Please reflect on the role of acculturation in your personal life and your professional practice. How can undergoing the process of acculturation affect your individual professional development as a future international psychologist? Remember to frame your reflections within the scope of existing literature on acculturation. (APA format, 4 pages).

Readings & Videos
Daniels, J. (2001). Conceptualizing a case of indirect racism using the white racial identity development model. Journal of Mental Health
Counseling, 23(3), 256-268.

American Psychological Association (1990). Guidelines for providers of psychological services to ethnic, linguistic, and culturally diverse
populations. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/provider-guidelines.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Beckstead, Z. (2010). Liminality in acculturation and pilgrimage: When movement becomes meaningful. Culture & Psychology, 16(3), 383-
393. doi:10.1177/1354067X10371142.

Chen, S., Benet-Martínez, V., & Bond, M. (2008). Bicultural identity, bilingualism, and psychological adjustment in multicultural societies:
Immigration-based and globalization-based acculturation. Journal of Personality, 76(4), 803-838. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00505.x

Chirkov, V. (2009). Critical psychology of acculturation: What do we study and how do we study it,when we investigate acculturation?
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33(2), 94-105. doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.12.004

Cooke, M. (2002). The effects of personal characteristics on migration from prairie cities to first nations. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 34(2), 40-
62.

Fail, H., Thompson, J., & Walker, G. (2004). Belonging, identity and third culture kids: Life histories of former international school students.
Journal of Research in International Education, 3(3), 319-338.

Fozdar, F. (2009). ‘The Golden Country’: Ex-Yugoslav and African refugee experiences of settlement and ‘depression.’ Journal of Ethnic &
Migration Studies, 35(8), 1335-1352. doi:10.1080/13691830903123120

Friedman, M., & Saroglou, V. (2010). Religiosity, psychological acculturation to the host culture, self-esteem and depressive symptoms
among stigmatized and non-stigmatized religious immigrant groups in Western Europe. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 185-195. doi:10.1080/01973531003738387

United Nations Development Programme (2009). Human Development Report (2009) Summary. Retrieved from
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Summary.pdf

Howard, R. W. (2009). The migration of Westerners to Thailand: An unusual flow from developed to developing world. International Migration,
47(2), 193-225. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00517.x

Killian, C. (2011). Integrative perspectives on acculturation. American Psychologist, 66(2), 154-155. doi:10.1037/a0022242

Nesdale, D., & Mak, A. S. (2000). Immigrant acculturation attitudes and host country identification. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 10(6), 483-495. doi:10.1002/1099-1298(200011/12)10:6<483::AID-CASP580>3.0.CO;2

Phinney, J. S., & Ong, A. D. (2007). Conceptualization and measurement of ethnic identity: Current status and future directions. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54(3), 271-281. doi:10.1037/0022-067.54.3.271

Rudmin, F. W. (2010). Steps towards the renovation of acculturation research paradigms: What scientists’ personal experiences of migration might tell science. Culture & Psychology, 16(3), 299-312. doi:10.1177/1354067X10371140

Sapienza, I., Hichy, Z., Guarnera, M., & Di Nuovo, S. (2010). Effects of basic human values on host community acculturation orientations. International Journal of Psychology, 45, 311-319. doi: 10.1080/00207591003587978

Schwartz, S. J., Unger, J. B., Zamboanga, B. L., & Szapocznik, J. (2010). Rethinking the concept of acculturation: Implications for theory and research. American Psychologist, 65(4), 237-251. doi:10.1037/a0019330

Schwartz, S. J., Pantin, H., Sullivan, S., Prado, G., & Szapocznik, J. (2006). Nativity and years in the receiving culture as markers of acculturation in ethnic enclaves. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37(3), 345-353.

Schwartz, S.J., Montgomery, M.J., & Briones, E. (2006). The role of identity in acculturation among immigrant people: Theoretical propositions, empirical questions, and applied recommendations. Human Development, 49, 1-30. DOI: 10.1159/000090300.

Vojvoda, D., Weine, S.M., McGlashan, T., Becker, D.F., & Southwick, S.M. (2008). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in Bosnian refugees 3 1/2 years after resettlement. Journal of Rehabilitative Research and Development, 45, 421-426.

Wiles, D. (2007). Headscarves, human rights, and harmonious multicultural society: Implications of the French ban for interpretations of equality. Law & Society Review, 41(3), 699-735.

Yijälä, A., Lönnqvist, J., Jasinskaja-Lahti,I. , & Verkasalo, M. (2012), Values as predictors of anticipated socio-cultural adaptation among potential migrants from Russia to Finland. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 22, 95-110. doi: 10.1002/casp.1104

Optional but Recommended Texts and Readings
Akhtar,S. (1999). Four tracks in identity transformation following immigration. In S. Akhtar (Ed.), Immigration and identity: turmoil, treatment, and transformation (pp. 75-106). Northvale, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Mehta, S. (2011, August 1st). The Asylum Seeker: Strategies for a difficult process. The New Yorker, 32-37.
Basu, M. (2013, February 15). Bengali Harlem: Author documents a lost history of immigration in America. CNN In America. Retrieved from http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/15/bengali-harlem-author-documents-a-lost-history-of-immigration-in-america/

Videos
Adichie, C. (2009, October). The danger of a single story. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Le, T. (2012, February). My immigration story. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_my_immigration_story.html?quote=1353 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Iyengar, S. (2010, July). The art of choosing. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html?quote=786 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Davis, W. (2003, May). Dreams from endangered cultures. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Neuwirth, R. (2005, May). Robert Neuwirth on “shadow cities” Global migration from rural areas to the cities. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Immigration Through Ellis Island – Award Winning Documentary Video. (2009, February). PBS. Retrieved
Immigration Through Ellis Island – Award Winning Documentary Video Film (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The World’s Largest Human Migration. (2011, September). PBS. Retrieved from http://video.pbs.org/video/2145973367/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.