JANET E HELMS

Dr. Helms has written over sixty empirical and theoretical articles and four books on the topics of racial identity and cultural influences on assessment and counseling practice.

Research Areas:
Racial identity; psychological testing and assessment; racial and cultural counseling and psychotherapy.
Activities and Honors
Fellow, Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) and Division 45 (Ethnic Diversity) of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Awarded an engraved brick in Iowa State University's Plaza of Heroines
Awarded the “Distinguished Career Contributions to Research” award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, conferred at the APA convention
Presented the first "Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship in Professional Psychology." This award was inaugurated in her honor by Columbia University Teachers College, 1991.
Selected Publications
• Helms, J.E., & Cook, D.A. (1999). Using race in counseling and psychotherapy: theory and process. Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Helms, J.E. (1999). Another meta-analysis of the White Racial Identity Attitude Scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Guidance, In press.
• Helms, J.E. (1998). Psychological interventions and research with Latino populations. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, 4(1).
• Helms, J.E. & Talleyrand, R. (1997). Race is not ethnicity. American Psychologist, 52(11), 1246-1247.
• Helms, J.E. (1996). Toward a methodology for measuring and assessing racial identity as distinguished from ethnic identity. In G. Sodowsky and J. Impara (Eds.), Multicultural Assessment in Counseling and Clinical Psychology, pp. 143-192. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
• Helms, J.E. (1994). Identity development and classroom dynamics. In J. Carey & P. Pedersen (Eds.), Multicultural counseling in the schools. MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Helms, J.E. (1993). I also said White racial identity influences White researchers. The Counseling Psychologist, 21, 240-243.
• Helms, J.E. (1993). Black and White colleges: Which path leads to academic survival? Journal of Contemporary Psychology, 38, 510-511.
• Helms, J.E. (1992). A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have: A Guide to Being A White Person or Understanding the White Persons in your life. Topeka, KS: Content Communications.
• Helms, J.E. (1991). A Training manual to accompany Black and White Racial Identity. Topeka, KS: Content Communications.
• Cross, W.E., Jr., Parham, T.A., & Helms, J.E. (1991). The stages of Black identity development: Nigrescence models. In R. Jones (Ed.), Black Psychology. Oakland, CA: Cobb & Henry (This is a shorter version of previous paper).
• Helms, J.E. (1990) (Ed.). Black and White Racial Identity: Theory, Research and Practice. CT: Greenwood Press (sole author of 9 of 14 chapters).