Senior Researcher in the Olomouc University Social Health Institute at Palacky University Olomouc
About
Antonie Dvorakova works as a senior researcher in the Olomouc University Social Health Institute at Palacky University in Olomouc and cultural psychology instructor at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic. She earned her PhD in comparative human development, with cultural psychology specialization, from the University of Chicago. For twenty years, she has been working with ethnoracial minority and Native American tribal populations.
Current Work:
In the Czech Republic, Antonie Dvorakova has been working on projects concerning the constructive integration of Roma populations into the majority society. These projects are based on Roma perspectives as opposed to the still prevailing oppressive assimilation approaches. In the US, she was working on projects concerning the topics of Native American experiences in higher education, academic/professional success of socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, resilience based on holistic world-views, marginalized ethnic identities in their historically based socio-cultural contexts, culturally specific conceptualizations of success and honor, Native American self-regard versus self-esteem, and culturally responsive psychological assessment, research, and theorizing.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Cultural psychology; ethnographical sociology; Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Nations of the US; ethnic minority; higher education
