Nadal's book Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice (Wiley, 2011)[7] was noted for being the first comprehensive book on Filipino American mental health issues.[8][9][10] Nadal has gone on to release other books on this and related topics.[11][12]
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.[13] He created and published the Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale in the Journal of Counseling Psychology in 2011.[14] Nadal has also researched "sexual orientation microaggressions"[15] In 2013, Nadal released That's So Gay!' Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community.[16][17]
Awardsedit
John Jay College Scholarly Excellence Award (2015) [18]
Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York (2015)[19]
APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (2017)[20]
Nadal was raised in Fremont, California.[23] During his high school years, Nadal reports being bullied for being gay.[24] Since 2010, he has become vocal about ending bullying in schools.[25]
Social justice advocacyedit
Nadal has written or spoken about the need for Filipino Americans to address colorism within their families and communities,[26] the need for people to challenge homophobia and transphobia,[27] the experiences of invisibility and marginalization of Filipino Americans and other "brown Asians" in the general Asian American community,[citation needed] the racial microaggressions LGBTQ people of color experience in dating and sexual relationships,[28] the systemic colorblindness and marginalization of people of color in queer studies,[29] as well as anti-black racism.[30]
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.[31][32]
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]
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.[33][34][35]
Nadal was also very vocal about addressing racism and Islamophobia in response to the Pulse tragedy in Orlando.[36]
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."[37]
^Nadal, Kevin L. (2011-05-16). Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. doi:10.1002/9781118094747. ISBN 978-1-118-09474-7.
^"First Filipino American Psychology Book". Archived from the original on 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
^"BakitWhy.com, Kevin Nadal adds author to his resume".
^Nadal, Kevin L. (2020). Queering law and order : LGBTQ communities and the criminal justice system. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-7936-0106-3. OCLC 1140680780.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Nadal, Kevin L. (2018). Microaggressions and traumatic stress : theory, research, and clinical treatment. Washington, DC. ISBN 978-1-4338-2860-7. OCLC 1020265796.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Congressional Lunch Seminar".
^Nadal, Kevin L. (2011). "Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 58 (4): 470–480. doi:10.1037/a0025193. PMID 21875180.
^Nadal, Kevin L.; Issa, Marie-Anne; Leon, Jayleen; Meterko, Vanessa; Wideman, Michelle; Wong, Yinglee (2010-11-30). ""Sexual Orientation Microaggressions: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth"". Journal of LGBT Youth. 8 (3): 234–259. doi:10.1080/19361653.2011.584204. S2CID 144117341.
^Cheng, S.A. (2014). "A Review of "That's so gay! Microaggressions and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community"". Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 10 (4): 422–424. doi:10.1080/1550428X.2014.897919. S2CID 142225337.
^Nadal, K.; et al. (2016). "Microaggressions Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Genderqueer People: A Review of the Literature". The Journal of Sex Research. 53 (4–5): 488–508. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1142495. PMID 26966779. S2CID 23205208.
^"Nadal, Kevin (2017, July). The Power of Colorism. Huffington Post". HuffPost. 2017-07-28.
^"Nadal, K. (2016, August). Rainbow Profile Pictures Didn't End Homophobia, Huffington Post". HuffPost. 2016-08-18.
^"Rodriguez, M. (2015, Sept 15). This Is What It's Like to Log Into Grindr as a Person of Color. Mic".
^Nadal, Kevin L. (2016). "The Intersection of Queer Theory and Empirical Methods: Visions for CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies". Women's Studies Quarterly. 44 (3–4): 301–305. doi:10.1353/wsq.2016.0060. S2CID 88657169.
^"Dear Filipino Americans, Let's Talk about Charlottesville". HuffPost. 2017-08-18.
^"'Housewives' Filipino joke draws ire". USA Today.
^"Philippine Star. Desperate Housewives Producers Say Sorry to Pinoys". The Philippine STAR.
^"An Open Letter to the New York Times who Told Brown Asians They Don't Matter". HuffPost. 2016-10-15.
^"Rodriguez, M. (2016, October 17). South Asians, Filipinos call out lack of inclusion in 'Times' video about racism. Mic". 17 October 2016.
^"Why we celebrate Filipino American History Month". HuffPost. 2016-10-05.
^"Orlando Tragedy: A Message of Queer Love from Kevin Nadal, A statement from the executive director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies".
^""Let's Get In Formation": On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century"".