Amado Padilla

Amado M. Padilla (born October 19, 1942) is an educator known for his research on academic resiliency, acculturation and related stress, second language learning and bilingualism. Padilla is Professor of Psychological Studies in Education and Associate Dean at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Biography Padilla was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 19, 1942.

Padilla taught at the State University of New York, college at Potsdam from 1969 to 1971

Padilla is the founding editor of the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Padilla is known for his work highlighting critical issues that affect the well-being of Hispanics in education and other settings. He is credited with coining the term cultural taxation to describe the increased workload and other "unique burdens that faculty of color and other underrepresented faculty face in carrying out responsibilities" at many universities.

Awards

Academic Excellence Award from the National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services Organizations (1978) Distinguished Scholar Award from the Standing Committee on the Role and Status of Minorities in Education Research and Development, American Education Research Association (1987) Distinguished Research Award from the Hispanic Research Issues, Special Interest Group, American Education Research Association (1988) Distinguished Contribution through Research Award, Division 45, American Psychological Association (1990) Lifetime Achievement Award, Division 45, American Psychological Association (1996)

Books

Keefe, S. E., & Padilla, A. M. (1987). Chicano ethnicity. University of New Mexico Press. Padilla, A. M. (1976). Bilingual schools: Gateways to integration or roads to separation. Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center Padilla, A. M. (Ed.). (1980). Acculturation: Theory, models, and some new findings (Vol. 39). Westview Press. Padilla, A. M. (Ed.). (1994). Hispanic psychology: Critical issues in theory and research. Sage Publications Padilla, A. M., Fairchild, H. H., & Valadez, C. M. (Eds.). (1990). Foreign language education: Issues and strategies. Corwin. Padilla, A. M., & Ruiz, R. A. (1974). Latino mental health: A review of literature. National Institute of Mental Health.

Representative publications