Race, Racism, and Mental Health in Asian American Communities

Sumie Okazaki will give a talk on race, racism, and mental health in Asian American communities at the University of Pittsburgh.

Sumie Okazaki, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Applied Psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. She earned her doctorate in the Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1994. She has also held faculty positions in the psychology departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Okazaki conducts research on impact of immigration, community contexts, individual differences, and racial minority status on mental health of Asian American individuals and families. Dr. Okazaki is currently serving as an associate editor of the journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and the Vice President of the Asian American Psychological Association. She is the recipient of Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution from Asian American Psychological Association, Emerging Professional Award from the American Psychological Association Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues), and Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program.