Carolyn Morag Kagan grew up in Meopham, Kent. After working as a residential social worker in Scotland she went to North East London Polytechnic graduating with a degree in Psychology in 1974. She then obtained a DPhil in Social Psychology from Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
In 1976 she was appointed to the Department of Psychology at Manchester Polytechnic (subsequently Manchester Metropolitan University) proceeding through the ranks of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Professor. She is a qualified social worker and counselling psychologist. For ten years she was Director of the Research Institute for Health and Social Change at MMU which established a reputation for socially engaged research. She is currently Emerita Professor at MMU and a visiting professor at Edge Hill University.[1]
As a community psychologist she has worked closely with various community groups and been involved in various forms of social activism. She has until recently been a Director of Just Psychology CIC (www.justpsychology.co.uk), From Generation to Generation () and Friends of Hough End Hall (www.houghendhall.org). She is also a trustee of the Richard Benmjamin Trust (www.richardbenjamintrust.co.uk), a member of the Steady State Manchester collective (https://steadystatemanchester.net) and Chair of Chorlton Voice (Chorlton Civic Society) and Chorlton Arts Festival
Publicationsedit
Kagan C. et al. (Eds.) (2022). The Routledge International Handbook of Community Psychology. Routledge.
Kagan, C., Burton, M. H., Duckett, P., Lawthom, R., & Siddiquee, A. (2019). Critical Community Psychology: Critical Action and Social Change. (2nd ed) ROUTLEDGE.
Kagan, C. and Diamond, J. (2019). University–Community Relations in the UK. Palgrave-Macmillan
Kagan, C., Burton, M., Duckett, P., Lawthom, R., & Siddiquee, A (2011). Critical Community Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.
Burton, M., Kagan, C., & Clements, P. (1995). Social Skills for People With Learning Disabilities. Nelson Thornes.
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January 01, 1970
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