Daniel Stokols is Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Stokols received his B.A. degree at the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His recent research has examined factors that influence the success of transdisciplinary research and training programs. Additional areas of Dr. Stokols' research include the design and evaluation of community and worksite health promotion programs, the health and behavioral impacts of environmental stressors such as traffic congestion and overcrowding, and the application of environmental design research to urban planning and facilities design. Professor Stokols is past President of the Division of Population and Environmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA) and was a recipient of the Annual Career Award of the Environmental Design Research Association in 1991 and the UC Irvine Lauds and Laurels Faculty Achievement Award in 2003. University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine is a public university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ... The University of Chicago is a private university principally located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890 and opened in 1892. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Also know as Carolina, North Carolina, UNC-CH, or simply UNC, the university is the oldest public institution of higher education in the United States and is the flagship... The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. It has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After attending college at the University of Chicago, Stokols began his doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in social psychology where he also took minors in Sociology, City and Regional Planning, and participated in research projects at the School of Public Health. In 1973, after earning his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Stokols was recruited as an Assistant Professor by the Program in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. Between 1988-1998, Stokols served as Director of the Program in Social Ecology and then as Dean of the new School of Social Ecology once the UC Regents designated the unit officially as a “school” in May 1992. A brief history of Social Ecology’s development at UCI between 1970 to the present is available at: Social psychology is often conceived to be the study of how individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

http://eee.uci.edu/04f/51000/Historical_Overview.html

External links

• Dr. Stokols' academic biography at his UC Irvine faculty web site

Selected publications

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., 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.

Stokols, D. (1995). The paradox of environmental psychology. American Psychologist, 50, 821-837.

Stokols, D. (1992). Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion. American Psychologist, 47, 6-22.

Stokols, D. and Altman, I. (Eds.) (1987). Handbook of environmental psychology, Volumes 1 and 2. New York: John Wiley and Sons.