Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities

The Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities
Division 12, Section VI

2011 Officers

PRESIDENT
Elizabeth (Beth) Boyd, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Psychological Services Center
Faculty Member, Disaster Mental Health Institute (DHMI)
Department of Psychology
The University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Email: Beth.Boyd@usd.edu

PAST PRESIDENT
Guerda Nicolas Ph.D.
Chairperson, Associate Professor
Department of Educational and Psychological Studies
School of Education
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248065
Coral Gables, Florida 33124-2040
Email: nguerda@miami.edu

PRESIDENT –ELECT
Gail E. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Director, UCLA Sexual Health Program
Director, Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities

Associate Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
Director, UCLA HIV/AIDS Translational Training Program (HATT)
760 Westwood Plaza
C8-871, Mail Code 175919
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Email: GWyatt@mednet.ucla.edu

SECRETARY
Jawana Ready, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Positive Behavior Support Team
Developmental Disabilities Services/Long-Term Care
Central State Hospital
Freeman Building, Room 168
Milledgeville, GA 31062
jnready@dhr.state.ga.us

TREASURER
Louis P. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology
PO Box 519; MS 2600
Prairie View, Texas 77446
Email: lpanderson@pvamu.edu

SECTION VI REPRESENTATIVE TO DIVISION 12
Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D.
Institute for Psychological Research – IPsi
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
55 University Avenue, Rivera Bld. Suite 304
San Juan, PR 00925
Email: gbernal@ipsi.uprrp.edu

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Cendrine Robinson
Doctoral Student
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Email: Cendrine.Robinson@usuhs.mil

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
April Harris-Britt, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
AHB Psychological Services, PLLC
1415 West NC Hwy. 54 Suite 113
Durham, NC 27707
Email: harris_britt@msn.com

MENTORING COMMITEE CHAIR
David Acevedo-Polakovich, PhD
Director, Center for Community-Academic Initiatives for Development
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Email: david.acevedo@cmich.edu

AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Karen L. Suyemoto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Massachussetts Boston
McCormack, 2nd floor, Room 335
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Email: karen.suyemoto@umb.edu

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Cheryl Anne Boyce, Ph.D.
Chief, Behavioral and Brain Development Branch
and Associate Director for Child and Adolescent Research
Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
6001 Executive Boulevard,MSC 9593
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9593
Email: cboyce@mail.nih.gov

Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, Ph.D., M.H.Sc.
Assistant Professor
Director, The AAKOMA Project
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University Medical Center
Box DUMC 3527
Durham, NC 27710
Email: alfiee.brelandnoble@duke.edu

Division 12 Journal Section VI Editor
Wei-Chin Hwang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Claremont McKenna College
850 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Email: Wei-Chin.Hwang@claremontmckenna.edu