Dr. Karen L. Suyemoto

About

Dr. Karen L. Suyemoto is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her teaching, research, and consultations focus on processes and effects of resisting oppression, how racism affects mental health for Asian Americans, and the promotion of individual and organizational change to advance anti-racism and social justice in the academy, and psychological and community organizations.

Her recent co-authored books Unraveling Assumptions: A primer for understanding oppression and privilege and Teaching diversity relationally (with Grace Kim and Roxanne Donovan) aim to promote conscientization and social justice action for university and community members.

She is a licensed psychologist who provides consultation, training, and coaching/mentoring both locally and nationally to academic programs and mental health organizations seeking to more fully incorporate ethnocultural responsiveness and intersectional racial justice into their processes, procedures, and interventions.

Selected Prior Leadership Roles

Chair

American Psychological Association’s Task Force for the Guidelines for Race and Ethnicity in Psychology

President

Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)

Delegate

AAPA’s delegate to the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives

Awards & Recognition

White House Champion of Change

Asian American Pacific Islander Women under the Obama administration

Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award

Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology

Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award

Society for Psychology Study of Social Issues