Asia Color Quest

About the Book

About the Author

Ronald Hall is a scholar at the David Walker Research Institute in the College of Human Medicine and assistant professor in the School of Social Work, and is an affiliated scholar with the Julian Somora Research Institute and the Asian Institute at Michigan State University. He received an MA degree in Correctional Science from the University of Detroit, an MSW degree from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from Atlanta University with an emphasis on Social Work Planning and Administration. After graduating with distinction, Dr. Hall’s professional career began as a clinical social worker. His professional role encompassed the practice of individual and group psychotherapy with schizophrenic and manic-depressive clients. Subsequent to numerous clinical observations, Dr. Hall incorporated the notion of skin color, among people of color, as a critical dynamic of mental health. Having written his dissertation on skin color, in 1990 Dr. Hall testified as expert witness to America’s first skin color discrimination case between African Americans: Morrow vs. IRS. Dr. Hall later devised the Bleaching Syndrome to explain discrimination among people of color and Identity Across the Lifespan as an alternative biracial identity model. Dr. Hall has to his credit over 150 (co)authored publications, interviews, and presentations on these topics and has been referred to in several academic journals as the nation's "leading scholar" on skin color discrimination. His previous book is titled Filipina Eurogamy: Skin Color as Vehicle of Psychological Colonization. Dr. Hall is associated with numerous professional organizations including the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of Black Social Workers, and the National Council of African American Men.