Kevin Nadal
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Kevin Leo Yabut 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
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.
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
- John Jay College Scholarly Excellence Award (2015) [18]
- Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York (2015)[19]
- APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (2017)[20]
- Western Society of Criminology Richard Tewksbury Award (2019)[21]
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Thought Leadership Award (2019)[22]
Personal life
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
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,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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
- Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area
- LGBT culture in New York City
- List of LGBT people from New York City
- NYC Pride March
References
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