Meg A Bond
Biographic Data
| ID | 4010103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg A Bond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg A |
| FAMILY NAME | Bond |
| SIGNATURE | BOND M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4013-0120 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 236 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
A scoping review of the structuring of questions about sexual orientation and gender identity
The purpose of this scoping review is to map the extent of the current research on how to best structure questions asking respondents to self‐identify their sexual orientation and gender identity and to ascertain what further issues about measurement need to be explored. Using the Arksey and O'Malley framework for scoping reviews, 52 articles describing primary research about how to structure sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) question…
Allies as organizational change agents to promote equity and inclusion
Purpose The current case study investigated how intentional, systematic planning can help organizations harness the energy of these willing allies who may be motivated to support change. The focus of the study is the development of a peer-to-peer approach, involving “Equity Leaders (ELs),” that was part of a larger, multi-level organization change initiative that addressed personal, interpersonal and structural considerations at a mid-sized publi…
Mobilizing bystanders to address microaggressions in the workplace
Microaggressions present significant barriers to the entry and advancement of individuals from marginalized groups within the workplace. Their ubiquity, coupled with their harmful impact, creates an urgent need for organizations to mitigate them to foster truly equitable and inclusive work environments. In this paper, we present a bystander‐focused approach to address this particular form of workplace bias. Informed by the empirical literature an…
Challenging gendered microaggressions in the academy
Despite increasing numbers, women faculty are still underrepresented at higher ranks and in leadership positions in the professoriate. Recent research suggests that gendered microaggressions, a particular expression of subtle gender bias, have a powerful, cumulative negative impact on women faculty’s access to research support and advancement. Bystander interventions are a promising avenue to mitigate their impact. However, little is known about …
Scholarship for Social Change
In this article, I describe how I stumbled my way into an academic career doing research to promote social change toward greater equity and inclusion. I reflect on how my path has been informed by my own experiences with harassment, marginalization, and privilege. These reflections build upon the belief that we are all informed by our histories, vantage points, and social locations and that those forces shape the questions we ask, the way we ask …
Perceived Subtle Gender Bias Index
In this article, we present the development and validation of the Perceived Subtle Gender Bias Index. Given the inherent difficulty in identifying and measuring the perceptions of subtle gender biases, this index provides researchers and interventionists with a tool that does not require participants to identify/label an event as a gender bias incident. We used a mixed method and constructivist approach that prioritized and privileged the voices …
APA handbook of community psychology
APA Handbook of Community Psychology
Leading the Way on Diversity
To take up the AJCP editor's call to think forward in this article, I offer up three challenges that revolve around further contextualizing our understandings of diversity, i.e., reconsidering the notion of “difference” between discrete categories; more fully emphasizing diversity as socially situated; and further delving into local, setting‐specific practices that shape the meanings of diversity. Enhanced attention to these three challenges can …
Workplace Diversity
The diversification of the global workforce brings both challenges and opportunities. We focus on diversity defined by membership in traditionally underrepresented groups. To harness the power of diversity, organizations must: increase representation of diverse individuals throughout the organizational hierarchy, attend to the social processes that emerge once diversity is present, and foster an organizational climate that supports the full inclu…
Healthy Diversity
Racial and ethnic health disparities remain a pandemic social issue in the United States, posing a significant challenge to health care organizations. Culturally responsive and competent care is key to addressing health disparities, and the lack of diversification in the health care workforce is a contributor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers and best practices surrounding the development of diverse staffing in a sample o…
Migration as a Context-Dependent Dynamic in a World of Global Inequalities
Global migration is a topic of utmost importance in psychological research. As over 200 million people are on the move across national borders, and many more within their own countries, the processes of these migrations must be examined from different points of view and from different geographical locations. The articles in this special journal issue pointedly illustrate the role of international, national, community, and individual factors that …
Introduction to Special Section
Listening to Diversity Stories
Three broad Diversity Principles for Community Research and Action are described and offered as community psychology's contribution to the growing literature on multicultural competence in psychology. The principles are applicable to multiple dimensions of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and social class. The diversity principles are illustrated with examples from the twenty‐two diversity sto…
Diversity Challenges in Community Research and Action
Community research and action often involve managing difficult diversity‐related dilemmas. However, the literature on diversity tends to focus on success stories that tie up very complex issues into neatly‐packaged case studies or lists of specific recommendations. This article introduces a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology that was rooted in the belief that it is within the stories of the challenges that the complexit…
Stories of Relative Privilege
Stories about community work in New Zealand and Scotland are presented to describe and reflect on issues central to feminist community psychology. Organizing a lesbian festival, Ingrid Huygens describes feminist processes used to equalize resources across Maori (indigenous) and Pakeha (white) groups. Heather Hamerton presents her experiences as a researcher using collective memory work to reflect on adolescent experiences related to gender, ethni…
A History of Women and Feminist Perspectives in Community Psychology
Using an historical framework, we document and assess efforts to include women, women's issues, and feminism in community psychology and in the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). Initiatives of the SCRA Task Force/Committee on Women are traced from its inception to present. We also chronicle the dilemmas and difficulties of moving toward a feminist community psychology. The history is divided into five phases. Each phase is describ…
Methodological Issues and Challenges for a Feminist Community Psychology
Weaving Feminism and Community Psychology
Gender, Race, and Class in Organizational Contexts
Creating settings that support diversity has been a long‐standing concern of community psychology. In this paper, I propose two qualities as important aspects of organizational contexts that support the meaningful participation of diverse groups:(a) a culture of connection and (b) recognition of multiple “realities.” For each theme, I first examine countervailing values that can undermine meaningful participation of nondominant groups. I suggest …
The Ecology of Diversity in Organizational Settings
This paper advances a social ecological perspective on the resources necessary to support workplace diversity. It is based on observations from an ongoing organizational case study which used a collaborative inquiry process. We worked with insiders to establish a project steering team, conducted 36 confidential interviews, and met with work units to assess diversity-related concerns. The complex case portrait that emerged illuminates four lessons…
The Multitextured Lives of Women of Color
In this commentary, I suggest that our work with women of color should be held together by three primary threads: (a) appreciation for history as we decipher and interpret the adaptive strategies of women of color; (b) recognition of the intersections of race, gender, and class as central to our work; and (c) self‐critical examination of the meanings we attach to “difference.” The papers in the current special issue provide good examples regardin…
Empowering the silent ranks
Conclusion In conclusion, with this Special Issue we have tried to point out the complexities of diversity and the challenges it poses for community psychology. The groups we present are only an example of the many that suffer similar plights and enjoy similar strengths. The richness of their cultural backgrounds, the learnings that stem from their struggles, their sameness and uniqueness should challenge us to collaborate with them and to uneart…
Empowerment, diversity, and collaboration
Ethical dilemmas in context
I have tried to build on O'Neill's thought‐provoking paper by examining two influences that shape and define ethical dilemmas in the community: our personal agendas and the broader context. The first influence is the way in which our personal and professional values shape our agendas for community work. The way these agendas frame the choices for action are a force to be recognized separate from the question of who constitutes our community const…
Empowerment, diversity, and collaboration
Gender, Race, and Class in Organizational Contexts
Creating settings that support diversity has been a long‐standing concern of community psychology. In this paper, I propose two qualities as important aspects of organizational contexts that support the meaningful participation of diverse groups:(a) a culture of connection and (b) recognition of multiple “realities.” For each theme, I first examine countervailing values that can undermine meaningful participation of nondominant groups. I suggest …
Empowering the silent ranks
Conclusion In conclusion, with this Special Issue we have tried to point out the complexities of diversity and the challenges it poses for community psychology. The groups we present are only an example of the many that suffer similar plights and enjoy similar strengths. The richness of their cultural backgrounds, the learnings that stem from their struggles, their sameness and uniqueness should challenge us to collaborate with them and to uneart…
Listening to Diversity Stories
Three broad Diversity Principles for Community Research and Action are described and offered as community psychology's contribution to the growing literature on multicultural competence in psychology. The principles are applicable to multiple dimensions of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and social class. The diversity principles are illustrated with examples from the twenty‐two diversity sto…
Stories of Relative Privilege
Stories about community work in New Zealand and Scotland are presented to describe and reflect on issues central to feminist community psychology. Organizing a lesbian festival, Ingrid Huygens describes feminist processes used to equalize resources across Maori (indigenous) and Pakeha (white) groups. Heather Hamerton presents her experiences as a researcher using collective memory work to reflect on adolescent experiences related to gender, ethni…
A History of Women and Feminist Perspectives in Community Psychology
Using an historical framework, we document and assess efforts to include women, women's issues, and feminism in community psychology and in the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). Initiatives of the SCRA Task Force/Committee on Women are traced from its inception to present. We also chronicle the dilemmas and difficulties of moving toward a feminist community psychology. The history is divided into five phases. Each phase is describ…
Introduction to Special Section
Methodological Issues and Challenges for a Feminist Community Psychology
The Ecology of Diversity in Organizational Settings
This paper advances a social ecological perspective on the resources necessary to support workplace diversity. It is based on observations from an ongoing organizational case study which used a collaborative inquiry process. We worked with insiders to establish a project steering team, conducted 36 confidential interviews, and met with work units to assess diversity-related concerns. The complex case portrait that emerged illuminates four lessons…
Challenging gendered microaggressions in the academy
Despite increasing numbers, women faculty are still underrepresented at higher ranks and in leadership positions in the professoriate. Recent research suggests that gendered microaggressions, a particular expression of subtle gender bias, have a powerful, cumulative negative impact on women faculty’s access to research support and advancement. Bystander interventions are a promising avenue to mitigate their impact. However, little is known about …
Workplace Diversity
The diversification of the global workforce brings both challenges and opportunities. We focus on diversity defined by membership in traditionally underrepresented groups. To harness the power of diversity, organizations must: increase representation of diverse individuals throughout the organizational hierarchy, attend to the social processes that emerge once diversity is present, and foster an organizational climate that supports the full inclu…
Weaving Feminism and Community Psychology
Diversity Challenges in Community Research and Action
Community research and action often involve managing difficult diversity‐related dilemmas. However, the literature on diversity tends to focus on success stories that tie up very complex issues into neatly‐packaged case studies or lists of specific recommendations. This article introduces a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology that was rooted in the belief that it is within the stories of the challenges that the complexit…
Leading the Way on Diversity
To take up the AJCP editor's call to think forward in this article, I offer up three challenges that revolve around further contextualizing our understandings of diversity, i.e., reconsidering the notion of “difference” between discrete categories; more fully emphasizing diversity as socially situated; and further delving into local, setting‐specific practices that shape the meanings of diversity. Enhanced attention to these three challenges can …
The Multitextured Lives of Women of Color
In this commentary, I suggest that our work with women of color should be held together by three primary threads: (a) appreciation for history as we decipher and interpret the adaptive strategies of women of color; (b) recognition of the intersections of race, gender, and class as central to our work; and (c) self‐critical examination of the meanings we attach to “difference.” The papers in the current special issue provide good examples regardin…
Mobilizing bystanders to address microaggressions in the workplace
Microaggressions present significant barriers to the entry and advancement of individuals from marginalized groups within the workplace. Their ubiquity, coupled with their harmful impact, creates an urgent need for organizations to mitigate them to foster truly equitable and inclusive work environments. In this paper, we present a bystander‐focused approach to address this particular form of workplace bias. Informed by the empirical literature an…
Healthy Diversity
Racial and ethnic health disparities remain a pandemic social issue in the United States, posing a significant challenge to health care organizations. Culturally responsive and competent care is key to addressing health disparities, and the lack of diversification in the health care workforce is a contributor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers and best practices surrounding the development of diverse staffing in a sample o…
Ethical dilemmas in context
I have tried to build on O'Neill's thought‐provoking paper by examining two influences that shape and define ethical dilemmas in the community: our personal agendas and the broader context. The first influence is the way in which our personal and professional values shape our agendas for community work. The way these agendas frame the choices for action are a force to be recognized separate from the question of who constitutes our community const…
Allies as organizational change agents to promote equity and inclusion
Purpose The current case study investigated how intentional, systematic planning can help organizations harness the energy of these willing allies who may be motivated to support change. The focus of the study is the development of a peer-to-peer approach, involving “Equity Leaders (ELs),” that was part of a larger, multi-level organization change initiative that addressed personal, interpersonal and structural considerations at a mid-sized publi…
Scholarship for Social Change
In this article, I describe how I stumbled my way into an academic career doing research to promote social change toward greater equity and inclusion. I reflect on how my path has been informed by my own experiences with harassment, marginalization, and privilege. These reflections build upon the belief that we are all informed by our histories, vantage points, and social locations and that those forces shape the questions we ask, the way we ask …
Ethical dilemmas in context
I have tried to build on O'Neill's thought‐provoking paper by examining two influences that shape and define ethical dilemmas in the community: our personal agendas and the broader context. The first influence is the way in which our personal and professional values shape our agendas for community work. The way these agendas frame the choices for action are a force to be recognized separate from the question of who constitutes our community const…
Empowerment, diversity, and collaboration
Empowering the silent ranks
Conclusion In conclusion, with this Special Issue we have tried to point out the complexities of diversity and the challenges it poses for community psychology. The groups we present are only an example of the many that suffer similar plights and enjoy similar strengths. The richness of their cultural backgrounds, the learnings that stem from their struggles, their sameness and uniqueness should challenge us to collaborate with them and to uneart…
The Multitextured Lives of Women of Color
In this commentary, I suggest that our work with women of color should be held together by three primary threads: (a) appreciation for history as we decipher and interpret the adaptive strategies of women of color; (b) recognition of the intersections of race, gender, and class as central to our work; and (c) self‐critical examination of the meanings we attach to “difference.” The papers in the current special issue provide good examples regardin…
The Ecology of Diversity in Organizational Settings
This paper advances a social ecological perspective on the resources necessary to support workplace diversity. It is based on observations from an ongoing organizational case study which used a collaborative inquiry process. We worked with insiders to establish a project steering team, conducted 36 confidential interviews, and met with work units to assess diversity-related concerns. The complex case portrait that emerged illuminates four lessons…
Gender, Race, and Class in Organizational Contexts
Creating settings that support diversity has been a long‐standing concern of community psychology. In this paper, I propose two qualities as important aspects of organizational contexts that support the meaningful participation of diverse groups:(a) a culture of connection and (b) recognition of multiple “realities.” For each theme, I first examine countervailing values that can undermine meaningful participation of nondominant groups. I suggest …
Stories of Relative Privilege
Stories about community work in New Zealand and Scotland are presented to describe and reflect on issues central to feminist community psychology. Organizing a lesbian festival, Ingrid Huygens describes feminist processes used to equalize resources across Maori (indigenous) and Pakeha (white) groups. Heather Hamerton presents her experiences as a researcher using collective memory work to reflect on adolescent experiences related to gender, ethni…
A History of Women and Feminist Perspectives in Community Psychology
Using an historical framework, we document and assess efforts to include women, women's issues, and feminism in community psychology and in the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). Initiatives of the SCRA Task Force/Committee on Women are traced from its inception to present. We also chronicle the dilemmas and difficulties of moving toward a feminist community psychology. The history is divided into five phases. Each phase is describ…
Methodological Issues and Challenges for a Feminist Community Psychology
Weaving Feminism and Community Psychology
Listening to Diversity Stories
Three broad Diversity Principles for Community Research and Action are described and offered as community psychology's contribution to the growing literature on multicultural competence in psychology. The principles are applicable to multiple dimensions of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and social class. The diversity principles are illustrated with examples from the twenty‐two diversity sto…
Diversity Challenges in Community Research and Action
Community research and action often involve managing difficult diversity‐related dilemmas. However, the literature on diversity tends to focus on success stories that tie up very complex issues into neatly‐packaged case studies or lists of specific recommendations. This article introduces a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology that was rooted in the belief that it is within the stories of the challenges that the complexit…
Introduction to Special Section
Migration as a Context-Dependent Dynamic in a World of Global Inequalities
Global migration is a topic of utmost importance in psychological research. As over 200 million people are on the move across national borders, and many more within their own countries, the processes of these migrations must be examined from different points of view and from different geographical locations. The articles in this special journal issue pointedly illustrate the role of international, national, community, and individual factors that …
Healthy Diversity
Racial and ethnic health disparities remain a pandemic social issue in the United States, posing a significant challenge to health care organizations. Culturally responsive and competent care is key to addressing health disparities, and the lack of diversification in the health care workforce is a contributor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers and best practices surrounding the development of diverse staffing in a sample o…
Workplace Diversity
The diversification of the global workforce brings both challenges and opportunities. We focus on diversity defined by membership in traditionally underrepresented groups. To harness the power of diversity, organizations must: increase representation of diverse individuals throughout the organizational hierarchy, attend to the social processes that emerge once diversity is present, and foster an organizational climate that supports the full inclu…
APA Handbook of Community Psychology
Leading the Way on Diversity
To take up the AJCP editor's call to think forward in this article, I offer up three challenges that revolve around further contextualizing our understandings of diversity, i.e., reconsidering the notion of “difference” between discrete categories; more fully emphasizing diversity as socially situated; and further delving into local, setting‐specific practices that shape the meanings of diversity. Enhanced attention to these three challenges can …
APA handbook of community psychology
Perceived Subtle Gender Bias Index
In this article, we present the development and validation of the Perceived Subtle Gender Bias Index. Given the inherent difficulty in identifying and measuring the perceptions of subtle gender biases, this index provides researchers and interventionists with a tool that does not require participants to identify/label an event as a gender bias incident. We used a mixed method and constructivist approach that prioritized and privileged the voices …
Scholarship for Social Change
In this article, I describe how I stumbled my way into an academic career doing research to promote social change toward greater equity and inclusion. I reflect on how my path has been informed by my own experiences with harassment, marginalization, and privilege. These reflections build upon the belief that we are all informed by our histories, vantage points, and social locations and that those forces shape the questions we ask, the way we ask …
Challenging gendered microaggressions in the academy
Despite increasing numbers, women faculty are still underrepresented at higher ranks and in leadership positions in the professoriate. Recent research suggests that gendered microaggressions, a particular expression of subtle gender bias, have a powerful, cumulative negative impact on women faculty’s access to research support and advancement. Bystander interventions are a promising avenue to mitigate their impact. However, little is known about …
Mobilizing bystanders to address microaggressions in the workplace
Microaggressions present significant barriers to the entry and advancement of individuals from marginalized groups within the workplace. Their ubiquity, coupled with their harmful impact, creates an urgent need for organizations to mitigate them to foster truly equitable and inclusive work environments. In this paper, we present a bystander‐focused approach to address this particular form of workplace bias. Informed by the empirical literature an…
A scoping review of the structuring of questions about sexual orientation and gender identity
The purpose of this scoping review is to map the extent of the current research on how to best structure questions asking respondents to self‐identify their sexual orientation and gender identity and to ascertain what further issues about measurement need to be explored. Using the Arksey and O'Malley framework for scoping reviews, 52 articles describing primary research about how to structure sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) question…
Allies as organizational change agents to promote equity and inclusion
Purpose The current case study investigated how intentional, systematic planning can help organizations harness the energy of these willing allies who may be motivated to support change. The focus of the study is the development of a peer-to-peer approach, involving “Equity Leaders (ELs),” that was part of a larger, multi-level organization change initiative that addressed personal, interpersonal and structural considerations at a mid-sized publi…
Sociology (21 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Community Health and Development (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Community psychology (6 works)