Nolan Zane, PhD, is a professor of psychology and Asian American studies at the University of California amp ndash Davis and directs the Asian American Center on Disparities Research.His research focuses on face concern and related issues in client and care provider interactions, culturally informed sociobehavioral interventions, and determinants of addictive behaviors among Asian Americans.He is a fellow of APA and received the Distinguished Career Contribution to Research Award from APA Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race), the Samuel Turner Mentor Award, and the President's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Mental Health Disparities Science from APA Division 2 (Society of Clinical Psychology). He also was appointed to the APA's Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Psychological Practice.Guillermo Bernal, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Puerto Rico and director of the Institute for Psychological Research.His work has focused on research, training, and the development of mental health services for ethnocultural groups. He is an early contributor to the dialogue on cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments. Since 992, he and his colleagues have generated evidence on the efficacy of culturally adapted evidence-based treatments, carried out translations and development of instruments, and published on factors associated with vulnerability of depression.Dr. Bernal received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 978.He is a fellow of APA Divisions 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race), 2 (Society of Clinical Psychology), and 27 (Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology) and a member of 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) and 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology).He is vice president of the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations and editor of the Puerto Rican Journal of Psychology. He has received numerous awards for his research, the most recent of which is the Stanley Sue Award for distinguished contributions to diversity from APA Division 2 (Society of Clinical Psychology) (2 5).Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Michigan State University and serves as the director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research.He has authored or coauthored more than 24 journal articles and book chapters, and edited or coedited 4 books.Dr. Leong is a fellow of APA and the Association for Psychological Science. He is the founding editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology and associate editor of American Psychologist.His major clinical research interest centers on culture and mental health and cross-cultural psychotherapy, and his industrial amp ndash organizational research is focused on cultural and personality factors related to career choice, work adjustment, and occupational stress.
