Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Kloos, Bret
Professor
Bret Kloos is a Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. He specializes in the areas of community psychology and recovery from serious mental illness and homelessness, with particular interests in promotion of adaptive functioning in community settings, homelessness, meaning-making after major life disruptions, mutual support and self-help, acculturation of immigrant groups, and collaboration with community-based resources to address social and health problems
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- Psychology
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
International Activity
- International Activities
- Yes
- Type of Activity
- Research, Teaching, Other (Collaborating on a book, invited colloquium, conferences)
- Countries
- Portugal, Puerto Rico
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Disparities, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences
- Speaks Non-English Language
- Yes (German, learning Portuguese)
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- environmental influences on health, housing, mental illness, community psychology
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Disparities, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- promotion of adaptive functioning in community settings, meaning-making after major life disruption, homelessness and community responses to homelessness, collaboration with community-based resources
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 - Present | Fellow, Society for Community Research and Action | Division 27 of the American Psychological Association |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Award | Fulbright Scholar | Fulbright Foundation |
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