Mia Tuan, Ph.D. CoDaC Director
Phone: (541) 346 – 8425
Email: tuan@uoregon.edu
Mia shares her time and talents as associate dean in the Graduate School, as a professor in the Department of Education Studies, and as the director of CoDaC. Her research focuses on racial and ethnic identity development, Asian transracial adoption, and multicultural organizational development. Mia received her BA (Sociology, magna cum laude) from UC Berkeley and MA/PhD (Sociology) from UCLA. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and has lived in Oregon since 1996.
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Linda Forrest, Ph.D. CoDaC Associate Director for Faculty Outreach
Phone: (514) 346 – 0913
Email: forrestl@uoregon.edu
Linda is CoDaC’s Associate Director for Faculty Outreach. Recent research publications have focused on faculty members conceptualizations of diversity and how it influences their decisions related to trainees meeting professional competence standards. Linda has served as the President of her national professional organization, the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association and as the Associate Editor of one of the top ranked applied psychology journal, The Counseling Psychologist. Linda is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the 2009 APA Strickland Daniel Mentoring Award, and the 2010 APA Division 17 Lifetime Mentoring Award. Prior to coming to UO, Linda was a faculty member at Michigan State University for 23 years.
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Gordon Nagayama Hall, Ph.D. CoDaC Associate Director of Research
Phone: (514) 346 – 3212
Email: gnhall@uoregon.edu
Gordon is Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Hall was previously a professor of psychology at Kent State University and the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests are in the cultural context of psychopathology. Dr. Hall is currently investigating cultural moderators of the effectiveness of treatments for depression with Asian Americans of treatments that are empirically-supported for other groups. This work is part of the Asian American Center on Disparities Research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Hall was President of the American Psychological Association Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) and received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Asian American Psychological Association. He is Editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and Associate Editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
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Tina Gutierez Schmich, MS CoDaC Mediation/Dispute Resolution Specialist
Phone: (541) 346 – 3212
Email: tschmich@uoregon.edu
Tina is the mediation/dispute resolution specialist for the Center on Diversity and Community where she provides conflict resolution services, facilitation and training. Tina’s role as a mother of three, combined with her passion for social justice and advocacy, provides the framework for her work in early education, non-profit management, supervision, leadership, and diversity development. She received her Bachelor of Education and graduate degree (Public Administration and Conflict and Dispute Resolution) at the University of Oregon.
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Tim McMahon, Ph.D. CoDaC Curriculum Transformation Specialist
Phone: (541) 346 – 3168
Email: timmc@uoregon.edu
Tim McMahon is a Curriculm Transformation Specialist for the Center on Diversity and Community at the University of Oregon. In this role, he works with faculty and staff on issues related to diversity. He is a co-author (with Susan Komives and Nance Lucas) of “Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want To Make A Difference”. Tim loves the Chicago Cubs, Macintosh computers, Diet Pepsis, and the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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Jennifer Chain CoDaC GTF, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student
Phone: (541) 346 – 3212
Email: jchain@uoregon.edu
Jenni is a Counseling Psychology doctoral student. She was born in Shandong, China and grew up in both her country of origin and Sacramento, California. Before her undergraduate education, she served a year in AmeriCorps in Boston, working in a literacy program for under-served children. She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in psychology from Smith College, where she found her passion for social justice and her voice. She is interested in studying the social emotional strengths of American Indian and Alaska Native youth.