Psychologist Jessica Good to deliver 2015 Stanley Sue Distinguished Diversity Lecture
The 2015 Stanley Sue Distinguished Diversity Lecture will be presented by psychologist Jessica Good who will speak about how to manage diversity among faculty and students in a way that promotes success for all.
“Framing Diversity: Emphasize Similarity or Embrace Differences?” begins at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in 115 D.P. Corbett Business Building. The Stanley Sue Lecture Series, an annual event sponsored by UMaine’s Diversity Committee of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, features speakers who work with diverse populations.
Good is the L. Richardson King Assistant Professor of Psychology at Davidson College in North Carolina. Her research focuses on perceptions of women who are targets of benevolent sexism, as well as factors that may play a role in recognition and confrontation of sexism. She also is involved in research investigating the effect of colorblind versus multicultural diversity messages on minority college students, which will be the focus of her talk.
During the lecture, Good will present data from several studies testing the influence of diversity messaging that emphasizes similarities among all people (colorblindness) as compared to diversity messaging that embraces differences between individuals and groups (multiculturalism).
The Stanley Sue Lecture Series has been put on annually since 2008. The series honors Sue, a pioneer in the field of diversity as it pertains to clinical psychology. More information about the series is online.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, and light refreshments will be provided. For more information about this year’s talk, or to request a disability accommodation, contact Rachael Huff on FirstClass.
Also on Sept. 25, the Diversity Committee will partner with the ADVANCE Rising Tide Center to offer a workshop that will focus on experiences of women in STEM fields. The workshop will provide an overview of research on experiences of sexism in STEM settings, as well as other social psychological factors associated with the underrepresentation of women in STEM. Invited female STEM faculty and students will focus on strategies for successfully confronting sexism and other bias, as well as providing feedback that facilitates women’s persistence in math and science disciplines.
More about the workshop is on the ADVANCE Rising Tide Center’s website.