Toward the Development of Antiracist and Multicultural Graduate Training Programs in Behavior Analysis

Racist policies and inequity are prevalent in society; this includes higher education institutions. Many behavior-analytic training programs have been complicit in omitting cultural humility and antiracist ideas from their curricula and institutional practices. As societal demands for allyship and transformational change increase, programs must rise to the challenge and act as agents of change in our clinical, professional, and personal communities. The current article offers a multitude of strategies for institutions to develop an antiracist and multicultural approach. These recommendations encompass policies that may be promoted at the following levels: (a) in organizational infrastructure and leadership, (b) within curricula and pedagogy, (c) in research, and (d) with faculty, students, and staff.