Puerto Rican psychologist
Ena Vazquez-Nuttall (1937 - 2011) was a Puerto Rican psychologist known for her work on the relevance of cultural diversity in the field of psychology.
Early life and education
Vazquez-Nuttall was born in 1937 in Salinas, Puerto Rico.[1] She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned a master's degree from Radcliffe College, and an EdD in counseling and school psychology from Boston University.[2]
Career
Vazquez-Nuttall started graduate programs in school psychology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Northeastern University.[1] She was the Associate Dean and Director of Graduate School of the Bouve College of Health Sciences from 1992 until 2004.[3] She retired from Northeastern University in 2009 after working there for 21 years.[4]
Honors and awards
In 1990 the received a National Association of School Psychologists Presidential Award. In 2004 Vazquez-Nuttall was honored by the National Latino Psychological Association. In 2004 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association,[1] and the association established a scholarship in her name.[5] Upon her death in 2011, Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences instituted the Ena Vazquez-Nuttall Award for students who demonstrate outstanding multicultural contributions to the discipline.[1]
Selected publications
- Vazquez-Nuttall, Ena; Romero-Garcia, Ivonne; Leon, Brunilda De (1987). "Sex Roles and Perceptions of Femininity and Masculinity of Hispanic Women: A Review of the Literature". Psychology of Women Quarterly. 11 (4): 409–425. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1987.tb00915.x. ISSN 0361-6843.
- Nuttall, Ena Vazquez; Romero, Ivonne; Kalesnik, Joanne, eds. (1999). Assessing and screening preschoolers: psychological and educational dimensions (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 978-0-205-26676-0.
- Sue, D. W., Carter, R. T., Casas, J. M., Fouad, N. A., Ivey, A. E., Jensen, M., LaFromboise, T., Manese, J. E., Ponterotto, J. G., & Vazquez-Nutall, E. (1998). Multicultural counseling competencies: Individual and organizational development. Sage Publications, Inc.
- Vazquez-Nuttall, Ena; Li, Chieh; Kaplan, Jason P. (2006-10-18). "Home-School Partnerships with Culturally Diverse Families: Challenges and Solutions for School Personnel". Journal of Applied School Psychology. 22 (2): 81–102. doi:10.1300/J370v22n02_05. ISSN 1537-7903.
References
- ^ a b c d Chieh Li; Shriberg, David; Lifter, Karin; Hoffman, Jessica; Kruger, Louis; Sanchez, William; Mason, Emanuel; Chung, Y. Barry (2012). "IN MEMORIAM: Ena Vazquez-Nuttall, 1937-2011". Communiqué, Bethesda, National Association of School Psychologists. 41 (1): 22–22.
- ^ Vazquez-Nuttall, E. Ethnicity and Health in American Psychological Association: Psychologists of Color. Retrieved March 4, 2023, from https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/psychologists/vazquez-nuttall
- ^ "In Memoriam". www.nlpa.ws. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Personalities". Vol. 40, no. 8. September 2009. p. 84. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Massachusetts School Psychologists Association - Ena Vazquez-Nutall Scholarship". mspa.wildapricot.org. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
Further reading
- Jones, K. Nicole; Alvarez, Leslie D. Cramblet (2023-01-13), "Enduring Questions of Childrearing and Creativity: Dr. Ena Vazquez-Nuttall", Early Psychological Research Contributions from Women of Color, Volume 1 (1 ed.), New York: Routledge, pp. 132–143, doi:10.4324/9781003246183-13, ISBN 978-1-003-24618-3, retrieved 2024-04-08
