HELLO.
Section 5 (Psychology of Asian Pacific American Women) of APA’s Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) is excited to announce the inaugural Convention of AAPI Feminist Psychologists!
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Established in 2008, Section 5 develops and advances feminist approaches and feminist understanding of the psychology of Asian Pacific American women. Our priority is to build and sustain positive relationships and a sense of community among AAPI feminist psychologists across the United States. Although we value opportunities to interact with one another annually at AAPA and APA conferences, these occasions often leave us wishing we had more time to have fellowship with one another.
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To that end, this Convention of AAPI Feminist Psychologists is a dedicated opportunity for friends and colleagues to gather and interact around specific themes that resonate with us. This timely convention also marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of Section 5! The goals of this Convention are to:
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Create a safe, stimulating, and revitalizing space for AAPI feminist psychologists to gather.
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Nurture the development for AAPI women psychologists at all stages of one’s career.
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Enjoy great company, great food, and great drinks!
Panel Speakers
Ivy K. Ho, Ph.D. | President-Elect
Ivy is a clinical health psychologist and an associate professor at UMass Lowell. She is also very excited to be the 2017 president-elect of Section 5!
Khanh T. Dinh, Ph.D. | Past President
Khanh is Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research interests include adjustment and well-being of immigrant individuals and families, diversity, and effects of discrimination.
Yuying Tsong, Ph.D. | Past President
Yuying is a faculty at California State University, Fullerton, Department of Human Services, and the Programming Coordinator for the 2017 National Multicultural Conference and Summit. She enjoys growing things that can be eaten in her backyard when she is not writing, teaching, or tiger-parenting her 6- and 9-year-olds.
Diane S. Hayashino, Ph.D. | Past President
Diane is a licensed psychologist and the current training director of Counseling and Psychological Services at California State University, Long Beach. She has served as past president of Section 5.
Phi Loan Le, Psy.D. | Past President
Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Dr. Phi Loan Le escaped to the U.S. as a refugee with her parents and four siblings at the end of the Vietnam war. Currently,she is a CA licensed psychologist and the training coordinator of the APA-accredited doctoral internship program at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Le served as founding president of section 5.
Keynote Speakers
Jean Lau Chin, EdD, ABPP is Professor at Adelphi University in New York, and is 2018 Fulbright Scholar as Distinguished Chair to the University of Sydney, Australia.
She has held leadership roles as former Dean at Adelphi University, Systemwide Dean at Alliant International University, Executive Director of South Cove Community Health Center and Co-Director of Thom Mental Health Clinic.
Currently, her scholarship is on global and diverse leadership which includes examining women and ethnic minority issues which includes 18 books and many publications and talks. Her most recent is: Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership: Challenges for Business, Education and Society. She is the first Asian American to be licensed as a psychologist in Massachusetts and among the top 10 nationally.
Active in service to the profession, she is currently Past-Chair, Council Leadership Team of the American Psychological Association and President of the International Council of Psychologists, and running for APA President 2020.
Dr. Debra M. Kawahara earned her BA in Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with a focus on multicultural and community psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.
She is currently the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. Dr. Kawahara is a feminist and multicultural scholar whose work centers on intersectionality, women of color, particularly Asian American women, and the application of feminist and multicultural values and social justice principles.
She is widely published, and in 2018, she became the first Asian American editor of Women & Therapy. She has served as chair for over 30 dissertations and enjoys mentoring many aspiring feminist and multicultural psychologists, particularly women and those of color.
She is a Fellow of APA Divisions 35 and 45 and the Asian American Psychological Association. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the Shining Star Award at the National Multicultural Conference & Summit in 2017. In 2015, she received Division 45's Distinguished Career Contributions for Service Award, and in 2012, she received Division 35's Pioneer Award (Section 5, Asian Pacific Islander Women). She is also being featured in APA’s “I Am Psyched! Inspiring Histories, Inspiring Lives: Women of Color in Psychology”, a pop-up exhibit highlighting the life and work of women of color in psychology and encouraging young women and girls of color to explore psychology and learn how psychology can be used for social change.