Executive Committee
President
Edward Delgado-Romero, PhD.
Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Bio
I was born in Mount Vernon, New York. My parents were immigrants from Colombia. We moved to Atlanta, GA in 1971 and I grew up there. I am the oldest of three children, a Scorpio and an INTJ. I take a collectivist view of relationships and personalismo and familismo are cultural values that matter to me.
I serve in NLPA because it is my professional home and the place I feel most energized and comfortable with. I wish for NLPA to be able to reach further out to all the students and professionals who need the group.
Graduate degree (s) and institution (s)
Masters, Counseling and Personnel Services Masters, University of Notre Dame Doctorate, University of Notre Dame
President- Elect
Milton A. Fuentes, Psy.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology Department Co-Director, Latin American and
Latino Studies Program Director, New Faculty Program
Montclair State University
Bio
Dr. Milton Fuentes received his MA in Psychology with a concentration in Latino Mental Health from Montclair State University and his Psy.D in clinical psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He completed a pre-doctoral fellowship in clinical and community psychology at Yale University and directed a one-year epidemiological study at Columbia University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Montclair State University, Co-Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies program and a licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York. He also oversees the Clinical and Community Studies laboratory in the Psychology department. He is one of the founding members of the Latino Psychological Association of New Jersey. Dr. Fuentes' interests are in the areas of Latino and multicultural psychology, child psychology and family psychology. He serves as a consultant to several schools and community-based programs, including the Puerto Rican Family Institute.
Past - President
Joseph M. Cervantes, PhD, ABPP
Professor
California State University-Fullerton
jcervantes@exchange.fullerton.edu
BIO
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Secretary
Lynda Field
Suffolk University
Counseling Center
BIO
2006 - Present
Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Services
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Ph.D. August 1992
Clinical Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO.
Dissertation: Self-Concept in Biracial Adolescents
M.A., April 1989
Clinical Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO.
Thesis: Social Support and Educational Attainment in Hispanic Adolescents
B.S., May 1985
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Major: Psychology, graduated with Honors
Treasurer
Linda Castillo
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
BIO
Dr. Linda G. Castillo is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Texas A&M University. Dr. Castillo’s expertise and research focuses on her professional and personal commitment to reduce the educational disparities of Mexican Americans. Her current work involves studying the influence of acculturation and enculturation on education issues. Dr. Castillo is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Bryan ISD GEAR UP project, a $2.7 million program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. In this 6-year project, Dr. Castillo leads a team of academic faculty, school counselors and principals, counseling psychology and school counseling students, university financial aid officers, and members of various community and business organizations to facilitate college readiness and enrollment of 1000 low-income students. She was recently recognized for her work when she was awarded the Many Faces of Counseling Psychology Award at the 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference.
Student Representative
Marla Delgado, M.S.
Doctoral Student
Department of Counseling Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
marladelgado@wisc.edu
BIO
Marla Delgado is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a master's degree in counseling and a bachelor's degree in journalism. Marla's current research and clinical interests lie in examining the educational experiences of students of color in higher education. Specifically, she looks at the intersections of psychological, social, and cultural factors that impact students' college adjustment and academic persistence decisions. She was recently awarded the APA Division 17 Section on Racial Ethnic Diversity (SERD) 2009 Early Career Mentoring Award, Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence from the TRIO Student Support Services Program for her continued support and mentorship of TRIO students in 2008, and the Graduate Student Mentor Award for her mentorship of her fellow graduate students in 2007. Additionally, she has developed a new passion providing mental health services to the growing Latina/o community in Madison, WI.
Student and Professional Development Coordinator
Shannon Chavez Korell
BIO
I am an assistant professor in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I have been a member of NLPA since 2002. As the Student and Early-Professional Coordinator, I work closely with the NLPA student representative to help establish programming and organize resources for the NLPA student membership. My clinical interests include group dynamics, resilience, and identity development. My research examines the influence of sociocultural variables (e.g., ethnic identity, cultural health beliefs, cultural healing practices, cultural values, historical loss, etc.) on physical and mental health outcomes for Latinos and Urban American Indians. Some of the community research projects I am currently involved with include: Evaluation of a clinical treatment for depression with Latino elders; Research examining physical and mental health outcomes for Latino adults living in Southeastern Wisconsin; Community based participatory research with the Urban American Indian community in Milwaukee examining the effects of cultural healing and historical loss/trauma on physical and mental health outcomes; A study examining sociocultural factors and their relationship to the college adjustment and academic retention of Latino college students.
Newsletter Editor
David Acevedo
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Central Michigan University
BIO
Dr. Acevedo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Central Michigan University, where he also directs the Community Advancement and Institutional Development Center. His research and professional interests focus on two overlapping areas: (1) Establishing applied positive youth development models and programs that accurately reflect the psychosocial environments of teens from historically marginalized backgrounds, and; (2) Identifying factors associated with service use and effectiveness among historically marginalized youth and their families.
Historian
Marie Miville, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Teachers College, Columbia University
BIO
Marie L. Miville, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Miville received her doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her doctoral work focused on identity development among Latinos and Latinas. Dr. Miville also developed one of the first scales to examine positive or nonprejudicial social attitudes towards others, the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale (M-GUDS); this scale measures attitudes of awareness and acceptance of the similarities and differences between people. Professor Miville has conducted research and developed workshops exploring the impact of oppression and privilege as based on various aspects of identity, including race, culture, and gender, among populations of color. More recent work has focused on cross-cultural understandings of gender and gender roles. Dr. Miville is the author of 49 journal articles and book chapters dealing with multicultural issues in counseling and psychology.
Senior Advisor
Patricia Arredondo, Ed.D
Associate Vice Chancellor and
Interim Dean-School of Continuing Education
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Universityof Wisconsin Milwaukee
BIO
Dr. Arredondo is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Interim Dean for the School of Continuing Education for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is also a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. She is a past president of the American Counseling Association, National Latina/o Psychological Association, and the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development. She is a National Certified Counselor and licensed psychologist and of Mexican-American heritage.
Senior Advisor
Azara Santiago-Rivera, Ph.D., NCC
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Counseling Psychology Program
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Division 45 and 17 Fellow
Other Contacts
American Psychological Association Liason
Alberto Figueroa
Listserv Manager
Edil Torres Rivera
University of Florida
Public Relations
C. Sonali Gonzalez