Black-Asian American identity is an area that remains underrepresented in research on biracial identity. A qualitative study using grounded theory methods was conducted on 10 Black-Asian American adults (9 women and 1 man) investigating the impact of internalized oppression on the narratives and cultural affiliations preferred by biracial Black-Asian Americans. Interviews were conducted within a constructivist-interpretivist paradigm, transcribed and analyzed through grounded theory coding methods by two coders (Charmaz, 2014;Ponterotto, 2005). Four selective codes and 13 axial codes were identified to represent emergent themes in the data: (a) racial identity conflict with Asian or Black communities; (b) navigating privilege and internalized racism; (c) factors facilitating biracial identity development; (d) hypersexualization. Clinical implications, limitations of the study, and areas for future research are discussed. What is the public significance of this article?A qualitative study using grounded theory methods explores the identity development of 10 biracial Black-Asian Americans through interviews that were analyzed to yield emergent themes reflecting shared experiences of racialization and marginalization, as well as privilege. Findings provide greater breadth of understanding on what constitutes as the Asian American narrative; clinical suggestions, limitations, and future areas of study will be discussed.

There is a paucity of literature examining bicultural women's experiences of navigating their gender roles across their two cultural contexts. This qualitative study sought to understand how bicultural Asian American women negotiate their gender roles across their ethnic cultural and American cultural contexts, as well as how gendered racism and racialized sexism of Asian American women affect this negotiation. Ten bicultural Asian American women participated in this study. Using narrative inquiry, we present four case studies from the 10 narratives by Asian American women navigating gender roles across cultural and racial contexts. These cases suggest that bicultural Asian American women use various strategies to manage the conflicting messages about gender roles across cultural context, as well as empowering strategies to manage gendered racism and racialized sexism toward Asian American women. In using these strategies, the bicultural Asian American women in this study demonstrate their resilience in constructing their gender roles.

Despite the importance of faculty mentorship in the development of doctoral students in counseling psychology programs, research focused on mentor relationships within health service provider programs is limited. Empirical research focused on the outcomes of faculty who leave their institutions and the impact their departure has on their mentees is scant. Thus, the present study utilized qualitative semistructured interviews within the constructivist-interpretivist paradigm to explore the experiences of eight counseling psychology doctoral students and one recent counseling psychology graduate in the United States who lost their mentor during their time as a student due to their mentor's unexpected death or job change. The nine interviews were coded inductively using reflexive thematic analysis methods. The theoretical framework for the study was based on the phenomenon of unexpected termination in the therapeutic relationship. Findings suggested the following: (a) A continued relationship with the mentor following the transition was healing; (b) participants experienced an increased capacity to attend to a wider range of interests than before the transition; (c) lack of fit with new mentor delayed degree completion; (d) the impact of loss of faculty of color was particularly difficult for students of color and program dynamics; (e) students went through a process of grieving the loss of their mentor; (f) fit was the most salient factor in choosing the student's new mentor; and (g) recommendations for training programs to help avoid leaving students in the lurch are delineated. Limitations and future areas of research are discussed.