Building Multicultural Competency (eBook)

Joseph L. White, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychology and psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine, where he spent most of his career as a teacher, supervising psychologist, mentor, and director of ethnic studies and cross-cultural programs. Sheila J. Henderson, MBA, Ph.D., is associate director for I-MERIT (International and Multicultural Education Research Intervention and Training) and visiting associate professor in the California School of Professional Psychology, both at Alliant International University. She is also a Hans Sauer Research Fellow at the University of Humboldt, Berlin, Germany, an editorial board member for the Journal of Career Development, and a California licensed counseling psychologist in San Francisco.

Chapter 1 Foreword: Student Quest for Multicultural Competence Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter I. Multiracial / Multiethnic / Multicultural Competency Building Model Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Cultural Trauma: A Critical Backdrop to Building Multicultural Competency Chapter 5 Chapter 2. The Browning of America: Building a New Multiracial, Multiethnic, Multicultural Paradigm Chapter 6 Chapter II. Promising Practices among Graduate Training Programs Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Creighton University: Beyond the Conceptual - Diversity Education for Faculty Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Counseling Psychology at University of Missouri-Columbia: The Development of an Integrative Multicultural Training Model Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Alliant International University, Los Angeles: An Anti-Domination Paradigm Shift in the Training of Community-Clinical Psychologists Chapter 10 Chapter 6. University of California, San Diego Student Counseling Center: Training for Multicultural Competence-A Different Way of Knowing Chapter 11 Chapter 7. University of California, Irvine Student Counseling Center: Lessons Learned Through the Commitment to Multiculturalism Chapter 12 Chapter III. Training and Mentoring New Generations of Scholars Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Training the Next Generation of Ethnic Minority Multicultural Researchers Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Multicultural Mentoring Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Managing Resistance: The Difference Between Success and Failure of Multicultural Competency Initiatives Chapter 16 Chapter 11. Challenging Dialogues: Working Through Resistance Toward Multicultural Understanding Chapter 17 Chapter IV. Forward Movement in hte Psychology Field Chapter 18 Chapter 12. The Evolution of the Multicultural Summit Chapter 19 Conclusion Chapter 20 Afterword: Student Perspective a Growing Edge