3-056 - The Future of Racial Discrimination Research in Developmental Science

Session Type: Conversation Roundtable

Integrative Statement

The Integrative Model (Garcia Coll et al., 1996) and PVEST (Spencer, 2006) argued that the United States was founded on stratification mechanisms linked to ethnicity/race, gender, and class. Racial discrimination is one such stratification mechanism, and includes dominant racial group members’ actions that have differential and negative effects on subordinate ethnic/racial groups (Williams et al., 2003). Several meta-analyses have concluded that racial discrimination is negatively related to outcomes among minority adolescents (Benner et al., in press), minority youth and adults (Paradies et al., 2015), and African American youth and adults (Lee & Ahn, 2013). Given the plethora of research documenting the negative impact of racial discrimination experiences, it is time to take stock of the field and discuss future directions in developmental science. What are critical areas in racial discrimination research that developmental scientists should consider?
The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss the next steps regarding racial discrimination research in developmental science among a diverse group of scholars. The participants include Margaret Hagerman (Mississippi State University), Virginia Huynh (California State University, Northridge), Eleanor Seaton (Arizona State University) and Adriana Umaña-Taylor (Harvard University). The participants bring unique interdisciplinary and methodological perspectives regarding the study of racial discrimination, utilizing diverse methodological approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods) among diverse populations (e.g., African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Whites). Eleanor Seaton will moderate the roundtable discussion. The proposed roundtable satisfies three goals from SRCD’s strategic plan: 1) advancing developmental science, 2) integrating diversity, and 3) engaging members.

Sub Unit

• Diversity, Equity & Social Justice

Moderator

• Eleanor K Seaton, Arizona State University

Panelists

• Virginia Huynh, CSU northridge

• Adriana Umaña-Taylor, Harvard University

• Margaret Hagerman, Mississippi State University