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The Colonial MentalityProject
The Colonial Mentality
Project


Principal
Investigator


Biography

Curriculum Vitae

The Book

Dr. E.J. R. David in the News

Research Assistant

What is Colonial Mentality

Mental Health Implications of Colonial Mentality

Personal Stories of Colonial Mentality

The Colonial Mentality Scale

C.R.E.a.M.S.

E.J. David's Pilipino Word of the Day Series


The Colonial Mentality Project
The Psychological Study of Colonial Mentality or Internalized Oppression Among Filipino Americans and other Marginalized Groups
By E.J.R. David, Ph.D.


About Dr. E.J.R. David:
Dr. David was born in the Philippines by Kapampangan parents, and grew up in Pasay, Las Pinas, Makati, and Barrow, Alaska. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Alaska Anchorage (2002), and Master of Arts (2004) and Doctoral (2007) Degrees in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. David is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage, with his primary duties being with the PhD Program in Clinical-Community Psychology that has a Rural, Cultural, and Indigenous Emphasis.

Although he conducts research on various concepts that are important to racial and ethnic minorities (e.g., acculturation, biculturalism, etc.), Dr. David's work is primarily focused on the psychological consequences of oppression and/or colonization among Filipinos, Alaska Natives, American Indians, and other historically oppressed groups. He has traveled to various cities and states as an invited workshop facilitator, speaker, and presenter on Ethnic Minority, Asian American, and Filipino American psychological issues since 2002. He has published theoretical and empirical works on Internalized Oppression or Colonial Mentality, including the critically-acclaimed and community-welcomed book Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology: Oppression, Colonial Mentality, and Decolonization (2011, AuthorHouse). He also has two forthcoming books - Brown Skin, White Minds: The Revised Version of Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology (with commentaries) (Information Age Publishing) and the much-anticipated Internalized Oppression: The Psychology of Marginalized Groups (Springer Publishing).

Dr. David was the 2007 recipient of the American Psychological Association (APA) Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) Distinguished Student Research Award "for his significant contribution in psychological research related to ethnic minority populations." Most recently, due to the impact of his work in only five years since obtaining his Ph.D., Dr. David was honored by the American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) in 2012 with the Early Career Award in Research for Distinguished Contributions to the Field of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology, citing his "outstanding scientific contributions and the application of this knowledge toward the improved mental and physical well-being of people of color." Dr. David lives in Anchorage, Alaska with his mother, brother, wife, three children - Malakas (strong), Kalayaan (freedom), and Kaluguran (love) - and countless relatives and friends.

Visit and "LIKE" the book's Facebook Page to stay updated with events, news, presentations, and latest research related to internalized oppression or colonial mentality among Filipino -/ Americans and other historically oppressed groups. You will also become eligible to win book raffles that are periodically conducted. Also, please contact Dr. David directly at ejrdavid@uaa.alaska.edu if you are interested in booking him to speak, present, or conduct a workshop for your organization.







"little by little they lost their old traditions, the mementos of their past; they gave up their writing, their songs, their poems, their laws in order to learn by rote other doctrines which they did not understand, another morality, another aesthetics different from those inspired by their climate and their manner of thinking...degrading themselves in their own eyes; they became ashamed of what was their own; they began to admire and praise whatever was foreign and incomprehensible; their spirit was dismayed and it surrendered to...this disgust of themselves" - Jose Rizal, Philippine National Hero

Please contact E.J.R. David at ejrdavid@uaa.alaska.edu if you have any questions or comments.