HESBURGH LECTURE SERIES 2012 Program - Alumni Association ...

Donald Pope-Davis, Ph.D.
Vice President and Associate Provost; Professor, Psychology
Biography
Donald Pope-Davis, who joined the University of Notre Dame faculty in 2000, studies in the
areas of multicultural psychology, counseling, and education. Specifically, he is interested
in cultural and racial identity development, cultural competency training, development,
and assessment. Other areas of research include multicultural supervision in professional
psychology, development of multicultural measures for assessing environments and supervision,
issues of mental health of people of color, and cross-cultural communications.
Pope-Davis is the co-author of three books: Multicultural Counseling Competencies: Assessment,
Education and Supervision; The Intersections of Race, Class and Gender in Multicultural
Counseling; and, most recently, Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and
Psychology. Pope-Davis has published numerous articles in the field of psychology. He also is a
research fellow of the American Psychology Association. Based upon a recent national ranking,
Pope-Davis was ranked third in the country among scholars in his field.
Pope-Davis was elected vice president and associate provost at Notre Dame in July 2007. He is responsible for leading and
managing the Provost’s Office’s involvement in the faculty recruitment and hiring process, tenure and promotions procedures,
mentoring programs for faculty, and the creation and administration of new programs to help prepare faculty leaders to carry out
administrative tasks. His previous administrative experience includes service for five years in the Notre Dame Graduate School—
as assistant vice president from 2002 to 2004, and associate vice president for the following two years. He served on an interim
basis for the 2006 to 2007 academic year as dean of the Graduate School. He directs Notre Dame’s TRIO programs — Upward
Bound and Talent Search — all federally-funded educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support
students from disadvantaged backgrounds. He has served since 2007 on the NCAA Committee on Athletic Certification.
A graduate of Benedictine University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and theology, Pope-Davis earned his doctorate in
counseling psychology from Stanford University.
Lecture
The Role of Race and Culture in our Society: Implications for our Emerging Communities
As the U.S. becomes more diverse, there is a need to understand the different psychological and social issues that affect crosscultural
development. This lecture discusses the role that race and culture identity development play in this process and the
implications it has on behavior, stereotypes, and attitudes.
90 The Hesburgh Lecture Series, 2012 Program
Categories
Social Concerns