Building Multicultural Competency

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.

This book is a must-read for students and professionals. Some of the most influential scholars and educators in the field talk honestly about ways to train multiculturally competent psychologists at all levels. The contributors talk about the challenges, but more critically, discuss concrete ways to train psychologistst as practitioners and scholars. Joe White and Sheila Henderson have indeed, provided a book of promising practices in multicultural training. But the real paradigm shift is that, as a whole collection, the editors of this book are creating institutional change.

• Chapter 1 Foreword: Student Quest for Multicultural CompetenceChapter 2 IntroductionPart 3 Part I. Multiracial / Multiethnic / Multicultural Competency Building ModelChapter 4 Chapter 1. Cultural Trauma: A Critical Backdrop to Building Multicultural CompetencyChapter 5 Chapter 2. "The Browning of America:" Building a New Multiracial, Multiethnic, Multicultural ParadigmPart 6 Part II. Promising Practices among Graduate Training ProgramsChapter 7 Chapter 3. Creighton University: Beyond the Conceptual - Diversity Education for FacultyChapter 8 Chapter 4. Counseling Psychology at University of Missouri-Columbia: The Development of an Integrative Multicultural Training ModelChapter 9 Chapter 5. Alliant International University, Los Angeles: An Anti-Domination Paradigm Shift in the Training of Community-Clinical PsychologistsChapter 10 Chapter 6. University of California, San Diego Student Counseling Center: Training for Multicultural Competence-A Different Way of KnowingChapter 11 Chapter 7. University of California, Irvine Student Counseling Center: Lessons Learned Through the Commitment to MulticulturalismPart 12 Part III. Training and Mentoring New Generations of ScholarsChapter 13 Chapter 8. Training the Next Generation of Ethnic Minority Multicultural ResearchersChapter 14 Chapter 9. Multicultural MentoringChapter 15 Chapter 10. Managing Resistance: The Difference Between Success and Failure of Multicultural Competency InitiativesChapter 16 Chapter 11. Challenging Dialogues: Working Through Resistance Toward Multicultural UnderstandingPart 17 Part IV. Forward Movement in hte Psychology FieldChapter 18 Chapter 12. The Evolution of the Multicultural SummitChapter 19 ConclusionChapter 20 Afterword: Student Perspective a Growing Edge