Archives for January 2011

National Multicultural Conference & Summit 2011

The National Multicultural Conference & Summit is coming up next week in Seattle, WA, from January 27 – 28, 2011. This year’s theme is captured in the title of the two keynotes: Ana Mari Cauce’s, “Is Multicultural Psychology Ascientific?” and Joseph Gone’s, “Is Psychological Science Acultural?” It is essential to explore the dynamic between culturally informed, culturally sensitive research and crisp, methodologically rigorous inquiry. I am excited to explore this dialogue at this year’s conference.

What do you think of the dynamic between multiculturally informed research and scientific rigor? How do you navigate culturally informed and relevant research together with methodologically sound psychological science?  And what conferences are you attending this winter and spring?

Queer Researchers/Queering Research: University of Oregon Graduate Research Forum

Another upcoming event for February is the University of Oregon’s Graduate Research Forum, which will be held on Friday, February 11th, 2011. I will be on a panel of interdisciplinary researchers discussing the challenges and rewards of conducting research with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

For more information, visit http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/?page=gradForum.

Partnership for Nonviolence: A Community-University Collaboration

An upcoming event — on Saturday, February 5th, Jeff Todahl will lead a community panel dialogue on the Partnership for Nonviolence, a community prevention effort to reduce family violence in Lane County, Oregon. The talk will be from 11am – 2:00pm at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

For more details on this talk, visit http://education.uoregon.edu/feature.htm?id=2745.