Beth Shinn
Department of Human and Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University
Peabody #90, 230 Appleton Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37202
U.S.A.
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Marybeth Shinn has research interests in homelessness, welfare reform, community contexts of human welfare, social policy, and social intervention. She is a former President of the Society for Community Research and Action, a former Chair of the Council of Community Psychology Program Directors, a Fellow of Divisions 9 and 27 in the American Psychological Association, and President-Elect of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.Professor Shinn has received numerous awards for her teaching and research, including the Golden Dozen Teaching Award from New York University (2002), Ethnic/Minority Mentoring Award from the Society for Community Research and Action (1997), and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research from the Society for Community Research and Action (1996). She has also served on the National Institute of Mental Health Child/Adolescent Risk and Prevention Review Committee, and twice served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Community Psychology.
 Books:
 Kontos, S., Howes, C., Shinn, M., & Galinsky, E. (1995). Quality in family child care and relative care. New York: Teachers College Press.
- Revenson, T. A., D'Augelli A. R., French, S. E., Hughes, D. L., Livert, D., Seidman, E., Shinn, M., & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.). (2002). A quarter century of community psychology: Readings from the American Journal of Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
- Revenson, T. A., D'Augelli A. R., French, S. E., Hughes, D. L., Livert, D., Seidman, E., Shinn, M., & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.). (2002). Ecological research to promote social change: Methodological advances from community psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Journal Articles:
- Cowal, K., Shinn, M., Weitzman, B. C., Stojanovic, D., & Labay, L. (2002). Mother-child separations among homeless and housed families receiving public assistance in New York City. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 711-730.
- Shinn, M. (1997). Family homelessness: State or trait? American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 755-766.
- Shinn, M. (1992). Homelessness: What is a psychologist to do? American Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 1-24.
- Shinn, M., Baumohl, J., & Hopper, K. (2001). The prevention of homelessness revisited. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 1, 95-127.
- Shinn, M., & Gillespie, C. (1994). The roles of housing and poverty in the origins of homelessness. American Behavioral Scientist, 37, 505-521.
- Shinn, M., & Toohey, S. M. (2003). Community contexts of human welfare. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 427-259.
- Shinn, M., Weitzman, B. C., Stojanovic, D., Knickman, J. R., Jimenez, L., Duchon, L., James, S., & Krantz, D. H. (1998). Predictors of homelessness among families in New York City: From shelter request to housing stability. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 1651-1657.
- Shinn, M., Weitzman, B. C., Stojanovic, D., Knickman, J. R., Jimenez, L., Duchon, L., James, S., & Krantz, D. H. (1998). Predictors of homelessness among families in New York City: From shelter request to housing stability. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 1651-1657.
Other Publications:
- Shinn, M. (Ed.). (1996). Ecological assessment [Special issue]. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24(1).
- Shinn, M., & Felton, B. J. (Eds.). (1981). Institutions and alternatives [Special issue]. Journal of Social Issues, 37(3).
- Shinn, M., & Rapkin, B. D. (2000). Cross-level analysis without cross-ups. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of Community Psychology (pp. 669-695). New York: Plenum.
- Shinn, M., & Weitzman, B. C. (Eds.). (1990). Urban homelessness [Special issue]. Journal of Social Issues, 46(4).
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