Multicultural Focus Area
Goals of the Multicultural Focus Area
- Formalize a doctoral training program with a substantive focus in multicultural psychology;
- Develop a collaboration among psychologists and scholars from other disciplines on campus to study multicultural issues in psychology;
- Establish research funding in the Department of Psychology for the study of issues in multicultural psychology;
- Attract highly qualified doctoral students with interests in multicultural psychology;
- Generate research assistantships and other funding for graduate students;
- Recruit and retain high quality faculty and postdoctoral fellows in the area multicultural psychology;
- Encourage greater interest and multicultural competence among faculty and graduate students; and
- Promote infusion of multicultural issues into existing courses
Current Course Offerings in Diversity Issues/Multicultural Psychology and Interdisciplinary Multicultural Perspectives
| Psychology | |
| PSY 600 | Multicultural Issues in Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice |
| PSY 625 | Psychology of Trauma |
| PSY 672 | Multicultural Practicum |
| PSY 690 | Women’s and Men’s Health |
| PSY 692 | Directed Readings/Research |
| PSY 696 | Practicum in Teaching Psychology |
| Anthropology | |
| APG 405 | Psychological Anthropology |
| Business | |
| BUS 448 | International Dimensions of Business |
| BUS 468 | Global Marketing |
| MBA 579 | International Business Management |
| MBA 586 | International Marketing Management |
| Communication | |
| COM 441 | Race, Class, and Gender in the Media |
| COM 461 | Managing Cultural Differences in Organizations |
| COM 462 | Communication and Global Society |
| Communicative Disorders | |
| CMD 454 | Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communicative Disorders |
| Human Development and Family Studies | |
| HDF 559 | Gender Issues in Therapy |
| HDF 575 | Cultural Competence in Human Service |
| HDF 576 | Diversity in Higher Education |
| Nursing | |
| NUR 651 | Advanced Methods Nursing Research |
| Spanish | |
| SPA 471 | Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture |
| SPA 473 | Topics in Spanish Literature and Culture |
| Women’s Studies | |
| WMS 490 | Advanced Topics in Women’s Studies |
Note: Courses are offered on a variable basis. Also, through faculty appointments and cross-listed courses, the Psychology Department has close ties to the Women’s Studies program (Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies), the African American Studies Program, the Multicultural Center, the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, the Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America, and the Urban Initiative.
Psychology Faculty With Interest in Diversity
Paul Bueno de Mesquita
(Primary prevention, mental health consultation, problem-based learning, child development, exceptionalities, diversity, nonviolence, and social emotional learning)Charles Collyer
(Psychology of violence and non-violence)Paul Florin
(Community psychology, substance abuse in communities of color)Kathleen Gorman
(Developmental, hunger and poverty, cross-cultural psychology)Lisa Harlow
(Friendly science approaches to teaching and increasing women in the sciences; multivariate statistics, methodology, meaning in life, women's health)Shanette Harris
(Gender role behavior and cross-cultural interactions, cross-cultural differences in drug behavior and self-image, cognitive/behavioral therapy for individuals and groups)Patricia Morokoff
(Gender and cultural issues in sexuality: HIV prevention)Nansook Park
(Psychological well-being, cultural and developmental factors in life satisfaction)Kathryn Quina
(Multicultural teaching, sexual abuse, HIV, women in prison)Margaret Rogers
(Cross-cultural training of psychologists, cross-cultural school psychology competencies, and recruitment and retention of students of color)Lynda Stein
(Incarcerated adolescents, substance abuse)John Stevenson
(Evaluation research in multicultural settings; empowerment of participants in community health promotion research)Professors Emeritus
Al Lott
(Social psychology and men's studies)Bernice Lott
(Interpersonal discrimination; multicultural issues; gender issues; social learning; feminist psychology; poverty and social class)