TO: Education reportersFROM: Liz Beyler, (608) 263-1986, [email protected]RE: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
As America's schools become more diverse, how do students respond? Do they see diversity as a strength or a threat? How do they handle it?
As part of coverage of the upcoming American Education Week, reporters may want to talk to Hardin Coleman, professor of counseling psychology in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education.
In his primary research, Coleman has been exploring the strategies that adolescents use to cope with cultural diversity and how those strategies affect school and job performance. He has also been investigating the effects of cultural factors on the counseling process.
Throughout his professional career, he has been interested in the mental health needs of adolescents and their families, and has focused on meeting those needs within educational and community mental health settings. He has frequently consulted with community agencies and schools on issues related to ethnic diversity and counseling.
Coleman spent 10 years as a high school teacher and counselor in Quaker schools, and has been involved in multicultural counseling training for counselors and educational tutors. He joined the UW-Madison Department of Counseling Psychology in 1992.
If you would like to set up an interview with Coleman, please contact Judy Holt, School of Education External Relations Office, (608) 265-7875.
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