Bernardo
M. Ferdman, Ph.D.
Professor
California School of Professional Psychology
ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Principal
NEWS &
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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Ferdman, B. M. (2009, August 20). Diversity and
inclusion: Scholarly perspectives. Keynote address to be presented at
the 2nd International Forum on Diversity and Inclusion in
Organizations, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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August 2009: Inclusive behavior and the experience
of inclusion. In B. G. Chung (Chair), Inclusion in organizations:
Measures, HR practices, and climate. Symposium to be presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago. (Co-authors: V.
Barrera, A. Allen, & V. Vuong). |
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August 2009: Cone, D. & Ferdman, B. M. Perceiving
angry Black and White men at work: Role of perceiver race and
attributions for the anger. Paper to be presented at the 6th
Biennial Conference of the International Academy of Intercultural Research, Honolulu. |
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July 2, 2009: Inclusion in diverse organizations:
Concepts and research. Invited address at the 32nd Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Guatemala City,
Guatemala. |
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July 2009: Maynard, D. C., Ferdman, B. M., Holmes, T.
R., Graham, M., & Yang, H. (2009, July). The inclusion of global
migrants: A model and suggestions for research and policy. Paper to
be presented at 2nd Global Conference “Diasporas - Exploring Critical
Issues,” Oxford, England. |
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June 18, 2009: Bringing Our Whole Selves and our Culture to Work --
Workshop for the San
Diego Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA). |
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April 2009: Trained members of PICO California to
facilitate Health Care Conversations, as part of CaliforniaSpeaks
II. |
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April 2009: Discussant for Relational
perspectives on organizational phenomena. (R. Fehr & M. J. Gelfand,
Chairs). Symposium at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans. |
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March 2009: Assessing inclusive behavior and the
experience of inclusion: A research update. Presentation at
the Institute for Inclusion 4th Conference, Arlington VA. |
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February 25, 2009: 21st-century leadership:
Performance effects of an inclusive approach.
Invited presentation at Innovation to Impact – Talent Management Magazine’s
Strategies 2009, Laguna Niguel, CA. |
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February 2009: Do You Want To Raise More Funds? Then Let's Talk about
Diversity and Inclusion. Keynote Presentation for Association of
Fundraising Professionals, San Diego Chapter, Monthly Luncheon
Meeting. |
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December 2008: Conceptualizing and assessing workgroup inclusion.
Keynote presentation, San
Diego I-O Professionals (SDIOP) quarterly meeting. |
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December 2008: Speaking up, pushing back, and
engaging in conflict at work authentically, effectively, and productively. Webinar
for Madrinas—Latinas Empowering Latinas. |
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I, we, they: Cross-cultural conflict
resolution. Webinar
(with R. D. Johnson, N. Haider, and J. Jones) for
NAMIC Leadership Suite Webinar Series, National Association for
Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. |
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November 2008: Latino/a
identity orientations: Towards a dynamic and developmental perspective.
Paper presented at the National Latina/o Psychological Association 2008
Conference, Costa Mesa, CA. (Co-author: Plácida V. Gallegos). |
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Developing Latino achievement initiatives
in colleges and universities: Building workforce pipelines. Roundtable
presented at the National Latina/o Psychological Association 2008 Conference,
Costa Mesa, CA. (With Eduardo Morales) |
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October 2008: Panelist for Visioning the future
of diversity management work: A conversation about cutting edge research and
new approaches and practices in diversity with researchers, academics and
diversity practitioners (Laura Morgan Roberts, Moderator). Plenary
session held at “The Next Generation of Diversity Work,” 2nd Annual Pursuing the Promise of Diversity Summit and Awards Luncheon,
American Institute for
Managing Diversity, Atlanta. |
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October 2008: ¿Quién soy? ¿Quiénes somos? The power of telling our
Latino/Latina life stories. Paper presented at the Research Forum,
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference and Career Expo, Atlanta. (With Mónica Gavino) |
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October & November 2008: Surround Events at San Diego REPertory
Theatre:
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Keynote Speaker. “Honoring the Past
and Inspiring the Future,” San Diego County Latino Association 25th
Anniversary Gala and Scholarship Award Ceremony. |
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September 2008: Estimulando
el desarrollo de líderes comunitarios: Una perspectiva de la diversa identidad latina [Stimulating
the development of community leaders: A perspective of diverse Latino
identities]. Presentation in “El Voto Latino y
la Nueva Dinámica de las Elecciones de EUA” [The Latino Vote and the New Dynamics
of U.S. Elections], Seminar at Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA. |
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September 2008: Defining and assessing inclusion in diverse organizations and workgroups. Workshop presented at “Moving Beyond Talk to Action: Building a Diverse 21st Century
Organization,”
The Urban League of San Diego County Second Annual
Diversity Summit,
San Diego. (With Latasha Gillespie.) |
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September 2008: Area Facilitator, Equal Voice for
American Families Convention, Los Angeles, CA, September 6, 2008. |
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August 2008: Joined the Board of
Trustees of the San Diego REPertory Theatre. |
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August 2008: Presentations at the Academy of Management Annual
Conference in Anaheim, California:
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August 2008: Do you want to find a great job? Then let's talk about bringing your whole self to work. Workshop presented at the 2008 PhD Project Management Doctoral Student Association 2008 Conference, Anaheim. |
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August 2008: Executive Coaching for Multicultural Executives. Webinar (with R. D. Johnson, G. Brome, C. Mitchell, J. Hyun, and S. Blake-Beard) for NAMIC Leadership Suite Webinar Series, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. |
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June 2008: Identity Orientations of Latinos/as in the United States: Implications for Leaders and Organizations. Workshop presented for National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) San Diego Chapter’s Professional Development Series. |
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July 15, 2008: The Paradox of Latino Leaders:
Interview with Marshall Goldsmith
for his column on BusinessWeek.com, Marshall & Friends. |
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July 2008: Elected President of San Diego
Industrial-Organizational Professionals, (SDIOP). |
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May 2008: Conference Moderator, Healthy Bodies:
Healthy Minds, 3rd Annual Latino Health Conference, San Diego
Prevention Research Center, San Diego, CA. |
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April 2008: Varieties of Latino Identity and
their Implications for Leaders and Organizations. Faculty Seminar,
California State University, San Marcos, CA. |
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April 2008: The role of psychology in leadership development: Then and now. Workshop (with Rebecca Turner) at the Annual Convention of the California Psychological Association. |
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March 2008: Cultural competence through workforce diversity: Promises and challenges. Workshop presented at “Evolving with Communities to
Achieve Culturally Responsive Approaches,” Cultural Competence and Mental
Health Summit XV, San Diego. (With A. Sciola, F. Ortiz, R. Castillo, & A.
A. Outcalt.) |
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February 2008: Invited to join the Diversity Collegium, a think tank of
diversity practitioners and thought leaders that has an alliance and holds joint programs with the American Institute for
Managing Diversity. |
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March 2008: Featured article at DiversityCentral.com on my ideas
and work on inclusion. The article is titled "So you have cultural
diversity, now what? The tools and theories of inclusion",
and is currently available for free. (Once a new article is posted, this one
will be available through DiversityCentral's archives.) |
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July 11, 2008: Keynote speaker and discussion
facilitator at Teaching and Training Workplace Diversity: Bridging the
Research-Practice Gap, a conference sponsored by George Mason
University to explore the latest research and best practices in diversity
business education and training. Keynote address: "On the shoulders of giants? The role of scholarship and
research in diversity teaching and training." Faciliated discussion on the question: What should be the goals for
diversity classes and training? |
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June 26, 2008: Workshop for the San
Diego Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) --
''Identity
Orientations of Latinos in the United States; Implications for Leaders and
Organizations''. (Click for the press release.) |
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April 25, 2008: Presenter at the 5th Hispanic Executive Summit sponsored
by the National
Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), in Anaheim, CA. My session
was titled "Finding and Using One's Own Voice in Managing Conflict
and Pushback." |
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April 11, 2008: At the SIOP conference in San Francisco, Douglas
Maynard and I facilitated a roundtable The Marginalized Workforce: How
I-O Psychology Can Make a Difference to follow up on a panel
discussion in 2007. Click
here to go to our Google Group on marginalized workers. |
April 28, 2007: Chaired an invited panel discussion at the 22nd annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology titled Working on the Edge: I-O Psychology and Marginalized Workers. The distinguished panelists were Josep Blanch, Dov Eden, and Ellen Kossek. Click here to go to the resource page for that session.
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March 2-3, 2008: The Institute
for Inclusion held its second conference -- Inclusion: The Big Idea! -- in Washington DC. I've been working with the
Institute since it started; I served on the committee that produced the Inclusion Principles, and chaired the
group working to develop a set of key Inclusive Behaviors. |
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I am thrilled to be working with Ascent-Leading Multicultural Women to the Top, a new national, not-for-profit
organization founded by Dr. Ella L. J. Bell and dedicated to supporting
multicultural women in their professional development and corporate career
advancement. In February 2008, I taught in the first Mastering Management Program, for women
in middle management. The workshop I did in the program was Becoming a
Diplomatic Warrior: Speaking Up, Pushing Back, and Engaging in Conflict at
Work Authentically, Effectively, and Productively. |
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August 2007: I was honored to serve as lead co-facilitator for CaliforniaSpeaks, a
statewide discussion to evaluate proposals to reform healthcare in
California. (In June 2008, I joined AmericaSpeaks
as an Network Associate.) Click here to watch all or part of the
webcast of the event, which included over 3500 people in 8 sites across
California. Click here to
watch an excellent and moving 9-minute overview and summary of the event. |
Photos from CaliforniaSpeaks:
Welcoming Fabian Núñez, Speaker of the California State Assembly, to the stage.
On stage with Carolyn Lukensmeyer, lead co-facilitator and President and Founder of AmericaSpeaks.
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Click here
to read my interview and my column on inclusion published
throughout 2007 in The San Diego Psychologist. |
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Click here to read my profile
in the Carmel Valley News, published 3/15/2007. |
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April 28, 2007: Chaired an invited panel discussion at
the 22nd
annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
titled Working on the
Edge: I-O Psychology and Marginalized Workers. The
distinguished panelists were Josep Blanch, Dov
Eden, and Ellen Kossek. Click here to go to the resource page
for that session. April 11, 2008: at the SIOP conference in San Francisco, Douglas
Maynard and I facilitated a roundtable The Marginalized Workforce: How
I-O Psychology Can Make a Difference to follow up on the 2007
session. Click here to go to our Google Group on marginalized workers. |
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Division 45 of the American
Psychological Association (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic
Minority Issues) nominated me as a candidate for President-elect in 2007. Click here to read my election statement.
(The election was held from April to June 2007.) |
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October 22, 2007:
Keynote address, Inclusão em
organizações e grupos de trabalho diversos: Visões a partir da teoria,
pesquisa e prática [Inclusion
in diverse organizations and workgroups: Insights from theory, research, and
practice]. at "I Fórum de Diversidade–Diálogos sobre Diversidade e
Inclusão: Experiências Acadêmicas e Empresariais" [1st Diversity Forum—Dialogues
on Diversity and Inclusion: Academic and Business Experiences], at Universidade
Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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August 2007: Presentations at the Academy
of Management Annual Conference in Philadelphia:
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November 2006: Marshall Goldsmith presents me with
the Outstanding International Scholar-Practitioner Award on behalf of
the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management at Alliant International
University:
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