Kevin Nadal

Nadal received Bachelor's degrees in psychology and political science from the University of California, Irvine, a Master's degree in counseling from Michigan State University, as well as a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Columbia University.

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From 2014 to 2017, Nadal was appointed as the executive director of CLAGS: the Center for LGBTQ Studies (formerly known as Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies). In the organization, Nadal also co-founded the Division on Filipino Americans.{{cite web |title=Celebrating the Rapid Growth of Filipino American Psychology |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unseen-and-unheard/201601/celebrating-the-rapid-growth-filipino-american-psychology}} Nadal is a national trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society.{{cite web |title=FANHS Board of Trustees |url=http://fanhs-national.org/filam/board/#nadal}}

Nadal's book Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice (Wiley, 2011){{Cite book |last=Nadal |first=Kevin L. |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781118094747 |title=Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice |date=2011-05-16 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-1-118-09474-7 |location=Hoboken, NJ, USA |doi=10.1002/9781118094747}} was noted for being the first comprehensive book on Filipino American mental health issues.{{cite web |title=Aklanon Author, Aklan Forum |url=http://aklanforum.blogspot.com/2009/06/aklanon-author-launches-filipino.html}}{{cite web |title=First Filipino American Psychology Book |url=http://asiansinamerica.typepad.com/asians_in_america_magazin/2009/06/first-filipino-american-psychology-book.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506073238/http://asiansinamerica.typepad.com/asians_in_america_magazin/2009/06/first-filipino-american-psychology-book.html |archive-date=2010-05-06 |access-date=2009-08-18}}{{cite web |title=BakitWhy.com, Kevin Nadal adds author to his resume |url=http://www.bakitwhy.com/articles/kevin-nadal-adds-author-resume-and-publishes-first-book-ever-pilipino-american-psychology}} Nadal has gone on to release other books on this and related topics.{{Cite book |last=Nadal |first=Kevin L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1140680780 |title=Queering law and order : LGBTQ communities and the criminal justice system |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-7936-0106-3 |location=Lanham, Maryland |oclc=1140680780}}{{Cite book |last=Nadal |first=Kevin L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1020265796 |title=Microaggressions and traumatic stress : theory, research, and clinical treatment |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-4338-2860-7 |edition= |location=Washington, DC |oclc=1020265796}}

Nadal's research and writings concentrate on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and the concept of racial microaggressions, and other microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination towards racial/ethnic minorities, women, and LGBTQ populations.{{cite web |title=The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Congressional Lunch Seminar |url=http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=2088&nodeID=1}} He created and published the Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale in the Journal of Counseling Psychology in 2011.{{cite journal |last1=Nadal |first1=Kevin L. |year=2011 |title=Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51603122 |journal=Journal of Counseling Psychology |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=470–480 |doi=10.1037/a0025193 |pmid=21875180}} Nadal has also researched "sexual orientation microaggressions"{{cite journal |last1=Nadal |first1=Kevin L. |last2=Issa |first2=Marie-Anne |last3=Leon |first3=Jayleen |last4=Meterko |first4=Vanessa |last5=Wideman |first5=Michelle |last6=Wong |first6=Yinglee |date=2010-11-30 |title="Sexual Orientation Microaggressions: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth" |url=http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ932540 |journal=Journal of LGBT Youth |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=234–259 |doi=10.1080/19361653.2011.584204 |s2cid=144117341|url-access=subscription }} In 2013, Nadal released That's So Gay!' Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community.{{cite journal |author=Cheng, S.A. |date=2014 |title=A Review of "That's so gay! Microaggressions and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community" |journal=Journal of GLBT Family Studies |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=422–424 |doi=10.1080/1550428X.2014.897919 |s2cid=142225337}}{{cite journal |author=Nadal, K. |display-authors=etal |year=2016 |title=Microaggressions Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Genderqueer People: A Review of the Literature |journal=The Journal of Sex Research |volume=53 |issue=4–5 |pages=488–508 |doi=10.1080/00224499.2016.1142495 |pmid=26966779 |s2cid=23205208}}

• John Jay College Scholarly Excellence Award (2015) {{cite web |title=John Jay College News |date=28 June 2016 |url=http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/ceremony-hails-john-jay-faculty’s-best}}
• Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York (2015){{cite web |title=2015 Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York |date=September 2015 |url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/127908/2015s-outstanding-filipinos-in-new-york-named}}
• APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (2017){{Cite web |title=APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest |url=https://www.apa.org/about/awards/public-interest?tab=3 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.apa.org}}
• Western Society of Criminology Richard Tewksbury Award (2019){{Cite web |date=2019-04-10 |title=Professor Kevin Nadal Wins Richard Tewksbury Award for Advocacy Work |url=https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/professor-kevin-nadal-wins-richard-tewksbury-award-advocacy-work |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=John Jay College of Criminal Justice |language=en}}
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Thought Leadership Award (2019){{Cite web |title=KEVIN NADAL, NAMED A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, HOPES TO INSPIRE FELLOW FACULTY OF COLOR AT CUNY |url=https://help.gc.cuny.edu/news/kevin-nadal-named-distinguished-professor-hopes-inspire-fellow-faculty-color-cuny |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=help.gc.cuny.edu |language=en}}

Nadal was raised in Fremont, California.{{cite web|title=Nadal, K. (2016) Why Queer and Trans Studies are Important, Huffington Post|url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9350064|date=2016-03-02}} During his high school years, Nadal reports being bullied for being gay.{{cite web|title=Kevin Nadal shares in new book the 'immense pain' of being gay and bullied|url=http://thefilam.net/archives/9953}} Since 2010, he has become vocal about ending bullying in schools.{{cite web|title=Filipino psychologist tackles bullying|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/global-filipino/10/08/10/filipino-psychologist-tackles-bullying-prevent-suicides}}

Nadal has written or spoken about the need for Filipino Americans to address colorism within their families and communities,{{cite web|title=Nadal, Kevin (2017, July). The Power of Colorism. Huffington Post|website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/my-trip-to-the-philippines-part-2-the-power-of-colorism_us_597a9f76e4b06b305561cf62|date=2017-07-28}} the need for people to challenge homophobia and transphobia,{{cite web|title=Nadal, K. (2016, August). Rainbow Profile Pictures Didn't End Homophobia, Huffington Post|website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rainbow-profile-pictures-didnt-end-homophobia-so_us_57b5fc9ae4b007f181973efa|date=2016-08-18}} the experiences of invisibility and marginalization of Filipino Americans and other "brown Asians" in the general Asian American community,{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} the racial microaggressions LGBTQ people of color experience in dating and sexual relationships,{{cite web|title=Rodriguez, M. (2015, Sept 15). This Is What It's Like to Log Into Grindr as a Person of Color. Mic|url=https://mic.com/articles/125417/this-is-what-it-s-like-to-log-into-grindr-as-a-person-of-color#.rkbXmkt7R}} the systemic colorblindness and marginalization of people of color in queer studies,{{cite journal|title=The Intersection of Queer Theory and Empirical Methods: Visions for CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies|journal=Women's Studies Quarterly|volume=44|issue=3–4|pages=301–305|doi=10.1353/wsq.2016.0060|year=2016|last1=Nadal|first1=Kevin L.|s2cid=88657169}} as well as anti-black racism.{{cite web|title=Dear Filipino Americans, Let's Talk about Charlottesville|website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dearfilipinoamericans-lets-talk-about-charlottesville_us_599723d9e4b03b5e472cef1c|date=2017-08-18}}

In 2007, Nadal gained attention with several media outlets when he started an online petition against ABC Studios for negative statements made about Philippine medical schools on the television show Desperate Housewives.{{cite web|title='Housewives' Filipino joke draws ire|website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-10-03-3650831628_x.htm}}{{cite web|title=Philippine Star. Desperate Housewives Producers Say Sorry to Pinoys| website=The Philippine STAR |url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/18659/desperate-housewives-producers-say-sorry-pinoys?nomobile=1}}

In 2014, Nadal formed the LGBTQ Scholars of Color National Network as a way to provide support for LGBTQ people of color in academia.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 2016, Nadal and his colleagues wrote an open letter to the New York Times for their lack of Filipino American representation in a video segment that described Filipino American experiences.{{cite web|title=An Open Letter to the New York Times who Told Brown Asians They Don't Matter|website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-open-letter-to-the-new-york-times-who-told-brown_us_5801ac3fe4b0985f6d1570f1|date=2016-10-15}}{{cite web|title=Rodriguez, M. (2016, October 17). South Asians, Filipinos call out lack of inclusion in 'Times' video about racism. Mic|date=17 October 2016 |url=https://mic.com/articles/156889/south-asians-filipinos-call-out-lack-of-inclusion-in-times-video-about-racism#.trfK741QX}}{{cite web|title=Why we celebrate Filipino American History Month|website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-we-celebrate-filipino-american-history-month_us_57f564a7e4b087a29a54856a|date=2016-10-05}}

Nadal was also very vocal about addressing racism and Islamophobia in response to the Pulse tragedy in Orlando.{{cite web|title=Orlando Tragedy: A Message of Queer Love from Kevin Nadal, A statement from the executive director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unseen-and-unheard/201606/orlando-tragedy-message-queer-love-kevin-nadal}}

In 2017, American Psychologist published Nadal's "Let's Get In Formation": On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century, where he argued of the ethical responsibility for psychologists to "combat oppression on individual, interpersonal, group, and institutional levels."{{cite web | title= "Let's Get In Formation": On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century" | url = http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-57424-022}}

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