I briefly describe my work on race and racism, and the psychology of variety. Two key goals have been increasing graduate coaching for college students of colour and increasing the main focus of scientific theorizing, analysis, and purposes in psychology. I argue that historical past is necessary for understanding race-related battle and progress and that cultural context is each a supply of obstacles to inclusion (cultural racism) and an necessary asset in resisting and dealing with these obstacles (resilience).

I describe methods by which my profession represents “doing variety.” Particularly, I’ve (a) helped diversify psychological science by a Minority Fellowship Program that supplied PhD coaching alternatives for greater than 1,500 college students of colour, (b) contributed to understanding psychological points by spearheading psychological science publications on HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and abortion; (c) contributed to nationwide conversations and understanding of race by advising the U.S. Division of Protection on assessments of racial and ethnic discrimination within the army and President Clinton’s Race Initiative; and (d) helped conceive and create an institute of world-class scholarship on race (DuBois Institute for African American Analysis) at Harvard College. I conclude by discussing challenges I confronted, what I might need accomplished in a different way, and the way my work was significant in my profession and life.