Esteban L. Olmedo is an organizational psychologist who conducted research on acculturation, ethnic minority issues, and mental health.[1] Olmedo was the inaugural director of the Ethnicity, Race, and Cultural Affairs Portfolio (later known as the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs) at the American Psychological Association (APA).[2]
Esteban Olmedo | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Awards | APA Division 45 Lifetime Distinguished Contribution Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | California School of Professional Psychology |
In 1984, Olmedo was appointed to the Task Force on the Structure of APA.[3] He was then selected to be the founding President of APA Division 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (now known as the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race), where he was involved in defining and developing organizational characteristics, structure and functions of a new division.[4]
Biography
editOlmedo was born in the United States and raised in Argentina.[5] He returned to the United States for college, attending Baylor University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and philosophy in 1967 and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology in 1972.[1]
Olmedo began his academic career teaching at the California State University at San Bernardino. Olmedo was appointed as the Director of the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs around 1978.[5] At the time of his appointment to the APA, Olmedo had been working as the associate director of the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]
After leaving his position at the APA, Olmedo served as vice president for Academic Affairs at the California School of Professional Psychology.[6] In 2001, Olmedo retired from academia, and subsequently worked as a financial manager at Randall Foods Inc.[7]
Olmedo was honored with the APA Division 45 Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.[8] He had previously received the APA Division 45 Distinguished Career Contributions to Service Award.[8]
Books
edit- Newton, F. C. R., Olmedo, E. L., & Padilla, A. M. (1982). Hispanic mental health research: A reference guide. University of California Press.
Representative publications
edit- Olmedo, E. L. (1979). Acculturation: A psychometric perspective. American Psychologist, 34(11), 1061–1070.
- Olmedo, E. L. (1981). Testing linguistic minorities. American Psychologist, 36(10), 1078–1085.
- Olmedo, E. L., Martinez Jr, J. L., & Martinez, S. R. (1978). Measure of acculturation for Chicano adolescents. Psychological Reports, 42(1), 159–170.
- Olmedo, E. L., & Padilla, A. M. (1978). Empirical and construct validation of a measure of acculturation for Mexican Americans. The Journal of Social Psychology, 105(2), 179–187.
- Padilla, A. M., & Olmedo, E. (2009). Synopsis of key persons, events, and associations in the history of Latino psychology. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 15(4), 363–373.
References
edit- ^ a b "Esteban L. Olmedo, PhD Featured Psychologist". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Featured Psychologists". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Cautin, Robin L. (2009). "The Founding of the Association for Psychological Science: Part 2. The Tipping Point and Early Years". Perspectives on Psychological Science. 4 (3): 224–235. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01121.x. ISSN 1745-6916. PMID 26158960. S2CID 22004099.
- ^ "Brief History – Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race". Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ^ a b c Handbook of U.S. Latino psychology : developmental and community-based perspectives. Francisco Villarruel, Gustavo Carlo, Josefina M. Grau, Margarita Azmitia, Natasha J. Cabrera, Jaime Chahin. Los Angeles: SAGE. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4129-5760-1. OCLC 302099476.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (1994). Primary care services for the underserved : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, June 9, 1993. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 0-16-043958-2. OCLC 30324168.
- ^ "Esteban L. Olmedo, Ph.D., Named to Exclusive Membership Organization". 24-7 Press Release Newswire. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ^ a b "Awards & Honors – Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race". Retrieved 2022-11-27.