The Science of Diversity

Mona Sue Weissmark is a clinical and social psychologist whose work on diversity and the psychological roots of injustice has received global recognition. She is the author of the books Doing Psychotherapy Effectively (University of Chicago Press), and Justice Matters: Legacies of the Holocaust & World War II (Oxford University Press). The founder and former director of the Program Initiative for Global Mental Health Studies at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University and the founder and former director for The Center for Social Justice in Chicago, Dr. Weissmark is also part-time Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Currently, she teaches the course 'Psychology of Diversity' and conducts research on the science of diversity and justice at Harvard University.