Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues
The Division offer this award for distinguished contributions to the interests, goals, and purposes of Division 44 in the area of ethnic minority gay, lesbian, and bisexual psychology. The winners of this award have each studied and worked with the realities of LGBT people of color, locating scholarship and practice at this intersection of identities.
2007 winner
Arlene Noriega - Dr. Noriega is an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Morehouse School of Medicine, and Director of Practicum Training for Stonewall Psychological Associates. She received her PhD. in clinical child psychology in 1991 from the University of Miami and completed prestigious pre- and post-doctoral fellowships at the Boston Children's Hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Noriega devotes her professional work to pediatric HIV/AIDS and health issues of Latino children and their families, and has received a great deal of recognition for her achievements in these arenas. But surely one of her shining professional moments to date - and the reason we are honoring her today with our deepest gratitude and respect - is her exceptional leadership as our division coordinator for the 2007 National Multicultural Conference and Summit. As we all know, forging alliances across boundaries of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, and other differences is incredibly difficult, and our collective journey with our Summit brothers and sisters has been marked with some pain and disappointment along the way. But thanks to the outstanding work of Dr. Noriega, this journey has now become an experience of triumph for all of us. For two long years she toiled on behalf of a bruised and wary constituency. But Dr. Noriega's calm presence, her keen interpersonal insight, her persistent and patient understanding, and her capacity to hold, accommodate, and ultimately honor difference have made her an extraordinary bridge-builder, and our division has benefited immeasurably from her leadership.
2005 winner
Gary W. Harper - Dr. Harper was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, where he received a B.A. and at Purdue University, where he received both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He subsequently completed an internship at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, where he also received an M.P.H., and did postdoctoral fellowships at the Youth Guidance Center Psychiatric Clinic and at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, both in San Francisco. Now an Associate Professor of Psychology at DePaul University, Dr. Harper’s research focuses on HIV prevention efforts for young Latinos, especially those who are members of sexual minorities. He is the recipient of APA Division 27’s Ethnic Minority Mentorship Award and of numerous grants in support of his research.
Past winners
- 2006 no award
- 2005 Gary W. Harper
- 2004 no award
- 2003 José Toro-Alfonso
- 2002 no award
- 2001 Angela R. Gillem
- 2000 Oliva Espin
- 1999 Bart Aoki
- 1998 no award
- 1997 no award
- 1996 Cynthia Gomez
- 1995 Alex Carballo-Dieguez
- 1994 Connie Chan
- 1993 no award
- 1992 Beverly Greene
- 1991 Oliva Espin & Eduardo Morales
Nominations
Please send nominations for this award to the president-elect