Edison J. Trickett (1941-2022)

Abstract

This article memorializes Edison J. Trickett (1941-2022), a leading theorist in community psychology. After joining the psychology faculty at Yale (1969-1977) and the Yale Psychoeducational Clinic, Ed became a faculty member at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he taught until 2000 and directed doctoral training in clinical/community psychology (1980-1985). He next went to the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2000-2015). Never one to fully retire, he continued teaching at the University of Miami (2015-2019). Ed devoted his career to the appreciation and understanding of context, social ecology, and human diversity in community psychology's theory, methods, and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).