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Episode 7: On Centering AMENA (American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African) Voices [Dr. Germine Awad]
Description
For April's National Arab American Heritage Month Mental Health Awareness Month:
We met with Dr. Germine Awad to discuss her work on centering AMENA (American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African) Voices.
**Kindly note that this episode was recorded on February 14th, 2023. On February 13th, 2023, three individuals died, and five others were wounded in a mass shooting in two campus buildings of Michigan State University East Lansing. Dr. Germine Awad speaks of this during the episode.
Germine Awad, Ph.D., is a professor in the Personality and Social Context Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She conducts research on the process of acculturation and ethnic identity formation for Arab-Americans examines the effect of discrimination on the Arab and African American community. She also investigates the predictors of prejudice and racism toward Arab/MENA Americans, Black Americans and other ethnically minoritized groups. Dr. Awad is one of the co-founders of the American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy) and is currently President. She has over 60 publications and is the co-editor (with Mona Amer) of The Handbook of Arab American Psychology. Dr. Awad is associate editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and served on several editorial boards including The Journal of Black Psychology and the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.
Dr. Awad's Links:
https://twitter.com/Dr_GigiAwad
Handbook of Arab American Psychology:
https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Arab-American-Psychology-Mona/dp/0415841933
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