Anne E. Brodsky, Ph. D

Anne E. Brodsky, Ph. D.

Anne E. Brodsky is Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her work - whether teaching, research, administration, or community practice – is strength-based, focused on resilience, psychological sense of community (PSOC), social justice, and the role of communities in creating and resisting societal risks and oppressions, including violence, poverty, racism, and sexism. She is the author of over 50 professional articles and chapters, numerous mainstream media articles, and hundreds of scholarly and public talks on these subjects, as well as one book, With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (Routledge, 2003). Anne is also an...

Making Words Count Lab

The Making Words Count Lab, named by Anne’s first cohort of graduate and undergraduate students, uses qualitative methods, grounded in community psychology, to highlight the power and salience of words, as opposed to numbers and computations. We focus on the concerns and triumphs of community members most impacted by risk, oppression, and lack of power. By listening to the voices of experts, those with the lived experience to shed light on important social issues in the community, we gain new theoretical and applied knowledge of the strengths used to not only cope, but thrive in high-risk environments. Making words count… Read More