UMaine Speaker to Address Diversity, Prejudice Among Youth

Contact: Amy Kaye, (603) 969-0990; George Manlove, 581-3756

ORONO — Noted Boston College psychology professor Paul Poteat, an authority on diversity, prejudice and youth, will lecture at UMaine Monday, April 20, 10-11:30 a.m. in Room 316 of Aubert Hall.

The lecture is titled “Adolescent Sexual Prejudice:  Its Effects among LGBT and Heterosexual Youth,” and is sponsored by the UMaine Department of Psychology clinical program’s Diversity Committee. The event is free an open to the public.

Poteat is an expert on homophobia and the development of prejudice and its impact on teens. His research includes how sexual minority youths — lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender — experience peer victimization.

For additional information, contact Amy Kaye, a doctoral student and co-organizer of the event, at (603) 969-0990.