Daniel Stokols

My research interests inlude (1) the environmental psychology of the Internet, especially the ways in which qualities of virtual life affect people's behavior and well-being; (2) the science of team science (SciTS) including 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; (4) the application of environmental design research to urban planning and facilities design; and (5) the design and evaluation of community health promotion programs. 

Web Links of Research Sites

• National Research Council Consensus Study on Science Teams
• National Cancer Institute Team Science Toolkit
• National Cancer Institute Science of Team Science Resources Page 
• National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
• National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
• UCI@Home Residential Energy Conservation Project
• Social Psychology Network Profile http://stokols.socialpsychology.org/
• Department of Psychology and Social Behavior http://socialecology.uci.edu/psb/faculty
• Department of Planning, Policy, and Design http://ppd.soceco.uci.edu/faculty
• Department of Epidemiology
• UCI Program in Public Health http://publichealth.uci.edu/ph_docs/faculty
• UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science

Course Web Links of Interest

• Environmental Psychology Spring'13 (PSYBEH171S/PPD151/PH151)
• Environmental Psychology Spring'12 (PSYBEH171S/PPD151/PH151) also available on iTunes U
• Strategies of Theory Development Seminar Winter'12 https://eee.uci.edu/12w/50890
• Social Ecology Seminar Fall'12 (SE200)
• Social Ecology of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (SE131) https://eee.uci.edu/06s/50032/

Selected Publications

• Stokols, D. (in press).  Training the next generation of transdisciplinarians.  In O'Rourke, M.O., Crowley, S., Eigenbrode, S.D., Wulfhorst, J.D. (Eds.), Enhancing communication & collaboration in interdisciplinary research.  Los Angeles, CA:  Sage Publications.

• Stokols, D., Hall, K.L., & Vogel, A.L. (2013).  Transdisciplinary public health:  Core characteristics, definitions, and strategies for success.  In Haire-Joshu, D., & McBride, T.D. (Eds.), Transdisciplinary public health:  Research, methods, and practice.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass Publishers, 3-30.

• Stokols, D., Lejano, R., & Hipp, J. (2013).  Enhancing the resilience of human-environment systems:  A social ecological perspective.  Ecology & Society, 18(1): 7.

• Lejano, R., & Stokols, D. (2013).  Social ecology, sustainability, and economics.  Ecological Economics, 89, 1-6.

• Misra, S., & Stokols, D. (2012).  Psychological and health outcomes of perceived information overload.  Environment & Behavior.
• Misra, S., & Stokols, D. (2012).  A typology of people-environment relationships in the Digital Age.  Technology in Society, 34, 311-325.
• Misra, S., Stokols, D., & Heberger-Marino, A. (2012).  Using norm-based appeals to increase response rates in evaluation research:  A field experiment. American Journal of Evaluation.
• Hall, K., Stokols, D., Stipelman, B., Vogel, A., Feng, A., Masimore, B., Morgan, G., Moser, R.P., Marcus, S.E., & Berrigan, D. (2012).  Assessing the value of team science:  A study comparing center and investigator-initiated grants. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42(2), 157-163.
• Hall, K., Vogel, A., Stipelman, B., Stokols, D., Morgan, G., & Gehlert, S. (2012).  A four-phase model of transdisciplinary team-based research:  Goals, tteam processes, and strategies.  Translational Behavioral Medicine, doi: 10.1007/s13142-012-0167-y.
• Vogel, A., Feng, A., Oh, A., Hall, K., Stipelman, B., Stokols, D., Okamoto, J., Perna, F., Moser, R., & Nebeling, L. (2012).  Influence of a National Cancer Institute transdisciplinary research and training initiative on trainees' transdisciplinary research competencies and scholarly productivity.  Translational Behavioral Medicine, doi: 10.1007/s13142-012-0173-0.
• Karlin, B., Davis, N., Sanguinetti, A., Gamble, K., Kirkby, D., & Stokols, D. (2012)  Dimensions of conservation:  Exploring differences among energy behaviors.  Environment and Behavior, DOI: 10.1177/0013916512467532.
• Falk-Krzesinski, Contractor, N., Fiore, S.M., Hall, K.L., Kane, C., Keyton, J., Thompson Klein, J., Spring, B., Stokols, D., & Trochim, W. (2011).  Mapping a research agenda for the science of team science.  Research Evaluation, 20 (2), 145-158.
• Stokols, D. (2011).  Transdisciplinary action research in landscape architecture and planning.  Landscape Journal, 30 (1), 1-5.
• Trivedi, C., & Stokols, D. (2011).  Social enterprises and corporate enterprises:  Fundamental differences and defining features.  Journal of Entrepreneurship, 20 (1), 1-32.
• Stokols, D., Hall, K.L., Moser, R.P., Feng, A., Misra, S., & Taylor, B.K.  (2010).  Evaluating cross-disciplinary team science initiatives:  Conceptual, methodological, and translational perspectives. Frodeman, R., Klein, J.T., & Mitcham, C. (Eds.).  Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity.  New York: Oxford University Press, 471-493.
• Misra, S., Stokols, D., Hall, K.L., & Feng, A. (2011).  Transdisciplinary training in health research:  Distinctive features and future directions.  In M. Kirst, N. Schaefer-McDaniel, S. Hwang, & P. O’Campo (Eds.), Converging disciplines:  A transdisciplinary research approach to urban health problems.  New York: Springer, 133-147.
• Misra, S., Hall, K.L., & Feng, A., Stipelman, B., & Stokols, D. (2011).  Collaborative processes in transdisciplinary research.  In M. Kirst, N. Schaefer-McDaniel, S. Hwang, & P. O’Campo (Eds.), Converging disciplines:  A transdisciplinary research approach to urban health problems.  New York: Springer. 97-110.
• Lejano, R., & Stokols, D. (2010).  Understanding minority residents’ perceptions of neighborhood risks and environmental justice:  New modalities, findings, and policy implications.  Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 27, 107-123.
• Borner, K., Contractor, N., Falk-Krzesinski, H., Fiore, S. M., Hall, K. L., Keyton, J., Spring, B., Stokols, D. S., Trochim, W., Uzzi, B. (2010). A mutli-level systems perspective for the science of team science. Science Translational Medicine, 2(45).
• 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...
• Fuqua, J., Stokols, D., Harvey, R., Baghery, A., & Jamner, L. (2009). Transdisciplinary action research on teen smoking prevention.  In Freudenberg, N., Saegert, S., & Klitzman, S. (Eds.), Urban health and society:  Interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass Publishers, 185-216.
• 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
• Schneider, M., & Stokols, D. (2008). Multi-level theories of behavior change: Social ecological theory. In Shumaker, S.A., Ockene, J.K., & Riekert, K. (Eds.), Handbook of Health Behavior Change, Third edition. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 85-105.
• 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. (1998).  The future of interdisciplinarity in the School of Social Ecology.  Paper presented at the School of Social Ecology Annual Awards Event, May, 1998.
• 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., Pelletier, K., & Fielding, J.E.  (1996).  The ecology of work and health--Research and policy directions for the promotion of employee health.  Health Education Quarterly, 23, 137-158.
• 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. (1992).  Conflict-prone and conflict-resistant organizations.  In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Hostility, coping, and health.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association, 65-76.
• 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.
• Stokols, D., Shumaker, S., & Martinez, J.  (1983).  Residential mobility and personal well-being.  Journal of Environmental Psychology, 3, 5-19.
• Stokols, D., & Shumaker, S.  (1982).  The psychological context of residential mobility and well-being.  Journal of Social Issues, 38, 149-171.
• Stokols, D.  (1981).  Group x place transactions:  Some neglected issues in psychological research on settings.  In D. Magnusson (Ed.), Toward a psychology of situations: An interactional perspective.  Hillsdale, N. J.:  Lawrence Erlbaum, 393-415.
• 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. (1979).  A congruence analysis of human stress.  In I.G. Sarason & C.D. Spielberger (Eds), Stress and anxiety, Vol. 6.  New York:  John Wiley, 27-53.webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/Stokols%201979%20Congruence%20Analysis%20of%20Human%20Stress.pdf
• 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.
• Stokols, D. (1972).  A social psychological model of human crowding phenomena.  Journal of the American Planning Association, 38-72-83. webfiles.uci.edu/dstokols/Pubs/Stokols%201972%20JAPA.pdf