Publications and Presentations
Selected recent publications (* reflects PAU student)
Tormala, T.T., & Mc Kenzie, R.S.* (2021) Social representations of Blackness in America: Stereotypes about Black immigrants and Black Americans. In H. Chu & B. Thelamour (Eds.), Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to Navigating Immigrant Ecologies, Springer Press.
Unanue, I.*, Patel, S. G., Tormala, T.T., Trott, C.D., Piazza Rodríguez, A.A.*, Méndez Serrano, K.*, and Brown, L.M. (2020) Seeing more clearly: Communities transforming towards justice in post-hurricane Puerto Rico. Community Psychology in Global Perspective.
Tormala, T.T., Patel, S.G., Soukup, E.E.*, & Clarke, A.V.* (2018). Developing measurable cultural competence and cultural humility: An application of the cultural formulation. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 12, 54–61.
Selected recent presentations (* reflects PAU student)
Tormala, T.T., Pena-Shaff, J., Cordaro, M., & Garcia, A. (2023, October). Navigating tough sociocultural classroom dynamics in a diverse and polarized world. Symposium presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, OR.
Tormala, T.T. (2023, October). Evolving with the times: Teaching in a rapidly changing world. Participant Idea Exchange roundtable discussion presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, OR.
Tormala, T.T., Arastu, S.F.*, & Ofodu, S.C.* (2023, September). The development of cultural consciousness and structural awareness through affinity groups. Keynote address presented at the Mid-Atlantic Teaching of Psychology Conference, virtual.
Wong, M.* [chair]. (2023, April 27-30). Liberation psychology in praxis: Pedagogy, practice, and participatory research [Symposium]. 2023 Western Psychological Association Convention, Riverside, CA, United States.
Kawano, A.* & Wong, M.* (2023, April 27-30). Applications of liberation psychology in research. In M. Wong (Chair), Liberation psychology in praxis: Pedagogy, practice, and participatory research [Symposium]. 2023 Western Psychological Association Convention, Riverside, CA, United States.
Ramirez, J.*, Wright, A.*, & Wong, M.* (2023, April 27-30). Applications of liberation psychology in clinical practice. In M. Wong (Chair), Liberation psychology in praxis: Pedagogy, practice, and participatory research [Symposium]. 2023 Western Psychological Association Convention, Riverside, CA, United States.
Saad, S.*, Wright, A.*, & Wong, M.* (2023, April 27-30). Applications of liberation psychology in education. In M. Wong (Chair), Liberation psychology in praxis: Pedagogy, practice, and participatory research [Symposium]. 2023 Western Psychological Association Convention, Riverside, CA, United States.
Wong, M.*, Kawano, A.*, & Tormala, T. (2022, October 20-22). Stigma and attitudes towards help-seeking: At the intersection of queer and minoritized racial identities [Poster presentation]. GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Tormala, T.T. (2022, October). Critical consciousness and decolonization in the classroom: Practices for justice, transformation, and liberation. Participant Idea Exchange roundtable discussion presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Pittsburg, PA.
Wong, M.* & Kawano A.* (2022, September 22-25). Help-seeking stigma and attitudes in queer people of color (QPOC) [Poster presentation]. California Psychological Association Convention, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Kawano, A.* & Wong, M.* (2022, September 22-25). The relationship between immigrant generation, childhood socioeconomic status, and mental health help-seeking attitudes and stigma [Poster presentation]. California Psychological Association Convention, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Tormala, T.T., Chair (2018, October). Social justice in the classroom: Engaging in inclusive and interdisciplinary pedagogy. Symposium presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Phoenix, AZ.
Tormala, T.T. & Bhattacharjee, K.* (2018, October). Cultural humility and structural competency: A sociocultural perspective on individual psychology. Paper presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology annual conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Tormala, T.T., Chair (2018, August). Black Ethnics: Educational, identity, and occupational outcomes of Black immigrants. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Tormala, T.T. (2018, August). Disparities in the employability of African Americans and Black immigrants. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Tormala, T.T. (2018, August). Breaking out of the echo chamber: Including diverse political perspectives in the classroom. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.