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Kevin Nadal

Kevin Nadal
Ph.D.
Nadal at Filipino Film Festival
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
InstitutionsJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, Graduate Center, CUNY
Websitehttp://www.kevinnadal.com

Kevin Nadal is an author, activist, comedian,[1] and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[2] He is a researcher and expert on the effects of microaggressions on racial/ethnic minorities and LGBTQ people.[3][4]

Education & academic career

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Nadal received Bachelor's degrees in psychology and political science from the University of California, Irvine, a Master's degree in counseling from Michigan State University, as well as a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Columbia University.

Dr. Kevin Nadal speaking at the White House Filipino American History Month Celebration in 2016

From 2014 to 2017, Nadal was appointed as the executive director of CLAGS: the Center for LGBTQ Studies (formerly known as Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies).[4] In the organization, Nadal also co-founded the Division on Filipino Americans.[5] Nadal is a national trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society.[6]

Nadal's book Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice (Wiley, 2011)[7] was noted for being the first comprehensive book on Filipino American mental health issues.[8][9][10] Nadal has gone on to release other books on this and related topics.[11][12]

Nadal's research and writings concentrate on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and the concept of racial microaggressions, and other microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination towards racial/ethnic minorities, women, and LGBTQ populations.[13] He created and published the Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale in the Journal of Counseling Psychology in 2011.[14] Nadal has also researched "sexual orientation microaggressions"[15] In 2013, Nadal released That's So Gay!' Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community.[16][17]

Awards

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Personal life

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Nadal was raised in Fremont, California.[23] During his high school years, Nadal reports being bullied for being gay.[24] Since 2010, he has become vocal about ending bullying in schools.[25]

Social justice advocacy

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Nadal has written or spoken about the need for Filipino Americans to address colorism within their families and communities,[26] the need for people to challenge homophobia and transphobia,[27] the experiences of invisibility and marginalization of Filipino Americans and other "brown Asians" in the general Asian American community,[citation needed] the racial microaggressions LGBTQ people of color experience in dating and sexual relationships,[28] the systemic colorblindness and marginalization of people of color in queer studies,[29] as well as anti-black racism.[30]

In 2007, Nadal gained attention with several media outlets when he started an online petition against ABC Studios for negative statements made about Philippine medical schools on the television show Desperate Housewives.[31][32]

In 2014, Nadal formed the LGBTQ Scholars of Color National Network as a way to provide support for LGBTQ people of color in academia.[citation needed]

In 2016, Nadal and his colleagues wrote an open letter to the New York Times for their lack of Filipino American representation in a video segment that described Filipino American experiences.[33][34][35]

Nadal was also very vocal about addressing racism and Islamophobia in response to the Pulse tragedy in Orlando.[36]

In 2017, American Psychologist published Nadal's "Let's Get In Formation": On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century, where he argued of the ethical responsibility for psychologists to "combat oppression on individual, interpersonal, group, and institutional levels."[37]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kevin Nadal". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  2. ^ "KEVIN NADAL, NAMED A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, HOPES TO INSPIRE FELLOW FACULTY OF COLOR AT CUNY". help.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. ^ "Kevin Nadal Faculty Profile at John Jay College". 23 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Kevin Nadal Faculty Profile at The Graduate Center".
  5. ^ "Celebrating the Rapid Growth of Filipino American Psychology".
  6. ^ "FANHS Board of Trustees".
  7. ^ Nadal, Kevin L. (2011-05-16). Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. doi:10.1002/9781118094747. ISBN 978-1-118-09474-7.
  8. ^ "Aklanon Author, Aklan Forum".
  9. ^ "First Filipino American Psychology Book". Archived from the original on 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  10. ^ "BakitWhy.com, Kevin Nadal adds author to his resume".
  11. ^ Nadal, Kevin L. (2020). Queering law and order : LGBTQ communities and the criminal justice system. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-7936-0106-3. OCLC 1140680780.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Nadal, Kevin L. (2018). Microaggressions and traumatic stress : theory, research, and clinical treatment. Washington, DC. ISBN 978-1-4338-2860-7. OCLC 1020265796.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ "The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Congressional Lunch Seminar".
  14. ^ Nadal, Kevin L. (2011). "Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 58 (4): 470–480. doi:10.1037/a0025193. PMID 21875180.
  15. ^ Nadal, Kevin L.; Issa, Marie-Anne; Leon, Jayleen; Meterko, Vanessa; Wideman, Michelle; Wong, Yinglee (2010-11-30). ""Sexual Orientation Microaggressions: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth"". Journal of LGBT Youth. 8 (3): 234–259. doi:10.1080/19361653.2011.584204. S2CID 144117341.
  16. ^ Cheng, S.A. (2014). "A Review of "That's so gay! Microaggressions and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community"". Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 10 (4): 422–424. doi:10.1080/1550428X.2014.897919. S2CID 142225337.
  17. ^ Nadal, K.; et al. (2016). "Microaggressions Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Genderqueer People: A Review of the Literature". The Journal of Sex Research. 53 (4–5): 488–508. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1142495. PMID 26966779. S2CID 23205208.
  18. ^ "John Jay College News". 28 June 2016.
  19. ^ "2015 Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York". September 2015.
  20. ^ "APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  21. ^ "Professor Kevin Nadal Wins Richard Tewksbury Award for Advocacy Work". John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  22. ^ "KEVIN NADAL, NAMED A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, HOPES TO INSPIRE FELLOW FACULTY OF COLOR AT CUNY". help.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  23. ^ "Nadal, K. (2016) Why Queer and Trans Studies are Important, Huffington Post". 2016-03-02.
  24. ^ "Kevin Nadal shares in new book the 'immense pain' of being gay and bullied".
  25. ^ "Filipino psychologist tackles bullying".
  26. ^ "Nadal, Kevin (2017, July). The Power of Colorism. Huffington Post". HuffPost. 2017-07-28.
  27. ^ "Nadal, K. (2016, August). Rainbow Profile Pictures Didn't End Homophobia, Huffington Post". HuffPost. 2016-08-18.
  28. ^ "Rodriguez, M. (2015, Sept 15). This Is What It's Like to Log Into Grindr as a Person of Color. Mic".
  29. ^ Nadal, Kevin L. (2016). "The Intersection of Queer Theory and Empirical Methods: Visions for CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies". Women's Studies Quarterly. 44 (3–4): 301–305. doi:10.1353/wsq.2016.0060. S2CID 88657169.
  30. ^ "Dear Filipino Americans, Let's Talk about Charlottesville". HuffPost. 2017-08-18.
  31. ^ "'Housewives' Filipino joke draws ire". USA Today.
  32. ^ "Philippine Star. Desperate Housewives Producers Say Sorry to Pinoys". The Philippine STAR.
  33. ^ "An Open Letter to the New York Times who Told Brown Asians They Don't Matter". HuffPost. 2016-10-15.
  34. ^ "Rodriguez, M. (2016, October 17). South Asians, Filipinos call out lack of inclusion in 'Times' video about racism. Mic". 17 October 2016.
  35. ^ "Why we celebrate Filipino American History Month". HuffPost. 2016-10-05.
  36. ^ "Orlando Tragedy: A Message of Queer Love from Kevin Nadal, A statement from the executive director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies".
  37. ^ ""Let's Get In Formation": On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century"".