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Susan Clayton Ph.D.

About

Susan Clayton, Ph.D., is the Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology at the College of Wooster. Dr. Clayton was on the APA task force on psychology and global climate change, and she edited the (forthcoming) Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology. She is also a previous president of the Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation psychology, and co-author of Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature. In addition, she writes a blog on sustainability.

Books by Susan Clayton Ph.D.
Recent Posts
How Many Children Do We Want?
Environmentalists face a dilemma with regard to population: They don't want continued growth, but they don't want to restrict individual freedom. We should consider ways to preserve choice but frame the context for those choices.
Natural Capital

Nature provide some benefits -- scary, invisible, or unexpected -- that we're unlikely to search for. But we may well miss them.

Nature provide some benefits -- scary, invisible, or unexpected -- that we're unlikely to search for. But we may well miss them.

Fear, Desire, and a Changing Climate

The world is getting warmer. People are responsible, though no one wants this outcome. We need to have confidence in our ability to affect this trend.

The world is getting warmer. People are responsible, though no one wants this outcome. We need to have confidence in our ability to affect this trend.

What makes us happy?

Getting involved with environmental activities can be a source of pleasure and help fulfill some of our core needs, such as the desire to have meaning in our lives and the desire to connect with others.

Getting involved with environmental activities can be a source of pleasure and help fulfill some of our core needs, such as the desire to have meaning in our lives and the desire to connect with others.

Flowers for Valentine's Day

Could there be anything more romantic than a dozen roses? Perhaps we instinctively recognize the link between environmental and human health.

Could there be anything more romantic than a dozen roses? Perhaps we instinctively recognize the link between environmental and human health.

Who Counts?

President Obama challenges us to expand our moral universe.

President Obama challenges us to expand our moral universe.

Hot as Hell

New evidence about climate change may encourage pessimism. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

New evidence about climate change may encourage pessimism. That's not necessarily a bad thing.