Janis Sanchez-Hucles

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Janis Sanchez-Hucles
Education Swarthmore College & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation Psychologist & Professor Emerita
Years active1980–present

Janis Sanchez-Hucles is an American psychologist and professor emerita at Old Dominion University. She was appointed chair of its psychology department in 2006.

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Biography

The eldest of six children, Janis Sanchez-Hucles was born 1951 in New York state. [1] Her father's side of the family is Cuban-Caribbean American, her mother's from the Southern United States. [1] She is married to Michael Hucles, grandson of coach Henry B. Hucles. [2]

While pursuing her doctorate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sanchez-Hucles developed a curiosity for and awareness about different racial groups' relationships with the field of psychology. This would later serve to inform her dedication to making the field of psychology more available to and more able to serve ethnic minorities. [1]

As a professor of psychology at Old Dominion University, she also served as department chair until she retired. [3]

Education

Sanchez-Hucles earned her BA in psychology from Swarthmore College in 1973 and her MS at Purdue University in 1975. [1] She went on to earn her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was the second person of color to do so. [3] [4]

Academic work

Apart from her work as a professor emerita and chairperson at Old Dominion, Sanchez-Hucles has been committed in her work to making psychology more accessible to ethnic minorities. [4] [5] [3] In doing so she served on a Task Force of Division 35 at the American Psychological Association, the Task Force on Women, Poverty, and Public Assistance. It explored the needs of women who are ethnic minorities. Though she has said she was at first intimidated, she credits Pamela Trotman Reid with pushing her to start a task force. [6] [7] [8]

In 2003 the APA gave Sanchez-Hucles a Distinguished Contributions to Service Award for her dedication to her work representing and serving Division 45 (Society for the psychology study of ethnic minority issues). [9]

Research and publications

The topics of Sanchez-Hucles's research broadly involve women, especially women of color, and the subject of race. [10] In her article, Women and women of color in leadership: complexity, identity, and intersectionality, Sanchez-Hucles explores ways in which gender and race impact women in leadership positions. [11] Though different in the challenges they face, the article notes that white women and women of color face stereotypes and other challenges that have to do with the intersection of their identities. [11]

Sanchez-Hucles also wrote First Sessions with African-American Clients: A Step by Step Guide, [10] a guide for therapists to help them practice strategies, such as cultural competence and being aware of their own biases, to retain African American clientele. [10] The book somewhat mirrors some ideas from many of her other works, such as Staying The Course: Psychotherapy In The African-American Community. It seeks to address some of the important strategies that will allow therapists to better serve Black clients with culturally sensitivity and awareness. [12]

Selected works

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  2. ↑ "One Dream of a Team". Virginia Living. March 14, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Old Dominion Chair Announcement". Old Dominion. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "APA Women Timeline". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ODU Faculty Emeriti". Old Dominion University. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "APA Task Force Page". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ PFV Interview with Janis Sanchez-Hucles: Getting Involved with Division 35 . Retrieved June 11, 2021– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Pamela Reid". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "APA Service Award". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 "Old Dominion Book Announcement". Old Dominion. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  11. 1 2 Sanchez-Hucles, Janis V.; Davis, Donald D. (2010). "Women and women of color in leadership: Complexity, identity, and intersectionality". American Psychologist. 65 (3): 171–181. doi:10.1037/a0017459. PMID   20350016 . Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  12. ↑ "I'm A Black Psychotherapist And We Need More Of Us". Madamenoire. April 12, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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