Diversity Resources

General Resources

• UA Diversity & Inclusion (Strategic Diversity Plan): This page includes links to UA resources, initiatives and programs, events and news, incident reporting, and more. The helpful Multicultural Resource Guide listed under the Resources tab on this site includes a variety of student and faculty groups, community resources, congregation centers, ethnic and international businesses, and university resources.
  • Dr. Christine Taylor, UA VP & Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, christine.taylor@ua.edu
• Capstone Alliance: Campus organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, (LGBTQ+) and allied faculty, staff, and graduate students
• Capstone International Center
• Crossroads Civic Engagement Center
  • Practicing Inclusive Engagement (PIE) Workshop, Dr. Lane McLelland
• Technology Accessibility Initiative
• UA Equal Opportunity Programs
• Dr. Roger Sidje, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs, roger.b.sidje@ua.edu

For Students

• McNair Scholars Visitation Day
• Office of Disability Services (ODS)
• Psychology Graduate Student Association (PGSA)
• Tide Together The Tide Together Graduate Mentor Program helps traditionally underrepresented students (first-generation, women in STEM, and racial and ethnic minority) in graduate programs reach personal and professional success as they navigate the higher education journey.
• UA Division of Student Life Diversity & Inclusion
• Alabama Alliance for Equity in Graduate and Professional Education (UAB, Dr. Sara Stromeyer)

For Faculty and Staff

• UA Black Faculty & Staff Association: Dr. Andre Denham, President
• UA Equal Opportunity Programs
• UA Faculty Senate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• UA Provost Strategic Diversity Report 2016-2017: Action Steps: 1.) The University will establish and/or maintain university-wide offices/positions/initiatives that provide leadership in providing opportunities for and/or promoting a diverse, inclusive, and respectful campus environment. 2.) The University will offer and publicize opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to learn about and participate in a variety of academic, cultural, and celebratory experiences that broaden the participants’ understanding of and appreciation for diversity and the emerging global society. 3.) The University will offer and promote diversity, anti-discrimination and harassment training, and resources for members of the campus community.
• Employee accommodations: Human Resources Service Center, hrsvctr@ua.edu

American Psychological Association

• Suinn Minority Achievement Program Award
• Valuing Diversity Project
• Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
• Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
• Minority Fellowship Program
• Women’s Programs Office
• Socioeconomic Status Office
• Disabilities Office
• Health Disparities Office
• Office on Aging
•  Resolution on Multiple Indicators of Admission
• APAGS Committee for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Strategic Plan (2019)
• APA Presidential Task Force on Enhancing Diversity Report, 2005 (PDF)
• AP-LS Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Award
• APAGS Guide for Supporting Trans and Gender Divese (TGD) Students

Other Organizations

• ABCT SIGs: (African Americans in Behavior Therapy, Hispanic Issues in Behavior Therapy, Native American Issues, Oppression and Resilience/Minority Mental health, Sexual and Gender Minority) 
• Association for Psychological Science Diversity

Foundations

• Ford Foundation Fellowships

• White Fragility: Resources (Dr. Robin DiAngelo)
• Actionable Steps for Therapists (And All Human Beings) In Response to the Racial Pandemic (Samantha Janvier & Dr. Amy E. Ellis) 
• Concrete Steps for Recruiting, Supporting, and Advancing Underrepresented Minoritized Scientists (Jamie Castrellon & colleagues)
• Prejudiced Patients: Ethical considerations for addressing patients’ prejudicial comments in psychotherapy (Dr. Hayden Mbroh)
• What is PTSD and How Does it Differ from Racial Stress and Trauma? (Dr. Juliette McClendon)
• Addressing Diversity in PTSD Treatment: Disparities in Treatment Engagement and Outcome Among Patients of Color (Dr. Juliette McClendon)
• Toward a Manifesto for Diverse Psychological Science (Dr. Enrique W. Neblett, Jr.)
• Activists of Color Guide to Managing Burnout (Dr. Karen Suyemoto, Lorraine Alire, Anna Hall, Kaitlyn Gorman)
• Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (Derald Wing Sue)
• APA Antiracism Resources

• RESilience (American Psychological Association): Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communication about Race
• For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies (Courtney Ariel) 
• Community Healing Network: Resources
• Talking About Race: The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s powerful web portal provides digital tools, online exercises, video instructions, scholarly articles, and more than 100 multimedia resources tailored for educators, parents, and caregivers, as well as individuals committed to racial equality.
• Raising White Kids: On How White Parents Can Talk About Race: In this NPR podcast, Michel Martin talks to Jennifer Harvey, author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, about how to talk with white kids about racially charged events
• How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race
• How Kids Learn About Race
• ABA 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge
• Sharing Hope: An African American Guide to Mental Health
• Black and African American Communities and Mental Health Statistics
• How to Overcome Stigma in the African American Community
• Supporting Black and African American LGBTQ Youth
• U.S. HHS Office of Minority Health Black History Month Infographic
• Black History Month Social Media Toolkit
• ‘Black Minds Matter’: UCLA Health experts address mental health needs of the Black community and the role of racism
• Principles for Anti-Racist Policy Making
• 10 Keys to Everyday Anti-Racism
• What Does It Mean to be Antiracist
• Facts About Institutional Racism in the Mental Health Industry
• He’s Not a Criminal, He’s in Crisis
• Discrimination and Racism in the History of Mental Health Care
• TedMed Talk: How Racism Makes Us Sick (Dr. David R. Williams)
• Cognitive Reserve and Racial Privilege in STEM (Mélise Edwards)
• Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is… A Lot (Shenequa Golding)
• George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show (Trevor Noah)
• I am so tired (Dr. Robert M. Sellers)