Human Diversity: Perspectives on People in Context
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An intriguing dialogue on how different groups of people in our society confront different social realities. Leading scholars explore varied approaches to diversity in the research process and offer practical guidelines on conducting diversity-conscious and diversity-sensitive projects and research.
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EDISON J. TRICKETT is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and serves as Special Assistant on Sociocultural Processes in Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health.
RODERICK J. WATTS is assistant professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago and a community psychologist and licensed clinical psychologist.
DINA BIRMAN is a psychologist at in the Refugee Mental Health Branch of the Center for Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service.
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OVERVIEW: A PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DIVERSITY.
Toward an Overarching Framework for Diversity (E. Trickett, etal.).
Our Similarities Are Different: Toward a Psychology of AffirmativeDiversity (J. Jones).
HUMAN DIVERSITY: PHILOSOPHICAL AND PARADIGMATIC TENETS.
Paradigms of Diversity (R. Watts).
Feminism and Psychology: A Dynamic Interaction (N. Felipe Russo& A. Dabul).
Optimal Theory and the Psychology of Human Diversity (L.James-Meyers & S. Speight).
An Ecological Perspective on Cultural and Ethnic Psychology (J.Berry).
KEY CONCEPTS IN HUMAN DIVERSITY: OPPRESSION, INTERGROUP DYNAMICS,CULTURE, AND IDENTITY.
The Discourse of Oppression in the Social Sciences: Past, Present,and Future (I. Prilleltensky & L. Gonick).
Toward an Ethnography of "Voice'' and "Silence'' (S.Reinharz).
A White Man's Perspective on the Unconscious Processes WithinBlack-White Relations in the United States (C. Alderfer).
Culture and Human Diversity (W. Lonner).
Culture and Disability: An Anthropological Point of View (J.Scheer).
Acculturation and Human Diversity in a Multicultural Society (D.Birman).
The Conceptualization of Racial Identity and Other "Racial''Constructs (J. Helms).
Identity Development and Sexual Orientation: Toward a Model ofLesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Development (A. D'Augelli).
Age as a Dimension of Diversity: The Experience of Being Old (M.Gatz & B. Cotton).
APPLYING PARADIGMS AND CONCEPTS OF HUMAN DIVERSITY: CONDUCTINGDIVERSITY-CONSCIOUS RESEARCH AND CREATING SETTINGS SUPPORTIVE OFDIVERSITY.
Empowerment As a Guide to Doing Research: Diversity As a PositiveValue (J. Rappaport).
"It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It, That's WhatGets Results'': Another Look (F. Tyler).
Integration of Ethnic Minorities into Academic Psychology: How ItHas Been and What It Could Be (M. Bernal).
Creating Social Settings for Diversity: An Ecological Thesis (J.Kelly, et al.).
Conclusion.
Toward an Overarching Framework for Diversity (E. Trickett, etal.).
Our Similarities Are Different: Toward a Psychology of AffirmativeDiversity (J. Jones).
HUMAN DIVERSITY: PHILOSOPHICAL AND PARADIGMATIC TENETS.
Paradigms of Diversity (R. Watts).
Feminism and Psychology: A Dynamic Interaction (N. Felipe Russo& A. Dabul).
Optimal Theory and the Psychology of Human Diversity (L.James-Meyers & S. Speight).
An Ecological Perspective on Cultural and Ethnic Psychology (J.Berry).
KEY CONCEPTS IN HUMAN DIVERSITY: OPPRESSION, INTERGROUP DYNAMICS,CULTURE, AND IDENTITY.
The Discourse of Oppression in the Social Sciences: Past, Present,and Future (I. Prilleltensky & L. Gonick).
Toward an Ethnography of "Voice'' and "Silence'' (S.Reinharz).
A White Man's Perspective on the Unconscious Processes WithinBlack-White Relations in the United States (C. Alderfer).
Culture and Human Diversity (W. Lonner).
Culture and Disability: An Anthropological Point of View (J.Scheer).
Acculturation and Human Diversity in a Multicultural Society (D.Birman).
The Conceptualization of Racial Identity and Other "Racial''Constructs (J. Helms).
Identity Development and Sexual Orientation: Toward a Model ofLesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Development (A. D'Augelli).
Age as a Dimension of Diversity: The Experience of Being Old (M.Gatz & B. Cotton).
APPLYING PARADIGMS AND CONCEPTS OF HUMAN DIVERSITY: CONDUCTINGDIVERSITY-CONSCIOUS RESEARCH AND CREATING SETTINGS SUPPORTIVE OFDIVERSITY.
Empowerment As a Guide to Doing Research: Diversity As a PositiveValue (J. Rappaport).
"It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It, That's WhatGets Results'': Another Look (F. Tyler).
Integration of Ethnic Minorities into Academic Psychology: How ItHas Been and What It Could Be (M. Bernal).
Creating Social Settings for Diversity: An Ecological Thesis (J.Kelly, et al.).
Conclusion.
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"Provides the blueprint for a new direction in the socialsciences--from ethnocentrism to understanding people and groups inhistorical, political, and sociocultural contexts." (ManuelRamirez, professor of psychology, University of Texas)
"This edited volume on human diversity is a valuable resource. . .. The book offers concise and relevant conceptual information onrace, ethnicity, culture, acculturation, intergroup relations,ageism, ableism, and identity formation in oppressive contexts. . .. Helpful concepts, examples and explanations are presented thatshould go a long way in advancing an appreciation and affirmationof diversity."
"This book attempts to bring issues of diversity to the forefrontof psychological theory and research. The time is ripe for mentalhealth practitioners and researchers to treat diversity with therigor it deserves. This book provides some tools to do so." (DharmaE. Cortes, Ph.D., Research Associate, Hispanic Research Center,Fordham University, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
"This edited volume on human diversity is a valuable resource. . .. The book offers concise and relevant conceptual information onrace, ethnicity, culture, acculturation, intergroup relations,ageism, ableism, and identity formation in oppressive contexts. . .. Helpful concepts, examples and explanations are presented thatshould go a long way in advancing an appreciation and affirmationof diversity."
"This book attempts to bring issues of diversity to the forefrontof psychological theory and research. The time is ripe for mentalhealth practitioners and researchers to treat diversity with therigor it deserves. This book provides some tools to do so." (DharmaE. Cortes, Ph.D., Research Associate, Hispanic Research Center,Fordham University, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
