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Monitor Articles on Diversity Issues

Psychology's rising stars

Volume 32, No. 9 October 2001
Talented high school students with a penchant for behavioral science offer a glimpse of psychology's next generation.
BY JULIE COHEN Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/psychstars.html

Boosting the number of ethnic-minority reviewers for APA journals

Volume 32, No. 8 September 2001
A new APA database is bringing more ethnic minorities into the peer-review process.
BY SIRI CARPENTER Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep01/boosting.html

From classroom to conflict resolution

Volume 32, No. 8 September 2001
A new graduate-level curriculum builds on psychology's diversity to train health-care professionals to intervene in ethnopolitical warfare. BY EILEEN M. O'CONNOR Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep01/conflictres.html

APA seeks psychologists who work on urban issues

Volume 32, No. 7 July/August 2001
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug01/apaseeks.html

The growth of a great idea: SLC's Diversity Initiative

Volume 32, No. 5 May 2001
APA's second Diversity Initiative allowed 18 ethnic-minority psychologists to serve as invited delegates to the State Leadership Conference.
BY EILEEN O'CONNOR Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/may01/diversity.html

The ones to watch

Volume 32, No. 5 May 2001
Six high school students bring psychology to top science competition.
BY JAMIE CHAMBERLIN Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/may01/oneswatch.html

The high stakes of educational testing

Volume 32, No. 4 April 2001
Psychologists and education experts discussed concerns about fairness and accuracy in large-scale educational testing at a March congressional briefing.
BY SIRI CARPENTER Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/may01/edtesting.html

Thwarting modern prejudice

APA divisions hosted a conference that frankly, and sometimes even painfully, showed how far psychology and the association have to go to improve their acceptance of others.
BY TORI DeANGELIS
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/prejudice.html

Psychology's colorful characters

Volume 32, No. 4 April 2001
Four members are honored for the trails they blazed on behalf of minority psychologists.
BY TORI DeANGELIS
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/colorful.html

Psychology's diversity leaps 'Beyond 2000'

Volume 32, No. 4 April 2001
A mentoring program for ethnic-minority community college students recounts its successes and looks to secure its future.
BY EILEEN O'CONNOR Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/beyond2000.html

Training that's more than bilingual

Volume 32, No. 2 February 2001
A PsyD program in San Antonio prepares students to serve Spanish-speaking clients.
BY REBECCA A. CLAY
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb01/bilingual.html

So many hats, so little time

Volume 32, No. 1 January 2001
Some ethnic-minority faculty say they have two jobs: fulfilling their academic responsibilities and representing their cultures. Here are strategies they use to bring balance into their lives.
BY MEL WATERS Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan01/facultyhats.html

Mentoring giant almost didn't find his own way

Volume 32, No. 1 January 2001
Remembering his own struggles in breaking the color barrier, Joe White has always reached out to help students.
BY KATHRYN FOXHALL Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan01/mentor.html

Pre-empting racism

Volume 31, No. 11 December 2000
A psychologist's model outlines children's understanding of race and ethnicity.
BY LISA RABASCA Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec00/racism.html

Women and minorities make gains in science and engineering education

Volume 31, No. 10 November 2000
But they still lag behind in advanced degrees.
BY DEBORAH SMITH Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov00/edstats.html

Bringing minorities into the research fold

Volume 31, No. 7, July/August 2000
The main mission of the APA/National Institute of General Medical Sciences program is to expose minority students to the rigors of research early in their academic careers. An APA program attracts minority students to biomedical research through teamwork among institutions.
BY MEL WATERS Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/nigms.html

Course exposes hidden racial prejudices

Volume 31, No. 7, July/August 2000
Students confront their hidden biases to better prepare for psychology practice.
BY MARCELA KOGAN
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/prejudice.html

'Valuing diversity'

Volume 31, No. 7, July/August 2000
U.S. Surgeon General to be key speaker at Aug. 8 event
BY MEL WATERS Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/diversity.html

Finding success in the nonprofit sector

Volume 31, No. 3, March 2000
More psychologists find they can make a broader impact by working in their communities.
BY JOE VOLZ Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar00/nonprofit.html

Listening instead of preaching

Volume 31, No. 3, March 2000
Psychologists are building on tribal life and spiritual beliefs to help American Indians solve mental health problems.
BY LISA RABASCA Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar00/listening.html

Helping American Indians earn psychology degrees

Volume 31, No. 3, March 2000
A shortage of American Indian providers has graduate programs scrambling to train more of them.
BY LISA RABASCA Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar00/indiandegrees.html

Lessons in diversity

Volume 31, No. 2, February 2000
Three psychology programs are recognized for excellence in recruiting, retaining and graduating ethnic-minority students.
LISA RABASCA Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb00/diversity.html

Association News

Volume 31, No. 1, January 2000
Student award recognizes outstanding work with ethnic minorities
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) invites nominations for the Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan00/an.html

In the Public Interest

Volume 31, No. 1, January 2000
Diversifying psychology in the new millennium By Henry Tomes, PhD APA Executive Director for Public Interest
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan00/itpi.html

PEOPLE

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 11 December 1999
APA Congressional Fellow Natacha Blain, JD, PhD, recently completed her PhD in clinical psychology, making her one of the few African-American women to hold joint doctoral degrees in law and psychology.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan00/people.html

The long road to diversity

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 11 December 1999
Even as late as the 1930s, only four black colleges offered psychology as an undergraduate major.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ss11.html

UPenn offers 10-week training program on ethnopolitical war

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 10 November 1999
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/pi2.html

Twenty-five win MFP fellowships to receive training for HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, research training and mental health services.

By Jo-Anne Fournier
VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 9 October 1999
http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov99/an3.html

MANY VOICES INTO ONE

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 9 October 1999
"MANY VOICES INTO ONE" was the theme of APA President Richard M. Suinn's Presidential Miniconvention on Ethnic Minority Issues.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct99/mv1.html

Cultural insensitivity leads to unfair penalties

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 9 October 1999
By Bridget Murray
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct99/mv2.html

Gifts that minorities bring: a sampler

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 9 October 1999
By Kathryn Foxhall
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct99/mv3.html

Jackson: America has confused priorities

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 9 October 1999
By Kathryn Foxhall
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct99/in2.html

Oregon course gives students cultural sense

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 6 June 1999
Psychology students are learning about multiculturalism by volunteering to help migrant farm workers.
By Lisa Rabasca
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep99/in2.html

Screening pleas now culture-focused

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 5 May 1999
Psychologists are developing programs to encourage more ethnic minorities to seek cancer care.
By Lisa Rabasca
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun99/pleas.html

To recruit diverse membership, get personal

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 4 April 1999
Unless they attract more diverse members, state associations could put themselves in 'a dinosaur position.'
By Sara Martin
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/may99/attract.html

African-American psychologist wins discrimination suit

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 4 April 1999
A psychology professor at the University of North Texas, in Denton, recently won a race discrimination suit against the university.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr99/suit.html

Indian psychologists support retiring of offensive team mascots

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 4 April 1999
The Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP) wants sports teams such as the Washington Redskins and the Florida State Seminoles to find new names.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr99/mascot.html

Positive academic stereotypes fuel student performance

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 3 -March 1999
By now it's commonly accepted that negative stereotypes about the academic performance of certain groups can hinder their achievement.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr99/fuel.html

Multicultural issues 'bubbling below surface'

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 3 -March 1999
Conference symbolizes a growing interest in acculturation.
By Beth Azar
Monitor staff
A new crop of ethnic-minority psychology students are poised to make a mark on the field of acculturation research, as
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar99/bubble.html

Multicultural summit cheers packed house

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 1 -January 1999
The two-day dialogue aimed to foster creative strategies of inclusion.
By Patrick A. McGuire
Monitor staff
Americans should view their multicultural society as a blessing, not a curse, APA's president, Richard M. Suinn, Ph.D., told researchers, educators, practitioners and students gathered at a unique summit boosting the inclusion of more diversity in psychology.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar99/foster.html

Minority researchers can get help studying HIV in ethnic-minority communities

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 1 -January 1999
Psychologists in California have launched a new project to bolster the efforts of minority researchers studying HIV prevention in African-American and Latino communities.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan99/hiv.html

Three decades after King, a report card

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 1 -January 1999
As America celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight against racism and discrimination, psychologists worry about the subtler forms of prejudice.
By Scott Sleek
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan99/racism.html

Suinn announces presidential initiatives

VOLUME 30 , NUMBER 1 -January 1999
Helping ethnic-minorities, cancer patients tops his agenda for 1999.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan99/pres.html

Bursting with ideas,' Hansen takes over counseling journal

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 12 -December 1998
Editor explores new ways to diversify the Journal of Counseling Psychology.
By Jamie Chamberlin
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan99/diverse.html

Demographic categories need broadening

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 12 -December 1998
U.S demographic changes aren't being reflected in much of the psychological literature.
By Scott Sleek
Monitor staff
A wealthy Cuban exile, a destitute Mexican immigrant and an Argentinean exchange student are typically listed by demographers and other researchers under a single label�Hispanic. A Bombay-born physician and an impoverished Chinese immigrant are both counted as Asian.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec98/us.html

Minority students are losing ground

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 12 -December 1998
The number of African-Americans and Hispanics entering graduate programs in psychology dropped substantially between 1996 and 1997, mirroring an overall decline among minority enrollments in other science and engineering fields, a new report shows.
>http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec98/minor.html

Conferences will explore ethnicity, multicultural issues

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 8 -August 1998
Psychologists are using conferences and continuing-education platforms to explore ethnicity and multicultural issues that will affect the profession in the 21st century.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec98/ethnic.html

A lifetime of leadership aids Asian professionals

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 8 -August 1998
One couple's wisdom and generosity opens doors for Asian-Pacific American mental health professionals.
By Jamie Chamberlin
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/aug98/asia.html

Indians need more access to behavioral medicine

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 6 -June 1998
Psychologist urges Congress to use APA's Indians into Psychology program as model for providing health care on Indian reservations.
By Lisa Rabasca
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/aug98/indian.html

Why are some minority faculty unhappy?

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 6 -June 1998
Minority faculty in psychology are less contented with their experiences in academe than their white peers, new research indicates.
By Bridget Murray
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/frus.html

Guide offers ethnic faculty advice on university politics

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 6 -June 1998
The Survival Guide' suggests strategies new faculty can use to improve their chances of promotion and tenure.
By Mel Waters
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/fac.html

Overcome by stereotypes, psychologist launches study

VOLUME 29 , NUMBER 6 -June 1998
The effects of stereotypes first raised questions for psychologist Yolanda Flores Niemann, PhD, back in her high school days in Houston. She repeatedly found herself the only Mexican-American student in her college-bound classes.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/neg.html

Help for students of color

VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3 - March 1998
Ethnic minority students interested in careers in psychology should contact APA to receive a series of brochures that offer valuable tips on how to manage a successful psychology education and career.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/color.html

Enriching the focus on ethnicity and race

VOLUME 29, NUMBER 2 - February 1998
Here's how to create an open dialogue to help students understand the importance of ethnic identity.
By APA's Task Force on Diversity Issues at the Precollege and Undergraduate Levels of Education in Psychology
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar98/dial.html

Willing to work in an under-served area? If so, your tuition may be free

VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1 - January 1998
APA bands with a government loan repayment program to support psychologists' work in needy areas.
By Bridget Murray
Monitor staff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb98/loan.html

Is America becoming less racist? Ask Terrence Roberts

January, Volume 28, No. 1
Forty years after being one of the �Little Rock Nine,' Terrence Roberts still encourages people to think differently about race.
By Rhea K. Farberman
Monitor Executive Editor
When psychologist Terrence Roberts was born in 1941, his name and those of his parents appeared in the city's daily paper, as was the custom in Little Rock, Ark.
From the apainside archives, Monitor 1997
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan98/less.html

APA to educate public on racism issues

January, Volume 28, No. 1
APA's Public Interest Directorate explores psychology and racism
By Erin Burnette, Monitor Staff
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/jan97/racea.html

Some schools are blind to hiring minority faculty

January, Volume 28, No. 1
Many people think ethnic-minority faculty can get jobs easily, but that perception doesn't square with reality.
By Bridget Murray
Monitor Staff
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/jan97/minority.html

Plan will increase number of ethnic-minority students

February, Volume 28, No. 2
APA's Board of Directors supports the commissions vision
By Tori DeAngelis, Monitor Staff
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/feb97/cemrrat.html

APA secures major educational grants

February, Volume 28, No. 2
By Tori DeAngelis
[NIGMS & CMHS grants]
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/feb97/cemrattb.html

Ethnic-minority students boosted by APA program

April, Volume 28, No.4
Community college students move toward psychology carreers with the help of an
APA-sponsored project
By Erin Burnette, Monitor Staff
[APA's Diversity Project 2000]
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/apr97/dp2000.html

APA testifies to Clinton's panel on race

December, Volume 28, No. 12
Psychologists work to educate President Clinton's Advisory Board on Race.
By Rebecca A. Clay
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/dec97/bill.html

Study shows black children more intimidated by peers

December, Volume 28, No. 12
Social anxiety in young black clients may be race-related.
By Tori DeAngelis
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/dec97/peer.html

Including enough diversity in your classes?

December, Volume 28, No. 12
In the first of a series of articles, an APA task force outlines the need to teach psychology as an inclusive Science.
By the Task Force on Diversity Issues at the Precollege and Undergraduate Levels
http://apainside/monitor_archives/monitor/dec97/class.html

There was once a time in psychology when 'even the rat was white,' as Robert Guthrie, PhD, famously put it in his book of that name.

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Monitor Articles on Diversity Issues

Psychology's rising stars

Boosting the number of ethnic-minority reviewers for APA journals

From classroom to conflict resolution

APA seeks psychologists who work on urban issues

The growth of a great idea: SLC's Diversity Initiative

The ones to watch

The high stakes of educational testing

Thwarting modern prejudice

Psychology's colorful characters

Psychology's diversity leaps 'Beyond 2000'

Training that's more than bilingual

So many hats, so little time

Mentoring giant almost didn't find his own way

Pre-empting racism

Women and minorities make gains in science and engineering education

Bringing minorities into the research fold

Course exposes hidden racial prejudices

'Valuing diversity'

Finding success in the nonprofit sector

Listening instead of preaching

Helping American Indians earn psychology degrees

Lessons in diversity

Association News

In the Public Interest

PEOPLE

The long road to diversity

UPenn offers 10-week training program on ethnopolitical war

Twenty-five win MFP fellowships to receive training for HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, research training and mental health services.

MANY VOICES INTO ONE

Cultural insensitivity leads to unfair penalties

Gifts that minorities bring: a sampler

Jackson: America has confused priorities

Oregon course gives students cultural sense

Screening pleas now culture-focused

To recruit diverse membership, get personal

African-American psychologist wins discrimination suit

Indian psychologists support retiring of offensive team mascots

Positive academic stereotypes fuel student performance

Multicultural issues 'bubbling below surface'

Multicultural summit cheers packed house

Minority researchers can get help studying HIV in ethnic-minority communities

Three decades after King, a report card

Suinn announces presidential initiatives

Bursting with ideas,' Hansen takes over counseling journal

Demographic categories need broadening

Minority students are losing ground

Conferences will explore ethnicity, multicultural issues

A lifetime of leadership aids Asian professionals

Indians need more access to behavioral medicine

Why are some minority faculty unhappy?

Guide offers ethnic faculty advice on university politics

Overcome by stereotypes, psychologist launches study

Help for students of color

Enriching the focus on ethnicity and race

Willing to work in an under-served area? If so, your tuition may be free

Is America becoming less racist? Ask Terrence Roberts

APA to educate public on racism issues

Some schools are blind to hiring minority faculty

Plan will increase number of ethnic-minority students

APA secures major educational grants

Ethnic-minority students boosted by APA program

How is diversity taught by psychology educators?

Talking openly about race thwarts racism in children

Richard M. Suinn, PhD, elected 1999 President

People racist attitudes can be unlearned, by Scot Sleek

Speakers call for greater effort in combating racism, by Bill Shapiro

Top Clinton adviser taps into psychology for racism initiative, by Scott Sleek

White Americans avoid dialogues on societal racism, by Scott Sleek

Helping minority patients who also have disabilities, by Bill Shapiro

Healing family rifts caused by immigration, by Bridget Murray

Efforts to recruit more minorities are paying off, by Tori DeAngelis

Racial tensions undermine the health of blacks

APA testifies to Clinton's panel on race

Study shows black children more intimidated by peers

Including enough diversity in your classes?

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