![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Adaptation of young immigrants: A developmental perspective on acculturation research. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25, 73-81 Who has low health literacy and does it matter for depression? Findings from aggregated and disaggregated racial/ethnic groups. Ethnic identity developmental trajectories during the transition to college. ![]() Psychological correlates of interest in genetic testing among Korean American adoptees and their parents. Family RelationsĬai, J., *Kim, A.Y., & Lee, R.M. Korean adoptees as parents: Intergenerationality of ethnic, racial, and adoption socialization. Hidden among the hidden: Transracially adopted Korean American adults raising multiracial children. Conceptualization and measurement of birth family thoughts for adolescents and adults adopted transnationally. Third, I engage in community-based research to improve engagement in evidence-based prevention programs for racial and ethnic minority populations. Second, I examine the transracial and transnational experiences of Korean children who were adopted internationally by White families. First, I am interested in advancing theory and measurement related to culture-specific risk and protective factors. These factors include acculturation and enculturation, ethnic identity development, discrimination/racism, parent-child acculturation conflicts, and cultural socialization.Ĭurrent research projects are organized into one of three domains. On this global journey Ripper meets with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker (The Color Purple) author, teacher and American activist bell hooks Carly Stasko, a Toronto-based artist, writer, activist, producer and holistic educator who recently completed writing Healing: Jamming the Culture and Shifting the Power" eco-philosopher, Joanna Macy, Ph.D, a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology John Quigley, an environmental educator who for 71 days lived in an historic Santa Clarita Valley oak tree to save it Judy Rebick, Canadian journalist, & political activist Van Jones, founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland California, a strategy and action 'incubator' working towards justice, opportunity and peace in urban America Sera Beak, a Harvard-trained scholar of comparative religion and author of "The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach To Igniting Your Divine Spark" Noah Levine, a meditation teacher, counselor and author of "Dharma Punx" and "Against The Stream" Author and Stanford graduate Sam Harris Leela Kumari, the Governor for the 'National Federation of Dalit Women' in India Thich Nhat Hanh, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Actress turned Activist, Daryl Hannah famed tree-sitter Julie Butterfly Hill & more.įeaturing Velcrow Ripper's distinctive cinematic style, Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action beautifully captures what Alice Walker calls "A human sunrise", revealing what is possible when human beings are at their absolute best.What are the unique racial and ethnic experiences of ethnic and racial minority youth and adults? How do these experiences relate to the development, well-being, and mental health among racial and ethnic minority individuals and families? What can psychologists do to improve the lives of racial and ethnic minority individuals and families? Informed by an ethnic studies and critical race perspective, my students and I seek to answer these questions by focusing on aspects of culture, ethnicity, and race that function as risk or protective factors for well-being, mental health, and achievement. Sparked by the historical roots of what Gandhi called "soul force", and Martin Luther King called "love in action", Ripper discovers that, all over the world, remarkable individuals are taking action from the heart, igniting a new global movement of peaceful, non-violent action. From the creators of the ground breaking documentary SCARED SACREDĬan spirituality and activism co-exist in harmony? Acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out to discover what's possible when these two driving forces in his life fuse together. ![]()
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