Selected Posters, Presentations, Interactive Sessions, & Invited Talks
(* denotes a current or former student co-presenter)

*Kaur, S., *Ueda, Y., *To, A., *Duong, L., & Godon-Decoteau, D. (2024, October). A Mixed-Methods Study: Asian

Americans' Racial Experiences and Understandings in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic and 2020 BLM Racial Justice Protests. [Poster presentation]. Asian American Psychological Association 2024 Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

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Reynolds, J. D. (Taewon Choi), Yamazaki, Y., Godon-Decoteau, D., Natarajan, M. D., & *Sawdy, M. (2024, October).

Cultural Capital or Cultural Appropriation? Can Asian Americans Appropriate Asian Culture? [Interactive session]. Asian American Psychological Association 2024 Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

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*Sawdy, M., Godon-Decoteau, D., Reynolds, J. D., & Benson, J. M. (2024, September). “I am a Normal Asian

American?”: Asian Americans’ Responses to an Open-Ended Question About Racial Identification. [Poster presentation]. Institute for the Study of Race and Culture 2024 Diversity Challenge, Chestnut Hill, MA.  

Godon-Decoteau, D. (2024, March). Racism and Asian American Mental Health [Invited speaker]. University

of Massachusetts Amherst’s Clinical Psychology Colloquium, Amherst, MA.​​

*Sawdy, M. E. & Godon-Decoteau, D. (2023, October). Asian Americans: Relations between being perceived

as Asian American and mental health symptoms [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2023 Convention, Seattle WA.

Godon-Decoteau, D. & *Liu, S. M. (2023, August). Color-blind attitudes, neighborhood racial composition,

and colonial mentality in Asian Americans [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 2023 Annual Convention (Division 45), Washington D.C.

Godon-Decoteau, D. (2023, August). “Why me?”: Asian Americans’ perceptions and understandings of

interpersonal racism [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 2023 Annual Convention (Division 45), Washington D.C.

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*Sawdy, M., Benson, J. M., Reynolds, J. D., Godon-Decoteau, D., Yamazaki, Y., & Kobus, A. H. (2022, September).

Exploring Asian transracial adoptees and multiracial folks’ proximity to whiteness: Near or far? [Interactive session]. Asian American Psychological Association 2022 Annual Convention, virtual.

Godon-Decoteau, D., *Sawdy, M., Reynolds, J. D., & Kobus, A. H. (2021, October). Insider-outsider status:

Conducting research with adopted Asian Americans and multiracial Asian Americans [Interactive session]. Asian American Psychological Association 2021 Annual Convention, virtual.

Liu, T, Chang, J., Liu, C., Godon-Decoteau, D., Brown, E., & Huang, L. (2019, October). Internalized Racism and

Intra-Ethnic Othering among Asian Americans: From Victim-Blaming to Solidarity Building [Interactive session].  Asian American Psychological Association 2019 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.​

*Jawed, A., *Luo, J., & Godon-Decoteau, D. (2019, October). Colonial mentality and South Asian American

mental health [Poster presentation]. Asian American Psychological Association 2019 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.

*Luo, J. & Godon-Decoteau, D. (2019, October). Generational differences and racial experiences: How

racism-related stress affects Asian Americans’ mental health outcomes depending on generational status [Poster presentation]. Asian American Psychological Association 2019 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.

*Stotz, C. & Godon-Decoteau, D. (2019, October). Awareness as armor: Color-blind racial attitudes as a

moderator on the relationship between racism-related stress and symptoms of depression and anxiety [Poster presentation]. Asian American Psychological Association 2019 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.​

Godon-Decoteau, D., Kaitz, J., Ramanayake, N., Steinhilber, K., Xiu, Z., & Phan, T., (2018, September). Reflections

on clinical training, supervision and mentorship [Invited panelist]. Asian Mental Health Matters Conference, Newton, MA.

Godon-Decoteau, D. (2018, June). Our identities: Cultivating resilience in our lives [Invited panelist]. 9th

Annual Asian American Mental Health Forum, Boston, MA.​

Godon-Decoteau, D., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2017, August). Internalized racism and mental health symptoms in

Asian Americans [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (Division 45), Washington, D.C.

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Godon-Decoteau, D., Chan, T., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2016, August). Model minorities & perpetual foreigners:

Increased risk for Asian Americans to internalize racism [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (Division 45), Denver, CO.

Godon-Decoteau, D., Ng, F., Liu, C., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2015, October). Rejecting internalized racism in Asian

Americans to promote empowerment and build alliances [Structured discussion]. Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture 2015 Diversity Challenge, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Godon, D. E., Day, S.C., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2014, February). Shifts in the racial and ethnic identities and cultural

orientations of Korean adopted women from becoming a mother [Poster presentation]. 31st Annual Winter Round Table, New York, NY.​

Godon, D. E., & Ramsey, P. G. (2014, May). Positive and negative aspects of transracial adoption: An

exploratory study from Korean transracial adoptees’ perspectives [Poster presentation]. New Worlds of Adoption Conference: Helping Adoptive Families Overcome Early Adversities, Rudd Adoption Research Program, Amherst, MA. 

Godon, D. E., & Ramsey, P. G. (2013, July). Family practices and sense of exclusion in Korean transracial

adoptees [Poster presentation]. Fourth International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR4), Bilbao, Spain.

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Godon, D. E., Ny, F., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2013, February). Belonging, exclusion, and ethnic identity in Korean

transracial adoptees: A cluster analysis [Poster presentation]. 30th Annual Winter Round Table, New York, NY.

Godon, D., Green, W., & Ramsey, P. G. (2012, May). Transracial adoptees: Searching for birth families and

developing identities [Poster presentation]. New Worlds of Adoption: Navigating the Teen Years Annual Conference, Rudd Adoption Research Program, Amherst, MA.

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