With an $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Opportunities for UnderRepresented Scholars (OURS) program will provide initial funding to support full scholarships for eligible participants for the Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Leadership. The OURS program is designed to prepare women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for academic leadership roles, either within their STEM disciplines or within institutional administrations. This program will provide training in such areas as leadership principles, contemporary issues in higher education, interpersonal dynamics, ethics, institutional advancement, financing and governance. Upon the completion of each year-long program, participants will receive a Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Leadership from TCSPP and will be positioned to assume leadership positions in higher education, up to and including the level of President.

1. HEAR THEM
ROAR:
CELEBRATING THE VOICES
OF WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM
UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS, ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. THE FOLLOWING
SIX HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE INNOVATORS IN THE FIELD.
INEZ BEVERL PROSSER
Y
As the first African-American female psychologist, Inez Beverly Prosser made a
tremendous impact during her short lifetime. Prosser earned her Ph.D. in educational
psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1933. Prosser’s dissertation research,
which concluded that African-American children fared better in segregated schools,
was considered controversial in the years leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of
Education Supreme Court decision.
MAMIE PHIPPS CLARK
In the 1940’s, Mamie Phipps Clark and her husband Kenneth conducted the
famous “Doll Study,” which found that African-American children consistently
preferred white dolls to brown ones. Their study, which grew out of Clark’s mas-
ter’s degree thesis, led other psychologists to conclude that segregation is psy-
chologically damaging. The results influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision
that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1946, the Clarks
opened the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, NY – the first
center to offer psychological services to minority families.
MARTHA BERNAL
“We do not hire women” was a constant refrain Martha Bernal heard while
searching for a university faculty position. Born to Mexican immigrant parents,
Bernal earned a doctoral degree from Indiana University in 1962 − becoming
the first Latina to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the U.S. and later founded the
National Hispanic Psychological Association. Motivated by the prejudice she
experienced first-hand, Bernal was committed to teaching and conducting cul-
turally-relevant research on issues impacting ethnic minority groups. Living her
life as an openly-gay woman, Bernal became an active member of the APA’s
Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Affairs until her death in 2001.
NEELAM KUMAR
It wasn’t personal experience that prompted Neelam Kumar to focus her life’s work on
studying gender in science. Born in India in 1955, Kumar didn’t feel discriminated
against throughout her childhood. Instead, her interest to pursue this area of study
was sparked by the low number of female scientists (56 of 500) in the dataset she
referenced in her research on the productivity of Indian scientists. Kumar determined
that Indian cultural factors affect girls going into science and math, and that
discrimination against women in science is a cross-cultural problem.
MARIA P . ROOT
.P
Maria P.P. Root’s book, Racially Mixed People in America, was cited by the U.S. Census
in their decision to offer the “check more than one” option to participants when asked
to define their race. As one of the leading authorities in the study of racial and ethnic
diversity, Root is often called on to teach, train and speak on topics such as multiracial
identity and multicultural families.
JEAN LAU CHIN
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1944 to Chinese immigrants, Jean Lau Chin was expected
to graduate from high school and work as a typist − a successful career path in
the eyes of her parents, who did not consider attending college important,
because of her gender. Her high school teachers encouraged her to apply to
college, where she followed her interest in human behavior and majored in psy-
chology. Now a professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, Chin is pas-
sionate about diversity and multiculturalism as it influences psychotherapy —
specifically leadership issues that impact women and ethnic minorities.
MAKING STRIDES
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Latino mental health
1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
14% MINORITY FACULTY
IN U.S. DOCTORAL
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENTS
*Based on 2010-2011 APA Center for Workforce Studies
survey (*509 responding schools)
96,100
2.2%
1.8%
57.3% 2.3%
THE NUMBER OF
AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION WOMEN WHO ARE APA BLACK APA MEMBERS
(APA) MEMBERS MEMBERS (2011) (2011)
HISPANIC APA MEMBERS
(2011)
(2011)
ASIAN APA MEMBERS
(2011)
EXPECTED GROWTH
RATE OF EMPLOYMENT
22%
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PSYCHOLOGISTS THROUGH
2020 – FASTER THAN THE
AVERAGE FOR ALL
OTHER OCCUPATIONS.
20*%
WOMEN IN 1970 75%
WHO EARNED
DOCTORATES
IN PSYCHOLOGY
NUMBER
OF WOMEN
IN 2009 WHO WERE
NEW PSYCHOLOGY
DOCTORATES
*Just over 20 percent according to the *According to the American Psychological
National Research Council Association’s (APA) Center for Psychology
Workforce Analysis and Research
$1.8 MILLION
AMOUNT OF A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDED TO
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY TO PREPARE
MORE WOMEN FOR ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELDS
OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(HBCU) IN THE U.S. DR. ORLANDO L. TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF
TCSPP-WASHINGTON, D.C. CAMPUS, AND A LEGEND IN THE
HBCU COMMUNITY, TOOK THE LEAD IN SECURING THE GRANT.
READY TO MAKE HISTORY?
30 EARS
AS AN INNOVATOR IN THE FIELD OF
PSYCHOLOGY AND
RELATED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
CLINICAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL APPLIED
TRAINING SERVICE EXPOSURE RESEARCH
LEARN MORE AT HTTP://WWW.THECHICAGOSCHOOL.EDU/OURS
Sources: http://www.feministvoices.com, apa.org, and bls.gov