Amado M. Padilla Explained

Amado M. Padilla
Occupation:Professor of Psychology
Birth Date:19 October 1942
Workplaces:Stanford University
Alma Mater:New Mexico Highlands University;Oklahoma State University; University of New Mexico
Awards:
  • APA Distinguished Contribution through Research Award (1990)
  • APA Lifetime Achievement Award (1996)
Spouse:Kathryn Lindhom

Amado M. Padilla (born October 19, 1942) is an educator known for his research on academic resiliency, acculturation and related stress, second language learning and bilingualism.[1] Padilla is Professor of Psychological Studies in Education[2] and Associate Dean at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.[3]

Biography

Padilla was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 19, 1942. He went to New Mexico Highlands University and completed his bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1964. Padilla received his master's degree in Experimental Psychology at Oklahoma State University in 1966. and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at the University of New Mexico in 1969. His dissertation titled "An analysis of incentive and behavioral contrast" was supervised by Frank A. Logan.[4]

Padilla taught at the State University of New York, college at Potsdam from 1969 to 1971 and at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1971 to 1974. From 1974 to 1988, Padilla was faculty at University of California in Los Angeles. After spending 1986-1987 as a visiting professor at Stanford University, he joined the Stanford faculty as Professor of Psychological Studies in Education in 1988. Padilla is affiliated with Stanford's Center for Latin American Studies.[5]

Padilla is the founding editor of the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.[6]

Padilla is known for his work highlighting critical issues that affect the well-being of Hispanics in education and other settings.[7] He is credited with coining the term cultural taxation to describe the increased workload and other "unique burdens that faculty of color and other underrepresented faculty face in carrying out responsibilities" at many universities.[8]

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Representative publications

References

  1. Web site: Guide to the Amado M. Padilla Papers M0497 . 2022-11-24 . oac.cdlib.org.
  2. Web site: Amado M. Padilla's Website . 2022-11-24 . web.stanford.edu.
  3. Web site: Amado Padilla's Profile Stanford Profiles . 2022-10-20 . profiles.stanford.edu . en.
  4. Padilla . Amado . An Analysis of Incentive and Behavioral Contrast . 20 May 1969 .
  5. Web site: Amado Padilla Center for Latin American Studies . 2022-11-24 . clas.stanford.edu . en.
  6. Web site: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences Editorial Board .
  7. Padilla . Amado M. . 1994 . Research news and Comment: Ethnic Minority Scholars; Research, and Mentoring: Current and Future Issues . Educational Researcher . 23 . 4 . 24–27 . 10.3102/0013189X023004024 . 145170528 .
  8. Web site: Singh . Preetina . 2022-10-20 . Faculty Rights Tip: What is "Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service to Students"? . 2022-11-24 . California Faculty Association . en-US.
  9. Web site: Awards & Honors – Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race . 2022-11-24 . en-CA.
  10. Web site: Lifetime Achievement Award (Division 45) . 2022-11-26 . www.apa.org.

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