Nadal's book Filipino American Psychology:A Handbook of Theory,Research,and Clinical Practice (Wiley,2011)[8] was noted for being the first comprehensive book on Filipino American mental health issues.[9][10][11] Nadal has gone on to release other books on this and related topics.[12][13]
Nadal's research and writings concentrate on race,ethnicity,sexual orientation,gender,and the concept of racial microaggressions,and other microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination towards racial/ethnic minorities,women,and LGBTQ populations.[14] He created and published the Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale in the Journal of Counseling Psychology in 2011.[15] Nadal has also researched "sexual orientation microaggressions"[16] In 2013,Nadal released That's So Gay!' Microaggressions and the Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,and Transgender Community.[17][18]
Awards
John Jay College Scholarly Excellence Award (2015) [19]
Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York (2015)[20]
APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (2017)[21]
Nadal was raised in Fremont,California.[24] During his high school years,Nadal reports being bullied for being gay.[25] Since 2010,he has become vocal about ending bullying in schools.[26]
Social justice advocacy
Nadal has written or spoken about the need for Filipino Americans to address colorism within their families and communities,[27] the need for people to challenge homophobia and transphobia,[28] the experiences of invisibility and marginalization of Filipino Americans and other "brown Asians" in the general Asian American community,[citation needed] the racial microaggressions LGBTQ people of color experience in dating and sexual relationships,[29] the systemic colorblindness and marginalization of people of color in queer studies,[30] as well as anti-black racism.[31]
In 2007,Nadal gained attention with several media outlets when he started an online petition against ABC Studios for negative statements made about Philippine medical schools on the television show Desperate Housewives.[32][33]
In 2014,Nadal formed the LGBTQ Scholars of Color National Network as a way to provide support for LGBTQ people of color in academia.[citation needed]
In 2016,Nadal and his colleagues wrote an open letter to the New York Times for their lack of Filipino American representation in a video segment that described Filipino American experiences.[34][35][36]
Nadal was also very vocal about addressing racism and Islamophobia in response to the Pulse tragedy in Orlando.[37]
In 2017,American Psychologist published Nadal's "Let's Get In Formation":On Becoming a Psychologist-Activist in the 21st Century,where he argued of the ethical responsibility for psychologists to "combat oppression on individual,interpersonal,group,and institutional levels."[38]
↑ Cheng, S.A. (2014). "A Review of "That's so gay! Microaggressions and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community"". Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 10 (4): 422–424. doi:10.1080/1550428X.2014.897919. S2CID142225337.
↑ Nadal, K.; etal. (2016). "Microaggressions Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Genderqueer People: A Review of the Literature". The Journal of Sex Research. 53 (4–5): 488–508. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1142495. PMID26966779. S2CID23205208.
↑ Nadal, Kevin L. (2016). "The Intersection of Queer Theory and Empirical Methods: Visions for CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies". Women's Studies Quarterly. 44 (3–4): 301–305. doi:10.1353/wsq.2016.0060. S2CID88657169.
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