HD 6570

Special Topics in Community Psychology: Critical Methodologies and Epistemic Justice

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

How do our ways of knowing shape our research? What methodological tools can support us in working alongside community members in equitable and humanizing ways? How might research be used as a tool for creating spaces and methods for healing, re-imagining, and transforming our communities? In this interdisciplinary graduate-level seminar, we will use readings, facilitated discussions, and workshops to critically examine and interrogate (a) epistemological and theoretical foundations of critical psychological research, (b) qualitative methodological strategies for studying alongside communities, and (c) practical applications for re-imagining psychological science. Throughout the course, we will reflect on our positioning as researchers and consider ethical dilemmas in community-engaged work.

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Learning Outcomes

• Analyze and critique foundational concepts, theories, and methodologies in the field of community psychology.
• Explore the relationship between power, knowledge production, and scientific inquiry.
• Appraise and reflect on your identities, ways of knowing, and histories and articulate how these perspectives inform your scholarly approach and ethical commitments.
• Critically evaluate your own and others’ research.
• Facilitate productive and scholarly discussions about course topics.

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