Bernardo Ferdman

W6-A: Exploring Latino/a Identity Orientations & Implications for Integration & Inclusion

About Bernardo Ferdman

Dr. Bernardo M. Ferdman (http://bernardoferdman.org) is Professor in the Organizational Psychology Programs at Alliant International Universityand an accomplished leadership and organization development consultant with over 25 years of experience working with diverse groups and organizations to increase individual and collective effectiveness. He consults, writes, speaks, and teaches on diversity and inclusion, multicultural leadership, Latinos/Latinas in the workplace, and bringing one’s whole self to work. Dr. Ferdman served as President of the Interamerican Society of Psychology and Chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management; heis a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Charter Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, a member of the Diversity Collegium (a think tank of diversity practitioners), and a network associate with AmericaSpeaks, whose “mission is to reinvigorate American Democracy by engaging citizens in the public decision-making that most impacts their lives.”In 1991, he received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Dr. Ferdman earned a Ph.D. in Psychology at Yale Universityand an A.B. degree at Princeton University. He co-chairs the San Diego Latino-Jewish Coalition and serves as Trustee of the San Diego REPertory Theatre.