Yolanda Flores Niemann

January 30, 2017

 

Contact Information: Office

Yolanda Flores Niemann, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences

University of North Texas

1155 Union Circle #311280

Denton, TX  76203-5017

 

Office: 940-369-8078

Yolanda.Niemann@unt.edu

                                                                                                         

Education (All degrees achieved at the University of Houston, Houston, TX.  77004)

Ph.D.         1992    Psychology (Social Psychology Emphasis); Doctorate Minor in Management                                                                                 

M.A.         1991    Psychology

M.Ed.        1989    Educational Psychology (Counseling Emphasis; Internship at Chimney Rock Center

[A TX shelter for adolescents who were removed from their homes for child abuse]).

B.A.          1987    Psychology

 

Faculty Positions

2012 – Present      University of North Texas. Professor, Department of Psychology.  College of Arts and Sciences.

2008 - 2012           Utah State University.  Professor, Department of Psychology, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services; Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 

1996 - 6/2008        Washington State University. Professor, Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies (2006-2008), Associate Professor (2000-2006), Assistant Professor (1996-2000); Adjunct Faculty of Department of Psychology; Affiliate Faculty of:  Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences; Department of Women’s Studies; American Studies Program; Honors College.

1992 - 1996          University of Houston.  Assistant Professor, Psychology Department; Affiliate

                              Faculty in programs of:  Mexican American Studies; African American Studies.

 

Administrative Positions

 

Senior Vice Provost, University of North Texas (07-02-2012 – 2015):   In partnership with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs provided broad leadership and support for the Division of Academic Affairs, with emphasis on faculty hiring and student retention.

 

Vice Provost, Utah State University (7-1-2010 – 6-30-2011):  Reporting to the Executive Vice President and Provost, duties included oversight of: department and program academic reviews; department head training and workshops; Faculty Diversity and Development Committee; Provost Series on Instructional Excellence; international travel authority; new position requests; sabbatical requests; Carnegie professor selection; academic course fees; development of Intermountain Mental Health Conference; and special projects.

 

Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Utah State University (7/2008 – 6/30/2010):

Oversight of a college with fourteen academic units and multiple programs, with the largest student FTE in the university, responsibility for 68% of the university General Education requirements, and a budget of approximately twenty-one million dollars.  The college had 285 full time and 385 part time employees, offered 24 bachelor’s degrees and 48 minors, two Ph.D. degrees and multiple Master’s degrees, and had a total of 3355 students majoring in college programs. 

 

Special Assistant to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), half time position, Washington State University (7/2007 – 6/2008): Oversight of accreditation process and distance programming development in a college with twenty-one department chairs and several program directors.

 

Principal Investigator (P.I.) and Director of $14,000,000, six year Washington State University Harvest of Hope GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) grant awarded by United States Department of Education (P.I. June, 2002-2008; Director: June, 2002 - Sept., 2003). Co-P.I. of 2nd GEAR UP grant for $11, 894,000, awarded in 2006.

Chair, Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies (CES), Washington State University (8/2003 - 2007): Interdisciplinary department with faculty from the fields in the humanities and social sciences, with over 20 full time and 20 part time employees and a budget of just under one million dollars. The curriculum focused on global studies, African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Latina/o, and Native American Studies and their Diasporas.  (In the final year as Chair, I served as an American Council on Education Fellow).  

 

Director of Latina/o Outreach, Washington State University TriCities (2001 - 2003):

Reporting to the TriCities campus Chancellor, I developed this newly created position with responsibilities for developing a comprehensive community-focused outreach plan for the university system.

 

Assistant to the Provost, Washington State University (2000-2001): Reporting to the Provost, responsibilities included ascertaining faculty job satisfaction concerns, as well as facilitating the university’s understanding of Latina/o community concerns related to student recruitment and retention.

 

Director, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies (CES), Washington State University (2000-2001).  Reporting to the Department Chair, responsibilities included oversight of student advising and undergraduate education, as well as interceding in student-faculty conflicts. 

 

Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Comparative American Cultures (renamed Comparative Ethnic Studies), Washington State University (1998-2000).  Reporting to the Department Chair, responsibilities included oversight of new course development and assisting faculty with pedagogical concerns. 

 

Leadership and Professional Development

2015:  Diversity Training, Stir Fry Communications, Berkeley, CA.  July 2015

2014:  Leadership, TX. Completion of year-long program.

2014:  Crucial Conversations trainer. 2014 

2009:  Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps; Certificate of Achievement; Completion of the 2009

           Air Force ROTC Distinguished Educators Visit.

2009:  U.S. Army Warrior Forge Educators’ Orientation; Certificate of Completion.   

2008:  Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS), Personnel Management Seminar,

           San Antonio, TX. Topics included:  guiding principles of academic personnel management;

           legal issues; hiring, mentoring, evaluation and termination; work-life issues; managing conflict;

           and self-management.

2006-2007: American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow. One-year residential leadership

development experience at The Pennsylvania State University working with the president and his leadership team. I gained a wide breadth of exposure to and engagement with various university administrative units, including Business and Finance, Student Affairs, Physical Plant, Security, Athletics, Faculty Governance, Development, Academic Affairs, The Board of Trustees, Equity and Diversity, and Government Relations. The ACE Fellowship also included three week-long leadership development seminars administered by ACE, with hands-on experiences with group dynamics and power relations, negotiation, conflict management, budgetary decisions, diversity case studies, and presentations to the Board of Trustees.  The seminars were presented by university presidents and other leaders in various areas related to academia. My projects during the year focused on creating and changing an organizational culture. The Fellowship also exposed me to the Worldwide University Network and to the executive team of the American Association of Universities.  The extensive ACE reading list and the readings required for the ACE Seminars fully engaged me in becoming a student of higher education.  As an ACE Fellow, I became a member of an extensive network of current and former ACE Fellows developed over the 40-plus year history of the program, several of whom are current or former university presidents.    

2002:  Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Summer Institute for Women in Higher

Education Administration at Bryn Mawr College.  Thirty-day residential training focused on external and institutional academic environments, and professional development to prepare participants for the highest level administrative positions in academia. The experiential learning aspects focused on meeting the role expectations of various members of a university executive team. 

1990:  A.K. Rice Group Dynamics Institute at Vassar College.  Two week experiential, psycho-

analytically based residential training focused on understanding self and other behavior in the context of large and small group dynamics in the workplace and other familiar environments.

 

Awards and Honors (Selected Sample)

2016                      Invited speaker at White House event sponsored by the White House Initiative on

                              Educational Excellence for Hispanics --Fulfilling America’s Future:  Latinas in the

                              U.S., event at the White House, October 21, 2016. I was on the 4-person panel: 

                              Latinas in Education / Reaching our Full Potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5OzLhn1j-0&feature=youtu.be.

2015                      Leadership recognition – UNT Latina/o Mexican American Studies.

2012                      Phi Kappa Phi membership

2008                      All-University award for Outstanding Preparation of the College of Liberal Arts for

The NWCCU Accreditation Renewal, Washington State University.  

2006 - 2007          American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow.   One-year leadership development,

Residential experience at The Pennsylvania State University.    

2001 - Present       Latina/o Education Achievement Project (LEAP), Washington State Board Member.

2002 - 2003          TriCities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Director of Education.

2001 - 2002          Washington State Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Member.

1996 - 2004          Washington State Department of Social and Health Service, Division of Alcohol and

                              Substance Abuse (DASA), Research Subcommittee member.

1992                      Mexican American Studies Fellowship, University of Houston.

 

Additional Administrative University Service (Selected Sample)

2016 – 2019          Committee on the Status of Women, Group IV representative.

2016 – Present      Chair, Psychology Department Promotion and Tenure Committee (P&T)

2016 – Present      Merit System Review Committee

2016 – Present      Behavioral Science Program, Friday Research Group co-coordinator, with Adriel Boals.

2015 - Present       P & T Committee member for School of Journalism.

2012 – 2015          Academic Associate Deans Council, Chair.

2013 – 2015          Retention Management Committee, Chair.

2012 – 2014          President’s Enrollment Advisory Council (PEAC), Co-Chair, UNT.

2012 – 2014          Management Excellence Council, member, UNT.

2013 – 2014          Enrollment Assessment Committee, Co-Chair, UNT.

2013                                 Task force to implement three-point mandatory advising, Chair, UNT.

2011 - 2012           Led a team to develop a faculty/student diversity plan for the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University.

2010 – 2012          Worked with Social Work faculty, Bear River Mental Health Authority, and the Eccles Conference Center to develop the first annual Intermountain Mental Health Court Conference, Utah State University, held June, 2011.        

2007 – 2008          Consultant to Advisory Committee for Diversification of the Faculty, a joint effort by the Office of Student Affairs and Equity and Diversity and the Office of the Provost, Washington State University.

2003 - 2006          Native American Plateau Center Executive Committee, Washington State University.

2004 - 2006          Equity Scorecard Project, Washington State University.

2003 - 2006          Trust & Respect Committee, Washington State University.

2004 - 2006          General Education Committee, Washington State University.

2003 - 2004          Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER), statewide organization;

 Representative for Washington State University.

2003 - 2004          Gendering Research across the Curriculum (GRACe), conference planning

Committee.

2002 - 2003          Resident Faculty Organization, Vice-Chair (Elected), WSU TriCities.

2000 - 2001          Strategic Planning and Opportunity Committee for Diversity (SPOC), WSU.

1998 - 2001          Faculty Senate, Elected representative, Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies.

1997 - 2001          Writing portfolio reader, Washington State University

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Professional Service

2016 – 2017          Secretary, Latina Psychology, Section III, Division 35, Psychology of Women,

                              American Psychological Association.

2012 – 2013          Committee member for review of APA Ethics Policies regarding Ethnic Minority

                              Psychologists

2011 – 2012          Chair of Equity strand of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

(SPSSI - Division 9 of APA) biennial conference, June 2012, Charlotte, NC.

2010 – 2012          American Council on Education (ACE) Professional Development Committee,

member.

2010                      Committee on Research Institutions for Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences

(CCAS) for 2010, member. 

2010                      Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, accreditation visiting team member

representing administration for Cornell Landscape Architecture Department site visit.

2007 – 2008          Search Committee for the next Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority

                              Psychology (CDEMP) editor. Division 45 of the American        Psychological

                              Association, Member.

2005 - 2006          Minority Fellows Program Psychology Summer Institute, American Psychological

Association, Mentor.

2002                      National Conference of Chicana/o, Latina/o Psychologists, Co-chair of Scientific                                    Program, Providence, R.I.  

2001 – 2002          Program Chair for national conference, American Psychological Association

                              Division for the Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, Chicago (2002)

2000 – 2001          Program Chair for national conference, American Psychological Association

                              Division for the Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, San Francisco (2001)  

2001                      Planning and Implementation Committee, Society of Experimental Social

Psychology (SESP), for national conference in Spokane, WA (2000-2001).

2000                      National Conference Planning Committee, National Association of Chicana and

Chicano Studies (NACCS). 

 

Scholarly Interests

 

My scholarship has focused generally on critical race psychology and more specifically, on the role that macro, socio-ecological, contextual forces play in:  tokenization of faculty of color; faculty development and job satisfaction; the recognition and impact of microaggressions; the generation and maintenance of stereotypes; intergroup perception and relations.

 

Publications

* Indicates student authors

 

      Books and Edited Journals

 

Boyd, Beth, Caraway, S. Jean, Niemann, Yolanda Flores (Eds.). (In press).  Surviving and Thriving in Academia: A Guide for Members of Marginalized Groups.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association. 

Gutiérrez y Muhs, Gabriela; Niemann, Yolanda Flores; González, Carmen; and Harris, Angela (Eds.). (2012). Presumed Incompetent:  The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, University Press of Colorado and Utah State University Press (an imprint of University Press of Colorado).  [two essays from this book were featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Diversity In Academe, The Gender Issue, October 29, 2012, https://www.chronicle-store.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ID=79968&WG=350 and in the editors’ picks in CHOICE Magazines, March 2013, http://www.cro2.org/default.aspx?page=reviewdisplay&pids=3818670].        

Niemann, Y.F. and Maruyama, G. (Eds.). (2005). Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue:  Inequities in Higher Education:  Issues and Promising Practices in a World Ambivalent about Affirmative Action, 61(3). Blackwell Publishers, for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Niemann, Y.F., Lugo-Lugo, C.R., Alamillo, J., Guerrero, L, Ong, R., Streamas, J. (Eds.), (2005).  Racial Crossroads:  A Reader in Comparative Ethnic Studies.     Dubuque, IA:  Kendall Hunt. 

     Mindiola, T., Niemann, Y.F., & Rodriguez, N.  (2002). Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Niemann, Y.F. (Ed.), (2002). Chicana Leadership. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

Niemann, Y.F.  (Ed). (1999). Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies, Editor, Special Issue:  Educated Latinas Leading America, Vol. XX (1).

 

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Special Reports

* Indicates student authors

 

Boyd, Beth, Niemann, Yolanda Flores, *Bazemore, Corianne (in press). Mental Health

Intervention with American Indians.  To be published in Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities, American Psychological Association. 

Niemann, Yolanda Flores (in press).  When universities have their cake and eat it too:  The Inequitable role of service in faculty evaluation.  Reflections.  A Journal of Middlebury Institute.

Bazemore-James, C., Niemann, Y.F., Akibar, A., Thomas, K. (Under revision).  The Role of Tokenism on Workplace Burnout, Workplace Engagement, and Turnover Intentions. Submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology, 11-07-2016.

*Dunham, Kinsie, *Garcia, Maria, *Akibar, Alvin, Niemann, Yolanda Flores (Under revision).  From Mexican to Mexican American:  Ethnic Identification, Ethnic Pride, and Stereotype Endorsement on Perceptions of Alcohol Related Behaviors.  Submitted 10-7-2016 to Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Niemann, Yolanda Flores.  (paper proposal accepted). A Token Woman of Color Administrator in a Predominantly White Institution:  Leading from a Chicana Feminist Perspective.  BRAVE, Manya Whitaker and Eric Anthony Grollman (Eds.).   Full article due Feb., 17, 2017.

Nuñez-Janes, M., Niemann, Yolanda Flores, Kraeche, A., Cruz, A., Martinez-Ebers, V., and Combes, B. (paper proposal accepted).  La Colectiva. BRAVE, Manya Whitaker and Eric Anthony Grollman (Eds.).   Full article due Feb., 17, 2017.

Niemann, Yolanda Flores (2016).  The Social Ecology of Tokenism in Higher Education Institutions.  Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 28 (4), pp 451-458.

Niemann, Yolanda Flores (2016).  Tokenism.  In Nancy A Naples, Ed., The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies (ISBN 978-1-4051-9694-9), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Invited submission, published March 2016. 

Niemann, Yolanda Flores.  (2016). Op Ed published by the Dallas Morning News, Nov. 2, 2016.    Outlines my message at the White House speaking engagement sponsored by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, Fulfilling America’s Future:  Latinas in the U.S. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5OzLhn1j-0&feature=youtu.be.

Niemann, Yolanda Flores, *Sanchez, Nydia (2015).  Perceptions about the role of race in the job acquisition process:  At the nexus of attributional ambiguity and aversive racism.  Journal of Technology Education, 27(1), pp 41-55.   

Niemann, Y.F. (2012). Presumed Incompetent:  Lessons learned from the experiences of race, class, sexuality, gender, and their intersections in the academic world. In Gabriela Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen González, and Angela Harris, (Eds.), Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, pp. 446-499.  University Press of Colorado and Utah State University Press (an imprint of University Press of Colorado).         

Niemann, Y.F. (2011).  Diffusing the impact of tokenism on faculty of color.  In Judith E. Miller, and James E. Groccia (Eds.), To Improve the Academy, pp 216-229.  

Niemann, Y.F.  (2006). Requested book review of Strategies for Building Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and Educational Settings, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol. 12, pp. 165-168.

Niemann, Y.F. & Maruyama, G.  (2005). Introduction:  Inequities in Higher Education:  Issues and Promising Practices in a World Ambivalent about Affirmative Action. The Journal of Social Issues - Inequities in Higher Education:  Issues and Promising Practices in a World Ambivalent about Affirmative Action, 61(3), p. 407-426. Blackwell Publishers, for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Niemann, Y.F. & Dovidio, J. (2005).  Affirmative Action and Job Satisfaction:  Understanding Underlying Processes.  In Y.F. Niemann and G. Maruyama (Eds.), The Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue:  Inequities in Higher Education:  Issues and Promising Practices in a World Ambivalent about Affirmative Action, 61(3), p. 507-523.

Niemann, Y.F. (2005).  Color Blindness: Its ironies, impossibilities, and contradictions.  In Niemann, Y.F., Lugo-Lugo, C.R., Alamillo, J., Guerrero, L, Ong, R., Streamas, J. Eds.), (2005).  Racial Crossroads:  A Reader in Comparative Ethnic Studies, pp 217-228.     Dubuque, IA:  Kendall Hunt. 

Niemann, Y.F. (2005).  The Psychology of Tokenism:  Psychosocial Reality of Faculty of Color.  In Y.F. Niemann, C.R. Lugo-Lugo, C.R., (et al., eds.), (2005), Racial Crossroads:  A Reader in Comparative Ethnic Studies, p. 295-320. Dubuque, IA:  Kendall Hunt.  Originally published in Guillermo Bernal, J. E. Trimble, A. K. Burlew, F. T. Leong (Eds.), The Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology, (2003), p. 110-118. 

Niemann, Y.F. (2004). Stereotypes of Chicanas and Chicanos:  Impact on Family Functioning, Individual Expectations, Goals, and Behavior.  In R. J. Velasquez, L. M. Arellano, and B. McNeil (Eds.), The Handbook of Chicana and Chicano Psychology and Mental Health, pp. 61-82.  Mahwah, N.J.:  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.

Niemann, Y.F. (2003).  The Psychology of Tokenism:  Psychosocial Reality of Faculty of Color.  In Guillermo Bernal, Joseph E. Trimble, A. Kathleen Burlew, Frederick T. Leong (Eds.), The Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology, p. 110-118.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

Niemann, Y.F. (2002).  Job Satisfaction of Tenure Stream Instructional Faculty at Washington State University.  Special research report for Washington State University.

Niemann, Y.F. (2002).  Exit Interview Report: Employees Leaving Washington State University during Academic Years 1997-1998 – 1998-1999. Special research report for Washington State University.

Niemann, Y.F. (2002).  Chicana/o, Latina/o Status Report.  Special research report for Washington State University. 

Niemann, Y.F.  (2002). Chicanas:  Dispelling Stereotypes while Challenging Racism, Sexism, Classism, and Homophobia.  In Y.F. Niemann (Ed.), Chicana Leadership, pp. 7-17.  Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

Niemann, Y.F. (2001).  Stereotypes about Chicanas and Chicanos: Implications for Counseling. The Counseling Psychologist, 29(1), pp. 55-90.

McNeill, B.W., Prieto, L.R., Niemann, Y.F., Pizarro, M., Vera, E.M., & Gomez, S.P. (2001).  Current directions in Chicana/o psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 29(1), pp. 5-18.

Dovidio,J.F.,GaertnerS.L.,Niemann,Y.F.,Snider,K(2001).Racial,Ethnic,and Cultural Differences in Responding to DistinctivenessandDiscrimination on Campus: Stigma and Common Group Identity.  Journal of Social Issues, 57 (1), pp.167-188. 

*Matthews, E. & Niemann, Y.F.  (2001). The role of stereotype internalization in defining normative behavior among black students in predominantly White institutions.  The McNair Journal, 1, pp. 33-40. 

Niemann, Y.F. (2001).  Intergroup relations between Blacks and Hispanics.  In Schultz, Jeffrey D., et al. (Eds.).  The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, Volumes I & II.  Phoenix, AZ:  The Oryx Press.

Niemann, Y.F., *Romero, A., & Arbona, C.  (2000).  Effects of Cultural Orientation on the Perception of Conflict Between Relationship and Education Goals for Mexican American College Students, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, pp. 46-63. 

Niemann, Y. F. (1999).  The Making of a Token:  A Case Study of Stereotype Threat and Racism in Academe. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, XX(1), pp. 111-135.

Niemann, Y.F., *Romero, A., *Arredondo, J., & *Rodriguez, V.  (1999). What Does it Mean to be Mexican?: Social Construction of An Ethnic Identity. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 21(1), p. 47-60.

Niemann, Y.F.  (1999). Social Ecological Contexts of Prejudice Between Hispanics and Blacks.  In P. Wong (Ed.), Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the United States:  Toward the Twenty-First Century, pp. 170-190.  Boulder, CO:  Westview Press. 

Niemann, Y.F., & Dovidio, J. F. (1998).  Relationship of Solo Status, Academic Rank, and Perceived Distinctiveness to Job Satisfaction of Racial/Ethnic Minorities. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83 (1), p. 55-71.

*Pollak, K., & Niemann, Y.F.  (1998). Black and White Tokens in Academia:  A Difference of Chronic vs. Acute Distinctiveness.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 11, pp. 954-972.

Niemann, Y.F., & Dovidio, J.F. (1998).   Tenure, Race/ethnicity and attitudes toward affirmative action:  A matter of self interest. Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 41 (4), pp. 783-796.

Niemann, Y.F., *O’Connor, E., & *McLorie, R.  (1998). Intergroup stereotypes of working class Blacks and Whites:  Implications for stereotype threat.”  Western Journal of Black Studies, 22(2), pp. 103-108.

Niemann, Y.F., *Pollak, K., *Rogers, S., & *O’Connor, E. (1998).  The Effects of Physical Context on Stereotyping of Mexican American Males.  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 20 (3), pp. 349-362.

*Pollak, K. I., Carbonari, J.P., DiClemente, C., Niemann, Y.F., & Mullen, P. (1998).  Causal relationships of processes of change and decisional balance:  Stage-specific models for smoking. Addictive Behaviors, 23, pp. 437-448.

Niemann, Y.F., & James, E. L. (1998).  Book Review of The Multiracial Experience:  Racial borders as the new frontier.  The Ethnic Studies Review, 19(1), pp. 123-124.

Niemann, Y.F. (1996).  Nurturing Anti-Racism:  A Permeation of Life.   In M. Reddy (Ed.), Everyday Acts Against Racism:  Raising Children in a Multiracial World, pp. 31-39.  Seattle, WA.:  Seal Press.

Mindiola, T., Rodriguez, N., & Niemann, Y.F.  (1996). Intergroup relations between Hispanics and African Americans in Harris County.  Monograph published by the Mexican American Studies Program, University of Houston.

Niemann, Y.F., & Secord, P.  (1995). The Social Ecology of Stereotyping.  The Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 25(1), pp. 1-14.  Reprinted in Niemann, Y.F., Lugo-Lugo, C.R., Alamillo, J., Guerrero, L, Ong, R., Streamas, J. Eds.), (2005).  Racial Crossroads:  A Reader in Comparative Ethnic Studies p111-124.     Dubuque, IA:  Kendall Hunt. 

Niemann, Y.F., *Jennings, L., Rozelle, R.M., Baxter, J.C., & *Sullivan, E.  (1994). Use of Free Response and Cluster Analysis to Determine Stereotypes of Eight Groups.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20(4), pp. 379-390.

 

Public Scholarship

 

Niemann, Y.F. (2016).  OpEd published by the Dallas Morning News 11-02-2016. http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/11/02/real-reason-latinas-lag-behind-educational-achievement

 

Niemann, Y.F.  (2015). “The Problem with the Phrases “Women and Minorities” and “Women and People of Color,” http://www.upcolorado.com/about-us/blog/item/2843-the-problem-with-the-phrases-women-and-minorities-and-women-and-people-of-color.  Invited blog for University Press of Colorado, posted September 22, 2015. 

 

Grants Funded (Selected Sample)

 

$5,000.00 

2016.  CLEAR – CDI award for development of Psychology of Race in the U.S. (teaching

award).

$10,000.00

2016.  Award from office of Equity and Diversity for development of microaggression

training video.

$3,170.00  2016.  Award from office of Equity and Diversity for students to attend the 2017 NCORE

conference.

$5,000.00 

2015.  Niemann, Yolanda Flores.  Tokenism and its Consequences in Higher Education. Scholarly and Creative Activity Award (AD Hoc), UNT Division of Research and Economic Development. 

$15, 466,000

2012.   Niemann, Yolanda Flores, and Packenham, Eric, Co-Principal Investigator (co –P.I.),

Seven-year grant entitled STARS (Science, Technology, Arithmetic, Reading, Science GEAR

UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), United States

Department of Education. Funded in March, 2012.

  $11,894,400

2006.   Niemann, Yolanda Flores, and Morales, Genoveva Ledesma, Co-Principal

Investigator (co –P.I.), Five-year grant; One Vision Partnership GEAR UP (Gaining Early

Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), awarded by the United States

                  Department of Education.    To continue my ACE Fellowship, after initial award set-up, I

granted principal investigator responsibilities to co-PI and grant director, Ms. Ledesma,

whom I hired to direct my first GEAR UP grant project. 

$17,600     2004.  Niemann, Y.F.  Assessing Diversity Curriculum and Activities to Effect Individual              and Institutional Transformation and Critical Consciousness.  Grant written in collaboration                with the Center for Teaching and Learning, awarded to the department of Comparative Ethnic                   Studies by the Washington State University Undergraduate Teaching and Learning

Improvement Initiative program.

$14,000,0000

2002.  Niemann, Y.F. Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs;

Washington State University Harvest of Hope GEAR UP.  United States Department of

Education, five-year grant.

$15,000     1998.  Washington State University Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research center. 

$1000        1998 (+ expenses).  NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse) Latino/a Researcher Training

Program.  Funded for travel, lodging, and training in San Diego, CA. 

$21,754     1997.  Stereotypes and Alcohol Consumption of United States Residents of Mexican

Descent.  Graduate School Medical and Biological Research Alcoholism and Drug Abuse               Program, Washington State University.

Misc.         1996-2008. Multiple internal grants from Washington State University.

Misc.         1992-1996. Multiple internal grants from the Mexican American Studies Program at the

                  University of Houston. 

 

Grants Submitted but Not Funded Since 2012

 

 

$1, 995,926

(Submitted Dec. 15, 2015). PI - Nandika D’Souza. Co-PI’s: Yolanda Flores Niemann, Tandra Wood, Iftekhar Ahmed, and Daniel Chen.  NSF-RED: AIM4Engineering: Academic-Industry “Menternships” for a High Impact Inclusive Global Workforce.  Submitted to National Science Foundation.  Starting date: 01/01/2016; Ending date: 08/31/2021. 

 

$1,987,969.

                  2014.  Tsatsoulis, C., D’Souza, N., Hull, D., Niemann, Y.F., & Shepherd, N.  EEC – Engineering Education.  National Science Foundation.   Under Review, submitted fall 2014.  Revision in progress.

 

$6,216,000.

                  2014. Niemann, Y.F., Keller, J.  North Texas GEAR UP Partnership (University of North Texas). U.S. Department of Education. (Missed funding by one point; will resubmit with next RFP).

 

$3,120,026

                  2013. Niemann, Y.F., Dash, N., McCoy, T., Tsatsoulis, C., Wilson, A.  TALENT – Targeting Advancement, Leadership, and Equity at the University of North Texas. National Science Foundation.  (Good reviews; revise and resubmit with next RFP).

 

National and International Conference Presentations (selected sample)

2017          Dietch, Jessica, Akibar, A., Blumenthal, H., Niemann, Y.F.  Differences in subjective sleep complaints by sex and sexual orientation.  Society for Health Psychology (APA Division 38, August 2017), poster presentation.

2017          Akibar, A., Niemann, Y.F., Bazemore-James, C., Thomas, K. (2017) Tokenism, Ethnic

Identity, and Workplace Burnout. Poster for 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

2017          Tokenism and its Impacts on Work Engagement and Burnout.  Presentation for the 10th Biennial National Multiculturalism Conference and Summit, Portland, OR, Jan, 2017. (with Alvin Akibar, Corey Bazemore-James, K. Thomas.

2016          “Lessons learned from Presumed Incompetent.”  9-23-2016. Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, hosted by Bonni Stachowiak, Vanguard University Dept. of Business & Management,

http://teachinginhighered.com/123

2016          “The Social Ecology of Tokenism.”  Paper presentation; APA Div. 45 Research Conference.  Stanford, CA.  July 8-10, 2016. 

2016          Nags Heart Workshop.  Sponsored in part by SPSSI.  Minneapolis, MN.  June 27, 2016.

2016          “The Role of Race in the Job Acquisition Process.” SPSSI Paper presentation.  Minneapolis, MN.  June 24-26, 2016. 

2016          “The Social Ecology of Tokenism.”  Div 45 Conference.  Stanford University, July, 2016.

2016          “The Role of Race in the Job Acquisition Process.”  NCORE poster presentation.  San Francisco, CA.  June 1-4, 2016.

2016          “The Social Ecology of Tokenism.”  National Latina/o Psychology Association (NLPA). October, 2016, Orlando, Fl.

2015          Invited address; Beyond the Barriers:  Latinos in Higher Education conference, Texas A & M University, October 9, 2015.

2015          Invited address; Lesson Learned from Presumed Incompetent, Faculty Women of Color Caucus at Arizona State University, October 29-30, 2015.

2015          Invited address, Lessons Learned from Presumed Incompetent, Middlebury Institute for International Studies in Monterrey, CA., November 5-7, 2015.

2015.         Panel member; Latinas in the Academy –Perspectives on mentoring, sustainability, and thriving.  With Yoseline Paulett Lopez-Marroquin, Donna Cantañeda, Yvette Flores. American Psychological Association National Conference, Toronto, Canada.  August 2015.   

2015          Upcoming, Invited keynote address for Texas Women in Higher Education conference.  Corpus Christi, TX, April 2016.

2015          Radio interview based on my book, Presumed Incompetent.  KPFA Women’s Magazine in Berkeley. March 23, 2015, 1:00-2:00 pm.

2015          When the ivory tower is a glass house:  Building competence in tokenized contexts.  American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Tenth Annual National Conference, Dallas-Frisco, TX. March 12-14, 2015. 

2014          Niemann, Y.F.  & Mid-Advanced career development - Building competence for leadership in higher education:  The politics of success in academia (with Isaac Prilletensky, University of Miami).   Invited workshop for National Latina/o Psychological Association conference, New Mexico, October, 2014.

2014          Radio interview on Presumed Incompetent (With Dr. Angela Harris. http://uprisingradio.org/home/2014/07/16/presumed-incompetent-the-intersections-of-race-and-class-for-women-in-academia/). July 16, 2014, Sonali Kolhatkar, Host and Executive Producer, Uprising Radio, from, LA, www.uprisingradio.org

2014          Radio interview on Presumed Incompetent (with Angela Harris and Carmen Gonzalez). https://soundcloud.com/andreacambron/womens-wednesday-angela-harris.  March, 2014; Andrea Cambron, Producer, Make it Plan, Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

2014          “Guidelines for Achieving Full Professor and Administrative Ranks.” For National Latina/o Psychological Association (webinar), January 14, 2014.

2013          When the ivory tower is a glass house:  Thriving in tokenized contexts.  Keynote address; Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Faculty Women, September 26, 3013. Purdue University.

2013          STEM Women of Color Conclave.  National Science Foundation.  Keynote address – Presumed Incompetent: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender. 06-11-2013, Chantilly, VA.

2012          Career Development Challenges and Opportunities.  National Latina/o Psychological Association national conference, October, 2012, New Jersey. 

2012          “Development of culture-sensitive American Psychological Association (APA) ethical guidelines,” panel chair for Social Psychologists for the Study Social Issues (SPSSI) biennial conference, June, 2012, Charlotte, NC. 

2011          Diffusing the Impact of Tokenism.  Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) national conference, Atlanta, GA.   

2009          “Dancing with your administrators:  Knowing when to lead and when to follow.” Invited panelist.  International Conference of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD), Salt Lake City, Utah.

2009          “Implications of Group Identities for Racial Politics During Barack Obama’s Presidency.” Invited address for Still New Nations? The Resilience of the Color Line; a Conference honoring John Hope Franklin, Duke University.

2008          When the ivory tower is a glass house:  Consequences of tokenism and experiential differences between White faculty and Faculty of Color.  Women of Color in the Academy Project; King-Chavez-Parks Visiting Professors Program, University of Michigan.

2007          “Facilitating access and success with culturally sensitive climates.”  Invited address for

                  Region XIII Education Service Center Conference:  Moving from Dialogue to Action,   

                  Austin, TX. 

2007          “When the ivory tower is a glass house:  Experiential differences between White Faculty and

Faculty of Color.”  Invited address for Wismer Center for Gender and Diversity.

Seattle University. 

2007          “Assessment in the interest of the academic department.”  The Pennsylvania State University.

2006          “Creating effective processes to assess student learning:  A Seminar for academic

                  program leaders.”  The Pennsylvania State University. 

2005          “Teaching liberation psychology as an intersection of critical psychology and ethnic studies.” 

                  Seventh Annual Congress of Liberation Social Psychology, Scientific Program, Liberia,                             Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica. 

1. “Impact of GEAR UP program participation on student achievement test performance.”Educating All of One National Conference, (co-presenters:Joseph Montgomery, Genoveva Morales Ledesma, Jim Timmons); Washington, DC.

2001          “Psycho-social realities of faculty of color in a predominately white institution:  What factors

                   account for a positive or negative experience?”  National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in

                  American Higher Education (NCORE), Seattle, WA. 

2000          “Beyond Affirmative Action.”  Panel Chair, The Society for the Psychological Study of                           Social Issues (SPSSI) National Conference, Minneapolis, MN. 

2000           “Diversity training for social service agencies.” Invited address, Psychological and                           Organizational Perspectives on Discrimination in the Workplace: Research, theory and                             practice. Rice University, Houston, TX.

2000          Relations between Mexican and African Americans in Texas.”  Invited address, Mexican                        Americans in Texas Conference.”  University of Houston. 

2000          “The ethics of teaching racial identity.”  Invited address, Third Community Congress on                         Race Relations.  Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. 

1999          “The Making of a Chicana token:  A case study of stereotype threat, sigma, racism, and                        tokenism in academia.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS),              San Antonio, TX. 

1998          “Black/Brown relations in an urban city.”  National Association of Chicana/o Studies                              (NACCS) National Conference, Sacramento, CA. 

 

State and Local Conference Presentations and Workshops (selected sample)

2016          Responding to Microaggressions.  Gender Equity Matters workshop.  UNT.  April 2016. 

2016          The Role of Race in the Job Acquisition Process.  Black Women’s Initiative Conference.  UNT.  April 2016.

2014          Women of Color in the Ivory Tower:  Beginnings and Updates on Presumed Incompetent.  Keynote address, University of Texas at San Antonio; Women’s Studies Month Program.  March, 2014.

2013          The Psychology of Tokenism.  Keynote address, El Taller Conference, Rice University,

June 27-30, Houston, TX.

2013          The Future of Research in TX, National Academy of Science Report, panelist (on behalf of

                  UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson), UT Southwestern, represent, June 4, 2013.

2011          “What will you do with your privilege?”  Commencement address, Utah State

University Brigham City Regional Campus.  April 29, 2011.  

2008          Preparing for entry and success in higher education.  Latino parent/student night; S. Cache School.

2005          “Unity and difficulties between African Americans and Latinos.” Radio program interview,             KPFK 90.7 FM, “Beautiful Struggle” radio program, Dr. Kimberly R. King, California State                  University, Los Angeles.  Aired May 3, 2005.  

2005          “Three years of intervention in the WSU Harvest of Hope GEAR UP project:  Impact on                               WASL Scores” (with Joe Montgomery and Genoveva Morales Ledesma).  Washington State                  University Showcase.

2004          “Developing a departmental assessment program and learning goals assessment rubric.” 

President’s leadership retreat.  Washington State University.

2003          “Chicanas/os in the Educational System:  What the community can do.” Hispanic Chamber             of Commerce Gala keynote address.  Pasco, Washington.

2003          “Rejecting stereotypes and gaining knowledge of educational systems for continued success.”

                  Keynote address for annual award ceremony for Hispanic Academic Achievement Project, 

                  (HAAP), Moses Lake, WA. 

2003          “Learning to honor yourself and your cultural heritage.”  Pasco School District, Stevens                            Middle School Honor Roll program, Pasco, WA.

2002          “The impact of Mexican and Mexican American stereotypes on your children’s education.”

                  Mabton School District parent meeting.  Mabton, WA. 

2002          “Letting our Aztec heritage of brilliance shape our educational expectations today." Pasco               School District, Pasco High School (3 classrooms and Cinco de Mayo celebration keynote).

2001          Enhancing Extension Programming with Latinas/os."  Diversity training for WSU

Cooperative Extension.  Richland, WA.

2001          “Education as Empowerment." 11th Annual Washington State Student of color conference.

                  Closing keynote address.  Yakima, WA. 

2000          “The effects of stereotypes on alcohol consumption.” Community Congress on Drugs and             Alcohol Invited address, Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, State                   of Washington, Seattle, WA.

2000          “The ethics of teaching racial identity." Third Community Congress on Race Relations,                             Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.

1996-2008 Multiple presentations for Washington State University student and faculty organizations.

 

Membership in Professional Organizations

 

Phi Kappa Phi, member, 2012 – present 

Division 35 Latina subgroup, 2016-present, elected secretary

American Psychological Association (APA) – current membership in several divisions:

• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues – SPSSI

  • Conference chair for Equity strand, 2011 - 2012

• Division for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minorities

• Division of Social Psychology

Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP), 2010-present

National Latina/o Psychological Association, 2008-present

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), 2008-present

Professional and Organizational Development (POD), 2008-2013 

American Council on Education (ACE)

• Professional Development Committee, 2010 - 2013

National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies – NACCS, 1992-2008

 

Current Editorial and Review Service

 

• Reviewer, Hypatia,

• Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies

• Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

• Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Guest Editor

• Guest Editor, Journal of Social Issues, 2006

• Guest Editor, Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies, 1999

 

Expert Witness Testimony and Consultation

 

2007          Mendoza, et al. VS. Brewster School District (racial discrimination).  Plaintiff Attorney Firm: Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, LLP.

2006          Mattawa Childcare Providers VS DSHS (racial discrimination), Plaintiff Attorney Firm: Columbia Legal Services (Joe Morrison & Kay Frank).

2006          Jones VS Robanco (racial discrimination), Plaintiff Attorney Firm:  Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, LLP (Darrell Cochran); also Peter Moote Law Firm (Rob Born & Peter Moote); Defendant Attorney: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (Tom Kelly).

2000          Esther Westfall VS Pullman School District (racial discrimination and retaliation).

 

Diversity Training and Training Conducted

 

2016          Learning about and responding to microaggressions; for the Women’s Faculty Network.

2015          Learning about and responding to microaggressions; for the Women’s Faculty Network.

2015          Diversity Training, Stir Fry Seminars, Lee Mun Wah, Berkeley, CA.

2007          Cultural Competency Training, Washington State University, Division of Student Affairs,

                  Equity and Diversity Office of the Vice President

2000          Council on Aging and Human Services, Colfax, Washington.

 

Teaching Experience

 

In Spring, 2016, I taught Introduction to Social Psychology, with excellent teaching evaluations.  In Fall, 2016, I taught Introduction to Social Psychology and a new course on Psychology of Race in the U.S., both with excellent teaching evaluations.

 

At former universities, I have taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses for departments of Psychology, Comparative Ethnic Studies, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Women’s Studies, and for programs in American Studies, Mexican American Studies, and African American Studies.  My teaching evaluations have been excellent. 

 

References

 

Available upon request.