Multiculturalism and Diversity

Bernice Lott is Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island and is a former Dean of its University College. She received her university’s Excellence Award for scholarly achievement, an honorary degree as Doctor of Humane Letters, served as president of APA’s Division 35 (The Psychology of Women), and has been honored for scholarly, teaching, mentoring, and social policy contributions by APA’s Committee on Women, Division 35, the Association for Women in Psychology, the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, and the New England Psychological Association.

• 1 Introduction: The Multicultural Person. Multicultural Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology.Interpretive Lenses.Persons and Communities.A Proposed Social Psychological Perspective.Definitions and Common Themes.2 Culture.Culture is Part of Human Biology.Diversity of Cultures.Empiricism and Social Constructions.3 Ethnicity.Race and Racism.Ethnicity.4 Gender.Differences in Relative Power.Cultures of Gender.Interactions with Ethnicity.Gender Salience.5 Social Class.Doing Social Class.Unequal Access to Resources.Working-Class and Low-Income Families.The Middle Class.The Rich.Moving On.6 Sexual Identity Cultures.Heterosexual Culture.Sexual Minority Cultures.7 The Cultural Mosaic.Diverse Cultural Communities.Cultural Identities: How Do I Describe Myself?Conflicting Identities.Cultural Intersections.8 Some Implications for Research and Practice.Research.Practice.What Now?References.Subject Index.Name Index.

"Readers will enjoy its clarity, succinctness, and current examples. A timely contribution, the book can enrich training for research or practice and should prove valuable for anyone interested in culture and diversity." (Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011) "For instructors and researchers looking for new and better ways to define and describe the difficult constructs of culture, diversity, and multiculturalism, Multiculturalism and Diversity lives up to the task....... Furthermore, its individual chapters may serve as helpful stand-alone treatises on the four major cultural groups." (PsycCRITIQUES, September 15, 2010)"A very good introduction for academics and (separately) the truly provincial for whom college is the first step out of their cultural womb." (Prometheus 6, January 2010)