Personal Reflections: Barriers and Strategies in Increasing Diversity in Psychology

Melba J. T Vasquez; Bernice Lott; Enedina Garcıá-Vázquez; Sheila K Grant; Gayle Y Iwamasa; Ludwin E Molina; Brian L Ragsdale; Elise Vestal-Dowdy

doi:10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.157

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Personal Reflections: Barriers and Strategies in Increasing Diversity in Psychology

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Personal Reflections: Barriers and Strategies in Increasing Diversity in Psychology

Melba J. T Vasquez, Bernice Lott, Enedina Garcıá-Vázquez, Sheila K Grant, Gayle Y Iwamasa, Ludwin E Molina, Brian L Ragsdale and Elise Vestal-Dowdy

The American psychologist, Vol.61(2), pp.157-172

02/01/2006

DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.157

PMID: 16478359

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Abstract

In this article, six faculty and students of color who participated in a panel discussion at a symposium during the National Multicultural Conference and Summit of 2003 talk about the barriers they encountered and continue to encounter in their graduate training and places of employment. They also discuss strategies they found to be effective, enhancing, and positive and suggest other possibilities. The contributors describe their relationships with dominant-group and minority peers and talk about how issues of social class, disability, and sexual orientation as well as color have been part of their experience.

increasing diversity

ethnic minority recruitment and retention

multiple diversities

barriers to and strategies for achievement

increasing persons of color in psychology

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Title: Subtitle: Personal Reflections: Barriers and Strategies in Increasing Diversity in Psychology
Creators: Melba J. T Vasquez - University of Rhode Island
Bernice Lott - University of Rhode Island
Enedina Garcıá-Vázquez - New Mexico State University
Sheila K Grant - California State University, Northridge
Gayle Y Iwamasa - DePaul University
Ludwin E Molina - University of California, Los Angeles
Brian L Ragsdale - Northwestern University
Elise Vestal-Dowdy - United States Department of Defense
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The American psychologist, Vol.61(2), pp.157-172
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.157
PMID: 16478359
NLM abbreviation: Am Psychol
ISSN: 0003-066X
eISSN: 1935-990X
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Number of pages: 16
Language: English
Date published: 02/01/2006
Academic Unit: Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984719730202771

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