Mission Statement
The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) is the subcommittee of APAGS that represents and advocates for the perspectives and concerns of ethnic minority graduate students within the discipline of psychology. APAGS-CEMA's main goal is to ensure that the specific interests and needs of ethnic minority graduate students are given a voice within the large domain of APA. APAGS-CEMA attempts to achieve this goal by increasing the membership and participation of ethnic minority graduate students within APAGS through the development and advertisement of various educational and training opportunities for ethnic minority graduate students in psychology. CEMA promotes cultural competency and sensitivity, and encourages the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority students in psychology by developing ethnic minority student resources, providing small grants for regional student-organized multicultural training events, and engaging in other advocacy activities to increase awareness of multicultural issues.
Members
CEMA Chair
Michelle Madore 2010-2012 University of Cincinnati, Ohio
CEMA Regional Diversity Coordinators
Jameta Barlow 2010-2012 North Carolina State University, N.C.
Steven Kniffley 2010-2012 Spalding University, Ky.
Jasmin Llamas 2011-2013 University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Manyu Li 2011-2013 University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Octavio Santos 2011-2013 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Wisc.
Brandon Velez 2010-2012 University of Florida, Fla.
Additional Information
APAGS Resource Guide for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
Grants and Awards
APAGS-CEMA awards several grants each year for projects that recruit, retain, and/or enhance the training of ethnic minority graduate psychology students.
APAGS-CEMA also developed the Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for outstanding contribution to the professional development of ethnic minority graduate students.
Webinars and Virtual Happy Hours
The purpose of these events is to utilize technology to provide mentoring to ethnic minority graduate students in order to facilitate their development and advancement. They also serve to promote cultural competency among all graduate students by providing up-to-date information regarding cultural issues. Webinar series will include prominent individuals in psychology discussing emerging topics in the field. Virtual Happy Hours will consist of an informal mentoring session for students. Past and/or upcoming events include:
October 2011: Virtual Happy Hour (with Kevin Cokley, PhD)
April 2012: Virtual Happy Hour (with Carmen Vazquez, PhD
May 2012: Webinar on Immigration (with Carola Suarez-Orozco, PhD)
Information about upcoming events is posted on the APAEMGS Listserv, which APAGS members can join by following these instructions. If you are interested in hosting a webinar or virtual happy hour, please send your request to APAGS.