Introduction
INTRODUCTION “Cultural Competence in the Digital Age: Trending #Apps, #Games, #Socialmedia” Welcome to the 33rd Annual Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, sponsored by the Dean’s Office and the Counseling Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. The Winter Roundtable is the longest running continuing professional education program in the United States devoted solely to cultural issues in psychology and education. The theme of the 2016 Roundtable conference is “Cultural Competence in the Digital Age: Trending #Apps, #Games, #Socialmedia.” We are very pleased to welcome future leaders and professionals, and will feature research and interventions regarding multicultural concerns in community, school, and family settings, as well as individual development, across a wide range of topics, including language, literacy, access, wellness, cultural values, training, and experiences with oppression and discrimination. This year's conference is a two-day program consisting of paper and symposium presentations, workshops, student poster presentations, and roundtable discussions conducted by invited and selected experts in the fields of multicultural psychology, education, and related disciplines. The Winter Roundtable continues its tradition of bringing together scholars, practitioners, educators, researchers, advocates of social change, and students who value the complex influences of race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and religious affiliation in psychology and education. Several years ago, the Roundtable instituted the Social Justice Action Award, which celebrates the contributions of individuals who have exemplified social change through their principles and practice. The inaugural recipient of the Social Justice Action Award was bell hooks, followed by Jane Elliott in 2005, Linda James Myers in 2006, Ronald Takaki in 2007, Michelle Fine in 2008, William Cross in 2009, Concepción Saucedo Martinez in 2010, Bertha G.
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