Dr. Britain Scott is a social psychologist who joined the St. Thomas faculty in 1996. Since then, she has focused on two primary scholarly areas: the psychology of gender and psychology for environmental sustainability. She is first author of Psychology for Sustainability, 5e (Routledge) and co-creator of the instructor resource Teaching Psychology for Sustainability at teachgreenpsych.com. Over the years, she has designed and offered a variety of innovative courses in psychology, women's and gender studies, and environmental studies, including multiple honors seminars and study abroad courses. Recent examples include the seminar Extreme Survival: Who Thrives, Who Dies, and Why and the January term travel course Spooks, Psychics, and Skeptics in the UK: Psychological Science Investigates the Paranormal. In recognition of her contributions to psychology pedagogy she was awarded the 2017 Innovation Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 34: The Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology and was the recipient of the 2022 Walter D. Mink Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty in Psychology from the Minnesota Psychological Association.
2022 Walter D. Mink Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty in Psychology from the Minnesota Psychological Association
2017 Innovation Award from Division 34 of the American Psychological Association: Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology