The editorial team of The Diversity Factor (SERD newsletter) is soliciting contributions for the Summer 2012 edition. The deadline for submissions is Friday, June 29, 2012. We hope to publish the newsletter in August prior to APA convention. For more information about SERD and previous editions of our newsletter, please refer to our website: http://www.div17.org/SERD/.
You may either submit an article/contribution to a specific column of our newsletter (email the associate editor in charge of the column) or to the Co-Editors (Thomandra Sam tssam@wcu.edu or Pius Nyutu pnyutu@uncfsu.edu), if your article doesn't fit with any of the following columns. The word limit is 1500 words, although we welcome articles/contributions that are significantly shorter than 1500 words.
Announcements/Achievements: Please email (1) any relevant announcements, (e.g., new appointments, awards, available positions, promotions, etc.) and (2) information about upcoming events from (relevant dates) that will likely be of interest to SERD members to Felicia Fisher (felicia.d.fisher@gmail.com).
Chronicles: Share a short story from your professional life as an educator, counselor, and/or researcher. Submissions should provide recommendations for students managing the journey of graduate school while acknowledging and managing their own cultural, racial, and ethnic biases – insight into how this could influence their work. This is an opportunity to share your own personal values concerning acknowledgement of particular biases, as well as an opportunity to share helpful support and advice to aid in professional/personal development. Word limit: 250 words (although your response can be as short as a few sentences). We encourage many responses as we do not choose to publish just one. Please email your responses to ryanhiggins@higginscarter.com.
Up Close & Personal:This column is an opportunity for a student to interview a professional or researcher who may be of interest to the other SERD members. We're interested in submissions that involve interviews with people who might be creating change in our field either at the micro or macro level. There is an opportunity for two interviews in each newsletter. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact our associate editor Cara Maffini at cmaffini@indiana.edu.
Here & Now:This column will focus on current events around any of these topics and how they relate, interact, and intersect with issues of ethnicity, race, and racism: the media's coverage of the benefits of psychotherapy; the media's coverage of the impact of universal healthcare on mental health clinicians' use of evidence-based practice; or social justice efforts that can be used to educate the media about multiculturally diverse individuals. Articles can be general or specific in scope and focus on international, national, regional, or local events. All submissions are encouraged. Email your articles to associate editor Steven Roring at steven.roring@okstate.edu.
Psychologists-in-Training: We would like to invite submissions under the theme: "Social Justice & Advocacy: Professional Development." This column is currently soliciting articles that highlight social justice and advocacy activities by psychologist-in-training. What social justice and advocacy training have you received? What social justice issues are you addressing in your community? What role does social justice and advocacy have in your professional identity? Other writing related to psychologists-in-training are always welcomed. Email your articles to associate editor Dianna Marisol González at diannag@nmsu.edu/" target="_blank">diannag@nmsu.edu.
Mosaic: This column focuses on teaching and supervision in counseling psychology. We encourage submissions that discuss how issues of diversity are addressed by clinical supervisors and faculty. Have you observed that important diversity issues are not discussed in clinical supervision? Do you have recommendations for how supervisors and faculty can improve trainees' understanding of multicultural factors in counseling? What experiences have been important for you in your growth as a culturally competent clinician? These are only examples so all approaches are welcome. Please send submissions or questions about submissions to Max Nisenbaum at maxnisenbaum@gmail.com.
Cultural Expressions: Cultural Expressions is seeking your brief reviews of movies, books, television shows, YouTube clips, plays, music, and other art or media forms that creatively or educationally speak to racial/ethnic diversity. Kindly email submissions to associate editor Karen Kegel at kak209@lehigh.edu.
Please note that although we won't apply the standards of a peer-reviewed journal in our evaluation of submissions, the SERD editorial board reserves the right to reject any submission to The Diversity Factor. As always, we welcome suggestions, questions, and feedback about our newsletter.
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Thomandra S Sam, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist - HSP-P
Culture and Gender Specialist
Counseling and Psychological Services
2nd Floor Bird Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Office: 828-227-7469
Fax: 828-227-7004
Email: tssam@wcu.edu
Website: http://counselingcenter.wcu.edu