WOMEN WHO ARE APA MEMBERS (2011)

57.3%

BLACK APA MEMBERS (2011)HISPANIC APA MEMBERS (2011)ASIAN APA MEMBERS (2011)

1.8% 2.2%

2.3%

22%EXPECTED GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS THROUGH

2020 – FASTER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONS.

96,100THE NUMBER OF AMERICANPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) MEMBERS (2011)

AMOUNT OF A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDED TO THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY TO PREPARE MORE WOMEN FOR ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) IN THE U.S. DR. ORLANDO L. TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF TCSPP-WASHINGTON, D.C. CAMPUS, AND A LEGEND IN THE HBCU COMMUNITY, TOOK THE LEAD IN SECURING THE GRANT.

14% MINORITY FACULTY IN U.S. DOCTORAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENTS

1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008

published journal articles related to Latino mental health

2011

11 published journal articles related to Latino mental health

70

As the first African-American female psychologist, Inez Beverly Prosser made a tremendous impact during her short lifetime. Prosser earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1933. Prosser’s dissertation research, which concluded that African-American children fared better in segregated schools, was considered controversial in the years leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

INEZ BEVERLY PROSSER

HEAR THEMROAR: CELEBRATING THE VOICES OF WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS, ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. THE FOLLOWING SIX HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE INNOVATORS IN THE FIELD.

20*% WOMEN IN 1970 WHO EARNED DOCTORATES IN PSYCHOLOGY

NUMBER OF WOMEN IN 2009 WHO WERE NEW PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORATES

75%

“We do not hire women” was a constant refrain Martha Bernal heard while searching for a university faculty position. Born to Mexican immigrant parents, Bernal earned a doctoral degree from Indiana University in 1962 − becoming the first Latina to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the U.S. and later founded the National Hispanic Psychological Association. Motivated by the prejudice she experienced first-hand, Bernal was committed to teaching and conducting cul-turally-relevant research on issues impacting ethnic minority groups. Living her life as an openly-gay woman, Bernal became an active member of the APA’s Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Affairs until her death in 2001.

In the 1940’s, Mamie Phipps Clark and her husband Kenneth conducted the famous “Doll Study,” which found that African-American children consistently preferred white dolls to brown ones. Their study, which grew out of Clark’s mas-ter’s degree thesis, led other psychologists to conclude that segregation is psy-chologically damaging. The results influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1946, the Clarks opened the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, NY – the first center to offer psychological services to minority families.

It wasn’t personal experience that prompted Neelam Kumar to focus her life’s work on studying gender in science. Born in India in 1955, Kumar didn’t feel discriminated against throughout her childhood. Instead, her interest to pursue this area of study was sparked by the low number of female scientists (56 of 500) in the dataset she referenced in her research on the productivity of Indian scientists. Kumar determined that Indian cultural factors affect girls going into science and math, and that discrimination against women in science is a cross-cultural problem.

Maria P.P. Root’s book, Racially Mixed People in America, was cited by the U.S. Census in their decision to offer the “check more than one” option to participants when asked to define their race. As one of the leading authorities in the study of racial and ethnic diversity, Root is often called on to teach, train and speak on topics such as multiracial identity and multicultural families.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1944 to Chinese immigrants, Jean Lau Chin was expected to graduate from high school and work as a typist − a successful career path in the eyes of her parents, who did not consider attending college important, because of her gender. Her high school teachers encouraged her to apply to college, where she followed her interest in human behavior and majored in psy-chology. Now a professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, Chin is pas-sionate about diversity and multiculturalism as it influences psychotherapy — specifically leadership issues that impact women and ethnic minorities.

MAKING STRIDES

1.8 MILLION

MAMIE PHIPPS CLARK

MARTHA BERNAL

NEELAM KUMAR

MARIA P.P. ROOT

JEAN LAU CHIN

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AS AN INNOVATOR IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND RELATED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

30 EARS

COMMUNITYSERVICE

INTERNATIONALEXPOSURE

CLINICALTRAINING

APPLIEDRESEARCH

*Based on 2010-2011 APA Center for Workforce Studies survey (*509 responding schools)

*Just over 20 percent according to the National Research Council

*According to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Center for Psychology

Workforce Analysis and Research

Sources: http://www.feministvoices.com, apa.org, and bls.gov