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Rupert W Nacoste Ph.D.

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Dr. Rupert W. Nacoste, Ph.D., is an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University and the author of Taking On Diversity: How We Can Move From Anxiety to Respect. Since joining the NCSU faculty in 1988, Nacoste’s research and public service efforts have focused on developing a systematic understanding of the social psychology of social change, and using that scholarly understanding to help people manage the social changes that are influencing their everyday lives. Nacoste served as the university’s first Vice Provost for Diversity and African American Affairs and developed a course, "Interpersonal Relationships and Race,” to help students understand diversity dynamics in their everyday social interactions. He is the author of a memoir, Making Gumbo in the University.

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Recent Posts
Tesla and the Cost of Racism
Bigotry in the workplace is not just wrong. If an individual uses racial slurs around coworkers and the company does nothing about it, the issue can become a matter of law.
A Brief Note on the Question of “White Rage”

When the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of our military says he wants to understand "white rage," people pay attention. Here's a definition of this concept.

When the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of our military says he wants to understand "white rage," people pay attention. Here's a definition of this concept.

Where Did "Defund the Police" Come From?

To have productive dialogues about the changes needed to make policing fit today’s America, we need ways of talking that do not activate neo-diversity anxiety.

To have productive dialogues about the changes needed to make policing fit today’s America, we need ways of talking that do not activate neo-diversity anxiety.

COVID-19 Woke Effect? Yes, That's a Thing

With the co-occurrence of the pandemic and the in-public murder of Mr. George Floyd, a new startled awareness of racism has been awakened in America; a COVID-19 Woke Effect.

With the co-occurrence of the pandemic and the in-public murder of Mr. George Floyd, a new startled awareness of racism has been awakened in America; a COVID-19 Woke Effect.

What's the Point of Military Racial Sensitivity Training?

To help the Navy achieve mission readiness, I served as a racial awareness sensitivity trainer from 1974 to 1976. Naval leadership did not see that duty as un-American.

To help the Navy achieve mission readiness, I served as a racial awareness sensitivity trainer from 1974 to 1976. Naval leadership did not see that duty as un-American.

Racism Accurately Defined in the Dictionary

Are you wondering why there are suddenly so many instances of interracial encounters where a white person lashes out at a black person? Here’s why.

Are you wondering why there are suddenly so many instances of interracial encounters where a white person lashes out at a black person? Here’s why.

Coronavirus and Neo-Diversity Anxiety

When we hear of, and when we talk about, the coronavirus, have no doubt that along with health concerns, something wicked and intergroup has come.

When we hear of, and when we talk about, the coronavirus, have no doubt that along with health concerns, something wicked and intergroup has come.