Wandersman, Abraham
(PhD, social psychology, environmental psychology, and social organization and change, Cornell University) Dr. Wandersman is a professor of psychology and was interim co-director of the Institute. He is a co-author of Prevention Plus III and a co-editor of Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self Assessment and Accountability and of many other books and articles. In 1998, he received the Myrdal Award for Evaluation Practice from the American Evaluation Association. In 2000, he was elected president of Division 27 of the American Psychological Association (Community Psychology), The Society for Community Research and Action. Dr. Wandersman serves or has served on a number of advisory committees for prevention including: Technology Transfer Consortium of NIMH Office on AIDS; U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Advisory Committee on HIV Community Prevention Planning; Technical Assistance Committee of the National Evaluation of CSAP Community Partnerships; Technical Support Group for the CSAP evaluation of Training and Technical Assistance; and the Prevention Working Group of the Center for Mental Health Services. Dr. Wandersman is currently engaged in work with the governor’s office on a statewide initiative for improving school readiness, involving county partnerships in the 46 counties in South Carolina. The work includes developing and evaluating the Results-Oriented Grantmaking and Grant Implementation system that is being used in the initiative. As part of this initiative, a workbook, training, and technical assistance strategy that will help each program achieve outcomes are being created.