The Association of Black Psychologists held it’s 54th Annual Convention in Detroit, Michigan with the theme, Homecoming: (Re) Claiming Our Divine African – Knowing, Being, Doing, and Belonging. The convention was filled with love, excitement, scholarship, and affirmation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s convention was the first convention held in […]
Congratulations Class of 2023
A Founder of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), Celebrating his life journey—April 10, 1923—January 5, 1923 By Dr. Benson G. Cooke, ABPsi Historian Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.—African Proverb Background. Born April 10, 1923, in New Haven, Connecticut to his mother, Flora Jefferson […]
By: Shareefah Al’ Uqdah, Ph.D, Psychdiscourse Editor In Chief Before and throughout Covid-19, ABPsi has held a special place for Black psychologists. Since our founding, ABPsi has created ways to galvanize and inform the community of unique issues relevant to Black people’s mental health. One way in which ABPsi communicated […]
Below is a summary of these wonderful articles on the psychological experiences of Black people. Four new articles will be published in the November 2022 issue of the Journal of Black Psychology. Dr. Marcus Watson at SUNY Buffalo State, provides the lead article. This conceptual article focuses on the theory […]
Culturally Responsive & Trauma-Informed Training for New Results “Education intensifies natural gifts and ability, but mere education,unless founded on a historical and cultural framework, will bear no fruits.” H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I Disparities in the educational achievements/outcomes (Cunningham, 2020; Love, 2019) and discipline of Afrikan/Black youth (Jackson, 1999; Morris, 2016) […]
By: Benson Cooke, Ph.D, ABPsi Historian When an elder dies, it is like a library has been burned to the ground.-African Proverb On Saturday, November 20, 2021, Dr. Harold Edward Dent a Founder and Distinguished Psychologist of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), made his transition from an elder to […]
