Terrell L. Strayhorn is Professor of Urban Education, Provost, and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Virginia Union University, USA.

• PrefacePart I: Background of Theory 1. Introducing...A Social Psychological Approach2. What’s Theory Anyway?Part II: Applications of Theory to Practice3. Ecological Systems Theory: An Ethnographic "Glimpse"4. Sense of Belonging in College: A Fresh Perspective5. Group Contact Theory: Prejudice & Discrimination6. Grit and Hardiness: A Social Psychological View of Positivity7. Personality Theory: Three Little Pigs & Big-Five Traits8. Mentoring: Mutual Benefits, Separate Roles9. Hope Theory: Evidence of Things Not Seen…10. Social Influence: How Others Shape Us and Our Aspirations11. Epilogue

"In what seems the merging of a textbook, assignment workbook, dictionary, manifesto, and memoir, Terrell Strayhorn offers his attempt to make sense of it all ... Although the goal of enhancing student engagement is certainly worthwhile and the book does provide a reasonable overview of strategies in that endeavor, surely it can be accomplished without devolving scholarly writing to clickbait-style social media."-- Stephen P. Hampe, PsycCRITIQUES

Terrell L. Strayhorn is Professor of Urban Education, Provost, and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Virginia Union University, USA.

• PrefacePart I: Background of Theory 1. Introducing...A Social Psychological Approach2. What’s Theory Anyway?Part II: Applications of Theory to Practice3. Ecological Systems Theory: An Ethnographic "Glimpse"4. Sense of Belonging in College: A Fresh Perspective5. Group Contact Theory: Prejudice & Discrimination6. Grit and Hardiness: A Social Psychological View of Positivity7. Personality Theory: Three Little Pigs & Big-Five Traits8. Mentoring: Mutual Benefits, Separate Roles9. Hope Theory: Evidence of Things Not Seen…10. Social Influence: How Others Shape Us and Our Aspirations11. Epilogue

"In what seems the merging of a textbook, assignment workbook, dictionary, manifesto, and memoir, Terrell Strayhorn offers his attempt to make sense of it all ... Although the goal of enhancing student engagement is certainly worthwhile and the book does provide a reasonable overview of strategies in that endeavor, surely it can be accomplished without devolving scholarly writing to clickbait-style social media."-- Stephen P. Hampe, PsycCRITIQUES

Terrell L. Strayhorn is Professor of Urban Education, Provost, and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Virginia Union University, USA.

• PrefacePart I: Background of Theory 1. Introducing...A Social Psychological Approach2. What’s Theory Anyway?Part II: Applications of Theory to Practice3. Ecological Systems Theory: An Ethnographic "Glimpse"4. Sense of Belonging in College: A Fresh Perspective5. Group Contact Theory: Prejudice & Discrimination6. Grit and Hardiness: A Social Psychological View of Positivity7. Personality Theory: Three Little Pigs & Big-Five Traits8. Mentoring: Mutual Benefits, Separate Roles9. Hope Theory: Evidence of Things Not Seen…10. Social Influence: How Others Shape Us and Our Aspirations11. Epilogue

"In what seems the merging of a textbook, assignment workbook, dictionary, manifesto, and memoir, Terrell Strayhorn offers his attempt to make sense of it all ... Although the goal of enhancing student engagement is certainly worthwhile and the book does provide a reasonable overview of strategies in that endeavor, surely it can be accomplished without devolving scholarly writing to clickbait-style social media."-- Stephen P. Hampe, PsycCRITIQUES