Daniel Stokols

Chancellor's Professor, Psychology and Social Behavior, Planning, Policy & Design, Public Health and Epidemiology

Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Phone:

(949) 824-5294

Email:

dstokols@uci.edu

Office:

206C SEI

Specializations:

health impacts of environmental stressors, environmental design and social behavior, science of team science

Department:

Planning, Policy and Design

Department:

Psychology and Social Behavior

Curriculum Vitae:

Stokols_Vita_4-09.doc

Summary of Research Interests: My research interests include: (1) the design and evaluation of community and worksite health promotion programs; (2) factors that influence the success of transdisciplinary research and training programs; (3) the health and behavioral impacts of environmental stressors such as traffic congestion, crowding, and information overload; and (4) the application of environmental design research to urban planning and facilities design.

Web Links of Research Sites

National Cancer Institute Conference on the Science of Team Science, October 2006
National Cancer Institute Science of Team Science Resources Page http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/scienceteam/index.html
The Future of Interdisciplinarity in the School of Social Ecology
Social Psychology Network Profile http://stokols.socialpsychology.org/
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior http://socialecology.uci.edu/psb/faculty
UCI Program in Public Health http://www.cohs.uci.edu/publichealth/pubhealth.asp?/public_health_faculty_profiles.shtml

Web Links of Interest

Environmental Psychology (P109/PPD151/PH151) https://eee.uci.edu/09w/54190/
Social Ecology Seminar (SE200) https://eee.uci.edu/08f/51000/
Social Ecology of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (SE131)https://eee.uci.edu/06s/50032/
UCI/NIH Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ID-SURE)

Selected Publications

Stokols, D., Misra, S., Runnerstrom, M.G., & Hipp, J.A. (2009). Psychology in an age of ecological crisis: From personal angst to collective action. American Psychologist, 64 (3), 181-193. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/Stokols%20et%20al.%20Amer%20Psych...
Misra, S., Harvey, R.H., Stokols, D., Pine, K.H., Fuqua, J., Shokair, S., & Whiteley, J. (2009). Evaluating an interdisciplinary undergraduate training program in health promotion research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36 (4), 358-365. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM%20April%202009.pdf?uniq=-mg2...
Stokols, D., Hall, K.L., Taylor, B.K., & Moser, R.P. (2008). The science of team science: Overview of the field and introduction to the supplement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (2S),77-89. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM-Science%20of%20Team%20Scienc...
Stokols, D., Misra, S., Moser, R.P., Hall, K.L., & Taylor, B.K. (2008). The ecology of team science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (2S), 96-115. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM-Ecology%20of%20Team%20Science.pdf
Hall, K.L., Stokols, D., Moser, R.P., Taylor, B.K., Thornquist, M., Nebeling, L., Ehret, C., Barnett, M., McTiernan, A., Berger, N.A., Goran, M., & Jeffery, R. (2008). The collaboration readiness of transdisciplinary research teams and centers: Findings from the National Cancer Institute TREC Year-One Evaluation Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008, 35 (2S), 161-172. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM-TREC.pdf
Mâsse, L.C., Moser, R.P., Stokols, D., Taylor, B.K., Marcus, S.E., Morgan, G.D., Hall, K. L., Croyle, R.T., & Trochim, W.M. (2008). Measuring collaboration and transdisciplinary integration in team science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (2S), 151-160. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM-TTURC.pdf
Hall, K.L., Feng, A.X., Moser, R.P., Stokols, D., & Taylor, B.K. 2008). Moving the science of team science forward: Collaboration and creativity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (2S), 243-249. https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/AJPM-wrap-up.pdf
Stokols, D. (2006). Toward a science of transdisciplinary action research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 38, 63-77.
Stokols, D., Harvey, R., Gress, J., Fuqua, J., & Phillips, K. (2005). In Vivo studies of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration: Lessons learned and implications for active living research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(2S2), 202-213.
Stokols, D., Grzywacz,J.G., McMahan, S., Phillips, K. (2003). Increasing the health promotive capacity of human environments. American Journal of Health Promotion, 18, 4-13.
Stokols, D., Fuqua, J., Gress, J., Harvey, R., Phillips, K., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Unger, J., Palmer, P., Clark, M., Colby, S., Morgan, G., & Trochim, W. (2003). Evaluating transdisciplinary science. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 5, S-1, S21-S39.https://webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/Stokols%20et%20al%20Eval%20TD%20Sci.pdf
Mitrany, M., & Stokols, D. (2005). Gauging the transdisciplinary qualities and outcomes of doctoral training programs. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24, 437-449.
Fuqua, J., Stokols, D., Gress, J., Harvey, R., & Phillips, K. (2004). Transdisciplinary scientific collaboration as a basis for enhancing the science and prevention of substance use and abuse. Substance Use and Misuse, 39, 1457-1514.
Woods, V.D., Montgomery, S.B., Herring, P., Gardner, R.W., & Stokols, D. (2006). Social ecological predictors of prostate-specific antigen blood test and digital rectal examination in Black American men. Journal of the National Medical Association, 98, 492-504.
Stokols, D. (2003). The ecology of human strengths. In L.G. Aspinwall & U.M. Staudinger (Eds.), A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 331-343.
Milden, S.P., & Stokols, D. (2004). Physicians' attitudes and practices regarding complementary and alternative medicine. Behavioral Medicine, 30, 73-82.
Best, A., Stokols, D., Green, L.W., Leischow, S., Buchholz, K., & Holmes, B. (2003). Health promotion and community partnering: Translating theory into effective strategy. American Journal of Health Promotion. 18, 168-176.
Stokols, D., & Montero, M. (2002). Toward an environmental psychology of the internet. In R. Bechtel & A. Churchman (Eds.), Handbook of Environmental Psychology (661-675). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Stokols, D., Clitheroe, C., & Zmuidzinas, M. (2002). Qualities of work environments that promote perceived support for creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 14, 127-137.
King, A. C., Stokols, D., Talen, E., Brassington, G. S., & Killingsworth, R. E. (2002). Theoretical approaches to the promotion of physical activity: Forging a transdisciplinary paradigm. Amer. Journal of Preventive Medicine, 23(2S), 15-25.
Stokols, D., McMahan, S., & Phillips, K. (2001). Workplace health promotion in small businesses. In M. O'Donnell (Ed.), Health promotion in the workplace (pp.493-518). Third edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, Inc.
Stokols, D., McMahan, S., Clitheroe, C., & Wells, M. (2001). Enhancing corporate compliance with worksite safety and health legislation. Journal of Safety Research, 32, 441-463.
Stokols, D. (2001). Ecology and health. In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds). The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. (6: 4030-4035). Oxford, England: Elsevier Science Publishers.
Stokols, D. (2000). Social ecology and behavioral medicine: Implications for training, practice, and policy. Behavioral Medicine, 26, 129-138.
Stokols, D. (2000). Environmental psychology. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology, Volume 3. New York: Oxford University Press.
Stokols, D. (2000). The social ecological paradigm of wellness promotion. In M. Schneider Jamner & D. Stokols (Eds.), Promoting human wellness: New frontiers for research, practice and policy. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 21-37.
Jamner, M., & Stokols, D. (Eds.) (2000). Promoting human wellness: New frontiers for research, practice, and policy. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Stokols, D. (1999). Human development in the age of the internet: Conceptual and methodological horizons. In S. L. Friedman & T. D. Wachs (Eds.), Measuring environment across the lifespan: Emerging methods and concepts. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 327-356.
Stokols, D. (1998). Environmental design and occupational health. In J. Stellman & C. Brabant (Eds.), ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th Edition. Section IV, Psychosocial and Organizational Factors (S. L. Sauter & L. Levi, Section Co-Editors). Geneva, Switzerland: International Labor Office, 34.19-34.22.
Stokols, D. (1996). Translating social ecological theory into guidelines for community health promotion. American Journal of Health Promotion, 10, 282-298.
Clitheroe, C., Stokols, D., & Zmuidzinas, M. (1998). Conceptualizing the context of environment and behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 103-112.
Stokols, D. (1996). Bridging the theoretical and applied facets of environmental psychology. American Psychologist, 51, 1188-1189.
Stokols, D., Allen, J., Bellingham, R.L. (1996). The social ecology of health promotion: Implications for research and practice. American Journal of Health Promotion, 10, 247-251.
Wells, M., Stokols, D., McMahan, S., & Clitheroe, C. (1997). Evaluation of a worksite injury and illness prevention program: Do the effects of the REACH OUT Training Program reach the employees? Journal of Occupational Health Psychol., 2, 25-34.
Stokols, D. (1995). The paradox of environmental psychology. American Psychologist, 50, 821-837.
Stokols, D., Pelletier, K. R., & Fielding, J. E. (1995). Integration of medical care and worksite health promotion. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273, 1136-1142.
Holman, E.A., & Stokols, D. (1994). The environmental psychology of child sexual abuse. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 237-252.
Stokols, D. (1992). Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion. American Psychologist, 47, 6-22.
Stokols, D. (1990). Instrumental and spiritual views of people-environment relations. American Psychologist, 45, 641-46.
Novaco, R. W., Stokols, D., & Milanesi, L. (1990). Objective and subjective dimensions of travel impedance as determinants of commuting stress. American Journal of Community Psychology, 18, 231-257.
Stokols, D. (1988). Transformational processes in people-environment relations. In J. E. McGrath (Ed.), The social psychology of time. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 233-252.
Stokols, D. (1987). Conceptual strategies of environmental psychology. In D. Stokols and I. Altman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 41-70.
Stokols, D. (1986). The research psychologist as social change agent. American Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 595-599.
Stokols, D. (1983). Theoretical directions of environment and behavior research. Environment and Behavior, 15, 259-272.
Cohen, S., Evans, G. W., Krantz, D. S., Stokols, D., & Kelly S. (1981). Aircraft noise and children: Longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence on adaptation to noise and the effectiveness of noise abatement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 331-345.
Cohen, S., Krantz, D., Evans, G., & Stokols, D. (1981). Cardiovascular and behavioral effects of community noise. American Scientist, 69, 528-535.
Cohen, S., Evans, G. W., Krantz, D. S. and Stokols, D. (1980). Physiological, motivational, and cognitive effects of aircraft noise on children: Moving from the laboratory to the field. American Psychologist, 35, 231-243.
Stokols, D., Novaco, R. W., Stokols, J., and Campbell, J. (1978). Traffic congestion, Type-A behavior, and stress. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63, 467-480.
Stokols, D. (1978). Environmental psychology. In M. R. Rosenzweig and L. W. Porter, Eds., Annual Review of Psychology, 29, 253-295.
Novaco, R. W., Stokols, D., Campbell, J., and Stokols, J. (1979). Transportation, stress, and community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 4, 361-380.
Stokols, D., Ohlig, W., and Resnick, S. (1978). Perception of residential crowding, classroom experiences, and student health. Human Ecology, 6, 233-252.
Stokols, D. (1976). The experience of crowding in primary and secondary environments. Environment and Behavior, 8, 49-86.
Stokols, D. 1975. Toward a psychological theory of alienation. Psychological Review, 82, 26-44.
Stokols, D., Smith, T., and Prostor, J. (1975). Partitioning and perceived crowding in a public space. American Behavioral Scientist, 18, 792-814.
Stokols, D. and Schopler, J. (1973). Reactions to victims under conditions of situational detachment: The effects of responsibility, severity, and expected future interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25, 199-209.
Stokols, D., Rall, M., Pinner, B., and Schopler, J. (1973). Physical, social and personal determinants of the perception of crowding. Environment and Behavior, 4, 87-115.
Stokols, D. (1972). On the distinction between density and crowding: Some implications for future research. Psychological Review, 79, 275-277.