Julian Rappaport is an
American psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...
who introduced the concept of
empowerment
Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming strong ...
into
social work
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...
and
social psychiatry
Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that studies how the social environment impacts mental health and mental illness. It applies a cultural and societal lens on mental health by focusing on mental illness prevention, community-based care, m ...
. He is a recipient of the
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world. It has over 170,000 members, including scientists, educators, clin ...
's Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Career Award and of the
Seymour B. Sarason Award for "novel and critical rethinking of basic assumptions and approaches to
human services
Human services is an interdisciplinary field of study with the objective of meeting human needs through an applied knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall qu ...
, education, and other areas of
community research and action."
Rappaport is professor
emeritus
''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".
In some c ...
at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
Urbana. He received his
Ph.D. from the
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
. From 1977 he worked in the field of
community psychology
Community psychology is concerned with the community as the unit of study. This contrasts with most psychology, which focuses on the individual. Community psychology also studies the community as a context for the individuals within it,Jim Orf ...
and social psychiatry in the context of the
U.S. welfare crisis. His seminal work on empowerment is the 1984 book ''Studies in Empowerment''. A famous quote by Rappaport concerning
social inclusion is „Having rights but no resources and no services available is a cruel joke.“
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References
External links
Homepage at University of Illinois
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American psychologists
University of Rochester alumni