Intersectionality in Psychology
Friday, December 3rd
1:15PM - 2:15 PM EST
Recentering Black Women in Intersectionality Studies
Elizabeth R. Cole, Ph.D.
Dr. Elizabeth R. Cole is Professor of Psychology, Women's and Gender Studies, and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. She earned her doctorate at the University of Michigan in Personality Psychology and taught at Northeastern University before joining U-M in 2000. Her research has been published in journals in psychology and women’s studies, including American Psychologist, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and Psychology of Women Quarterly. She is coauthor (with Andrea Press) of Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women (University of Chicago Press, 1999). She is a past president and a fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (American Psychological Association Division 9), and a consulting editor for American Psychologist. Dr. Cole has served as the associate dean for social sciences and the interim dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and is currently the Associate Chair for Diversity Initiatives in the Psychology Department and Faculty Associate Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity. Her scholarship applies feminist theory on intersectionality to social science research on race, gender, and social justice.
Understanding Psychology's Resistance to Intersectionality
NiCole T. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Dr. NiCole T. Buchanan is a Professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Buchanan researches the interplay of race, gender and victimization and how they impact the nature of harassment, its impact, and organizational best practices. She also studies faculty of color and ways in which their research is marginalized (i.e., epistemic exclusion). She has been highlighted in hundreds of media outlets, is a featured speaker including TEDx and National Public Radio (NPR) and provides bias and diversity-related training and consultation (e.g., medical professionals, faculty, clinicians, human resource managers, and police departments). Dr. Buchanan is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, four divisions of the American Psychological Association (Society of Clinical Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, and Society for the Psychology of Women), and has received national and international awards for her research, teaching, and professional service.
Isis Settles, Ph.D.
Dr. Isis Settles is Professor of Psychology, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan (UM). She received her BA from Harvard College and her PhD in Psychology from the UM. She is currently Associate Director of the UM ADVANCE Program where she works to increase faculty diversity, equity, and inclusion. Using an interdisciplinary, intersectional framework, Dr. Settles’ research focuses on two related processes: 1) the experiences, perceptions, and consequences of unfair treatment directed at individuals from marginalized groups, especially Black people and women; and 2) protective factors and coping strategies used by members of marginalized groups to counteract experiences of mistreatment, especially those protective factors related to group identity (e.g., racial identity). Dr. Settles is a fellow of the Society for the Psychology of Women, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race. She has received numerous awards including the 2021 Sarah Goddard Power Award from the University of Michigan, the 2020 Distinguished Leadership Award from the APA Committee on Women in Psychology, and the 2014 Excellence in Diversity Award from Michigan State University. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes Health and the National Science Foundation.
Martinque “Marti” Jones, Ph.D.
Dr. Martinque "Marti" Jones is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology (Counseling Psychology Program) at the University of North Texas. She earned her PhD in counseling psychology at the University of Houston and completed her doctoral internship at the University of Florida Counseling & Wellness Center. She also completed research postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan and Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dr. Jones is a Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor with expertise in racial and gender identity and counseling processes specific to Black women. Her research examines how Black women self-define their Black womanhood (referred to as gendered racial identity), the implications of self-defined and stereotypical portrayals (e.g., strong Black woman) of Black womanhood on Black women’s mental health, and best practices in working with Black women in counseling. In 2019, she received the Carolyn Patton Award from APA-Division 35, Section 1 for her scholarship pertaining to the psychology of Black women, and has earned grants from the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Foundation, University of Michigan National Center for Institutional Diversity, and National Science Foundation.