LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE is pleased to announce the addition of the National Latinx Psychological Association to our conference schedule this Fall. 

The NLPA is devoted to advancing psychological knowledge and effective application for the benefit of Latinxs. Their members and allies span across many different fields including mental health professionals, academics, researchers and students. NLPA members are an active bunch looking to understand the complexities of Latinx life, focusing on family dynamics, mental health, immigration, refugees, bilingualism, and the prevalent racism and discrimination present in the United States. 

This years conference will be held in sunny Miami providing the perfect backdrop with the rich history of Latinx culture. This years theme is "Embracing Our Strengths to Tear Down Walls of Discrimination and Systematic Oppression" and will be jam-packed with action based discourse on the current state of the Latinx community. 

This year’s Invited Keynote Speakers are:

Dr. Raúl Quiñones-Rosado (Founder and Principal c-Integral, LLC.) is a liberation psychologist, antiracism organizer, social justice educator and author. Since the 1980s, Dr. Quiñones-Rosado has been committed to personal and social change, work that has focused on social identity development, psychosocial liberation, multiracial antiracist community organizing, and cultural transformation for integral well-being (buen vivir). “Racism: The Persistent Challenge to the Well Being of Latinx People”

Dr. Amado Padilla (Stanford University) is Professor and Chair of Developmental and Psychological Sciences in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Professor Padilla has published more than 200 papers/chapters on numerous topics including: psychological assessment, ethnic identity, acculturation, bilingualism/biculturalism, second language learning, and educational resiliency among Latinx adolescents. “Celebrating the History of Latinx Psychology and the 40thAnniversary of the Arrowhead Conference”

This is the best opportunity for publishers to promote books on Latinxs to serious scholars, practitioners and activists in this field. 

For information on exhibiting at the 2019 National Latinx Psychological Association, please email Mary Helen Guider-Shaw at bookexhibits@libraryofsocialscience.com.

NLPA attendees seek titles on all aspects of Latinx life, including:

The Library of Social Science book exhibit will be located at the center of the meeting space and open to attendees throughout the meeting.Our professional exhibit managers will be on-site throughout the conference. We actively promote your titles by discussing books with conferees, distributing flyers and catalogs, selling books on-site using publisher-supplied order forms, and urging faculty to consider titles for course adoption and library acquisition.

For information on exhibiting at the 2019 National Latinx Psychological Association, please email Mary Helen Guider-Shaw at bookexhibits@libraryofsocialscience.com.

With best regards,
Mary Helen Guider-Shaw

Conferees span the 2018 NLPA book exhibit.