Promotion of Diversity and Inclusiveness Award

In 2017, the Clinical Psychology Program received the Dean’s Award for the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusiveness in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). This award is granted to individuals or academic departments/programs that exemplify a commitment to the cause of enhancing diversity in the CAS. The award highlights best practices and honors the individual(s) or department/program responsible for creating or enhancing an inclusive environment for education. 

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Events 

As a department, we are committed to providing continuing education for faculty and students on issues relevant to equity, diversity, and inclusion.  Below you will find information from recent events.  ​

Microaggressions Workshop 

In Spring 2019, the Psychology Department held its first annual Diversity Event, which was focused on reducing the impact of microaggressions in academic settings.  We were lead by UNCG's Office of Intercultural Engagement.  This new annual event is made possible by the Norm Anderson fund.  
Resources related to the event:

• The PowerPoint presentation from the workshop is available here. Additional resources provided by Carla Fullwood available here and here.
• The video “How microaggressions are like mosquito bites: Same difference” that was shown during the workshop is available on YouTube here.​

• This article was distributed as background reading in advance of the workshop:
  Sue, D. W., Alsadi, S., Awad, M. N., Glaeser, E., Calle, C. Z., & Mendez, N. (2019). Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, white allies, and bystanders. American Psychologist, 74(1):128-142. 
• The January 2017 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science includes an article by Scott Lilienfeld that gives a critical assessment of research on microaggression, concluding with a list of 18 recommendations for researchers interested in strengthening the evidence base in this area (p. 161). It was published with three commentaries (one by Derald Sue) and a response by Lilienfeld. [Resource provided by Jaimie Lunsford]. Campbell, B., & Manning, J. (2016). Campus culture wars and the sociology of morality. Comparative Sociology, 15:147-178. A follow-up to a 2014 article on microaggression by the same authors that elicited numerous comments in both scholarly and popular outlets. This article summarizes the original analysis and addresses the published comments. 

Inclusive Data Collection 

In Spring 2019, the Psychology Department  held a workshop for faculty and graduate students on Inclusive and Comprehensive Demographic Data Collection, which was funded by a College of Arts and Sciences Diversity "Mini-Grant".  Thank you to Dr. Rachel Arocho (of UNC Chapel Hill's Carolina Population Center) for a great presentation.  

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Resources

Mentoring

• Defining Attributes and Metrics of Effective Research Mentoring Relationships (Pfund et al., 2016)
• Mentoring the Mentors of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minorities Who are Conducting HIV Research: Beyond Cultural Competency (Walters et al., 2016)
• Collectors, Nightlights, and Allies, Oh My: White Mentors in the Academy (Martinez-Cola, 2020)

Diversity and Inclusion 
​Liaisons

Our department is committed to providing outlets and resources for faculty and students who have concerns or questions around diversity-related issues.  You can submit a question or information via the button below, or you can contact one of our 2 faculty Diversity and Inclusion Liasons: Drs. Jasmine DeJesus and Michaeline Jensen.  

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