Forrest B. Tyler (1925-2018).

Abstract

This article memorializes Forrest B. Tyler (1925-2018). Tyler was one of the founders of community psychology. His framework was grounded in research and practice in community settings with coparticipation of community members equally invested in a reciprocal process with distinct contributions. He also considered his students as autonomous, competent colleagues. Forrest was one of the first White researchers to acknowledge White privilege, address educational inequities, and recruit students of color. He wrote Ethnic Validity, Ecology, and Psychotherapy: A Psychosocial Competence Model (1991) in collaboration with two of his former graduate students. Cultures, Communities, Competence, and Change (2001) departed from individual-based psychology, integrating a transcultural, multilevel perspective to examine change in communities worldwide. His third book, Developing Prosocial Communities Across Cultures (2007), reflects his lifelong international work. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).