courses on line in a distance learning format with personalized coaching and mentoring. If you have any question regarding submitting articles and other information, search its website.

Environment and Behavior http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=40

Environment and Behavior brings you current research and theories as they develop. The articles are always fresh, the information consistently at the forefront of the discipline. Environment and Behavior analyzes and records the influence of environment on individuals, groups and institutions. Through feature articles, discussions and book reviews, you’ll explore such topics as: · Beliefs, meanings, values and attitudes of individuals or groups concerning various environments such as neighborhoods, cities, transport routes and devices, or recreational areas · Evaluation and effectiveness of environments designed to accomplish specific objectives · Interrelationships between human environments and behavioral systems · Planning, policy and political action aimed at controlling environments and behavior.

Harbinger, Journal of Social Ecology

Harbinger, A Journal of Social Ecology, publishes analysis relevant to the growing social ecology movement and news of the activities of the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE).Its intention is to explore the theory and practice needed to help to create an ecological society, and to cultivate a generous intellectual outlook that can inform the principle of hope. Just as the outlook proposed by social ecology is concerned with both what is and what ought to be, so too is Harbinger and we will explore the tensions between the two. The central questions we address in the pages of Harbinger regard the process with which we must engage to create an ecological society, a society free of hierarchy and domination in all of its forms. Its website provides in-depth articles about ecology and its related field.

Visual Anthropology http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08949468.html

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Last updated 01/26/2008

Campus Ecology Ecologist Environment Environmental Will Barratt Jim Banning