 Director
Intergroup Relations Center
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
DELIA.SAENZ@asu.edu
In addition to serving as Director of the Intergroup Relations Center at ASU, Dr. Saenz is a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology, and a Research professor in the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. Her doctorate, in Social Psychology, was awarded from Princeton University in 1987, and she served previously as an assistant professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame before moving to ASU. During her tenure at ASU, Dr. Saenz has served administratively as Director of the Graduate Program in Social Psychology, and as interim associate dean of the Graduate College. She has also held numerous leadership positions in a number of campus organizations.
Her research over the past 15 years has focused on tokenism, intergroup processes, acculturation, social identity and family dynamics, and has included both laboratory and field research. Her journal articles on tokenism are often cited for their innovation and contribution to the understanding of diversity in work groups. Dr. Saenz is currently the principal investigator of Diversification and the Academy-Post-Grutter, a project that focuses on experiences of women of color faculty in higher education. This research is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Her previous work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Mental Health.
Beyond her contributions to scholarship and administration, Dr. Saenz has been recognized at both institutional and national levels for outstanding contributions to the teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students and graduate students of color. |
