Title

Personal reflections: Barriers and strategies in increasing diversity in psychology

Authors

Melba J.T. Vasquez, Independent Practice
Bernice Lott, University of Rhode Island
Enedina García-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

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2-1-2006

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. Copyright 2006 by the American Psychological Association.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

American Psychologist

Volume

61

Issue

2

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Vasquez, Melba J., Bernice Lott, Enedina García-Vázquez, Sheila K. Grant, Gayle Y. Iwamasa, Ludwin E. Molina, Brian L. Ragsdale, and Elise Vestal-Dowdy. "Personal reflections: Barriers and strategies in increasing diversity in psychology." American Psychologist 61, 2 (2006): 157-172. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.157.