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Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology Task Force (CEMRRAT2)

Charge and Mission Statement

The CEMRRAT2 Task Force Charge is to foster the Association-wide implementation of the CEMRRAT Plan. This Five-Year Plan is grounded in the nation’s changing demographics and the current significant underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in psychology. It sets forth specific objectives and actions for encouraging all psychologists to attain some minimal level of multicultural competence in their training, research and practice activities, and for dramatically increasing the number of people of color who are psychology students, faculty and professionals.

To that end, the CEMRRAT2 Task Force will help guide APA’s efforts in the area of ethnic minority recruitment, retention and training in psychology to:

  • Promote and improve multicultural education and training in psychology.

  • Increase ethnic minority faculty recruitment and retention in psychology.

  • Increase ethnic minority student recruitment, retention, and graduation in psychology.

  • Provide national leadership for diversity and multiculturalism in education, science, and human services.

  • Promote data collection, research and evaluation on ethnic minority recruitment, retention and graduation, and education and training.

For more information, please refer to the History and Background (PDF, 428KB) document.

Staff Liaisons

  • Tiffany G. Townsend, PhD (email)
  • Alberto Figueroa-Garcia, MBA (email)

Members

  • 2013 Chair: Beth Boyd, PhD
    Director, Psychological Services Center
    Professor, Department of Psychology │ University of South Dakota

  • Guillermo Bernal, PhD
    Director, Institute for Psychological Research
    University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

  • Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD
    Director, Psychology Training Program
    Department of Psychiatry │ Boston Children's Hospital

  • Frederick Leong, PhD
    Professor, Department of Psychology
    Michigan State University

Additional Information

Grants & Awards

Textbook Initiative Work Group (TIWG)

Publications