Gordon Nagayama Hall, PhD is awarded a presidential citation for his extraordinary leadership in advancing multicultural psychology. He is a tireless advocate for a diverse, inclusive, and comprehensive psychology. As such, Hall is a champion of psychology for ALL.
Hall’s outstanding service to psychology includes being president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (APA Division 45), president of the Asian American Psychological Association; editor in chief of the Journal of the Psychological Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity (Division 45 journal), member of the APA Council of Representatives, American Psychologist Consulting Editor; in addition to countless other service positions within organized psychology.
A prolific scholar, Hall has published extensively in multicultural psychology. He has over 100 publications and his work has been cited over 7,000 times. Additionally, he is the author of the first textbook on multicultural psychology, a volume that now is on its fourth edition. An accomplished researcher, Hall has been the principal investigator and co-investigator of numerous grants from the National Institute of Mental Health. He obtained grants for over $1,387,700. Moreover, he has reviewed multiple National Institute of Mental Health grants. Furthermore, Hall gives multicultural psychology away through his blogs published by the American Psychological Association's Public Interest Directorate.
A psychologist for all seasons: Hall is an erudite scholar, powerful researcher, extraordinary educator, talented practitioner, and conscientious social justice warrior. An eminent psychologist, Hall’s effective work in favor of oppressed and disenfranchised groups and individuals has successfully expanded psychology’s frontiers.