Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA)
CEMA consists of six members of the Association with terms not less than three years each. The CEMA have general concern for aspects of psychology that are related to ethnic minorities (American Indian/Alaska Native; Asian American/Pacific Islander; African American/Black; and Hispanic/Latina/o). The CEMA serve as the primary resource to the Board for the Advancement of psychology In the Public Interest (BAPPI) on ethnic minority issues and concerns.
Mission Statement
The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs shall:
(a) Promote scientific understanding of the roles of culture and ethnicity in psychology;
(b) Foster the development of culturally sensitive models for delivery of psychological services;
(c) Foster cultural diversity in the preparation of psychologists who teach, provide services andconduct research with ethnic minoritypopulations;
(d) Promote development of more educational and training opportunities for ethnic minorities in psychology;
(e) Advocate the perspectives and values of ethnic minority psychologists to the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest for formulation of the policies of the Association;
(f) Maintain mutually supportive and beneficial relationships with other groups of ethnic minority psychologists;
(g) Assist the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest in maintaining communications of ethnic minority affairs with the Association’s membership as well as the community at large; and
(h) Encourage collection and dissemination of information of importance to ethnic minority psychologists and students.
Contact this Committee
Alberto Figueroa-García, MBA
Acting Senior Director
Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
Public Interest Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6029 (office)
(202) 336-6040 (fax)
Staff Liaisons
- Tiffany G. Townsend, PhD (email)
- Alberto Figueroa-Garcia, MBA (email)
Members
Iva GreyWolf, PhD, Chair (01/11 – 12/13) | John D. Robinson, EdD, MPH, FACHP (01/12 – 12/14) |
Ignacio David Acevedo-Polakovich, PhD (01/12 – 12/14) | Derald Wing Sue, PhD (01/10 – 12/12) Professor of Psychology and Education Counseling & Clinical Psychology Columbia University Teachers College Office: 430 HMann -TC Box #036 525 West 120th Street New York, NY 10027-660 Telephone: (212) 678-8165 |
| Helen A. Neville, PhD (01/11 – 12/13) Professor Department of Educational Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 188f Education - 1310 S Sixth - M/C 708 Champaign, IL 61820 Telephone: (217) 244-6291 | Pratyusha "Usha" Tummala-Narra, PhD(01/10 – 12/12)
Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology Lynch School of Education Boston College Campion Hall - Room 319 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Telephone: (617) 552-4491 Fax: (617) 552-0174 |