DATE
TIME
ROOM
PRESENTERS
PRESENTATION
TITLE/EVENT
TRACK
ABSTRACT
Monday,
July 14
Monday,
July 14
Tuesday,
July 15
Tuesday,
July 15
Tuesday,
July 15
10:00 am
- 5:00pm
5:00 5:50
9am-6pm
Illinois
Board Meeting
Illinois
NCC Meeting
Indiana Foyer
Exhibitor Set-up
8:00 5:00
9:00 10:50
Indiana Foyer
Registration 2
Indiana G
Karen L Thomas, M.D.
(CE)
Diagnosing And
Managing Tourette
Syndrome (PDW)
Professional Skill
Development
James R. Lanier, Ph.D.,
Charisse Peoples, Ph.D.
A Call For Legislation
Outlawing Racial
Profiling By Congress
And States
Other
This workshop will address Tourette Syndrome
(TS) and common associated conditions. A
nationwide survey by Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention demonstrated that
minority children with TS, including those of
Black or African American decent, were less
likely to be properly diagnosed and access
appropriate treatments. This session will
discuss TS diagnosis, the latest treatment
options, and management strategies.
Racial profiling takes many forms including the
Stand your Ground laws and Stop and First
practices. Racial profiling disproportionately
impacts people of color. Many of the practices
employed by law enforcement agencies in the
"war on drugs" can be considered racial
profiling. This is not effective community
policing. Prior to September 11, 2001, the
phenomena of "Driving While Black" had
bipartisan support in Congress and legislation
had been introduced to outlaw racial profiling.
Tuesday,
July 15
9:00 10:50
Indiana F
Tuesday,
July 15
Tuesday,
July 15
9:00 4:50
9:00 10:50
Colorado
Student Circle Retreat
Florida
Benson G. Cooke,
Ph.D., Schuyler Webb,
Ph.D., MBA, Angela
Cook-Jackson, Ph.D.,
MPH, Ayanna CookeChen, Ph.D., MD,
Steven Jones (CE)
Cultural Competency
Increases
Generational
Awareness/Treatment
For Depression
Professional Skill
Development
Tuesday,
July 15
9:00 10:50
Illinois
Theopia Jackson, Ph.D.,
Satira Streeter, Psy.D.
An African-centered
Trauma-Informed for
Clinical Supervision
Professional Skill
Development
Tuesday,
July 15
1:00 -5:50
Illinois
Kathleen Burlew, Ph.D.,
Jacqueline Mattis,
Ph.D.
Writing Bootcamp
Developing culturally competent interventions
for Major Depressive Disorders in the Black
Community by: 1) Increasing awareness of
non-medication treatments; 2) Developing
psycho-educational strategies to reduce
stigma; 3) Navigating culturally competent
treatments; and 4) Examining Epigenomic
research concerning gene expression, its links
to generational illness, and healing affected by
pro-social environments and potentially
therapeutic interventions.
Much attention has been afforded to
supporting the development of the therapistin-training. As supervisors in multi-stressed
work environments, we are challenged to
balance optimum care for clients and
supervisee training needs. The art/science of
supervision needs to be considered within
relational, multicultural, and developmental
contexts that inform effective treatment with
particular attention to providing traumainformed care. This interactive workshop will
utilize case vignettes, video-tapes, and
consultation, as well as review relevant
regulations, theories, and evaluative processes
with particular attention to African-centered
best practices. Those who supervise and are
supervised will benefit from this workshop.
Tuesday,
July 15
1:00 -2:50
Indiana G
Huberta JacksonLowman, Ph.D., Ron
Harris (CE)
Reclaiming Indigenous
African Spirituality
Culture & Health
Tuesday,
July 15
1:00 -2:50
Florida
Ma'at E Lewis, Ph.D.,
Anthony Smith,
Ph.D.(CE)
Spirit Centered Breath
work
Professional Skill
Development
Tuesday,
July 15
1:00 -2:50
Indiana F
Jesse L Mason, Ph.D.,
Diane Plummer, Ph.D.
Smoking Behaviors
And Health Outcomes
Among AfricanAmericans: A
Multidimensional
Research &
Intervention
The imposition of Christianity and Islam on
African people has contributed to unique
psychological disorders in the Black
community. Using a case history of an Igbo
woman who sought Ifa consultation about a
dysfunction in her family to illustrate this
point, an example of how indigenous spiritual
systems can act as tools that facilitate Black
mental health is offered. Ethical issues and
conflicts between the recommendations of
traditional African systems and Western
psychology are explored.
Spirit Centered Breath work is a practice of
using the breath, rhythmic music to inspire
expanded states of consciousness that
promote the development of self-knowledge
toward optimal health. Participants will
receive an introduction to breath work from
African-centered and transpersonal
perspectives and engage in an intensive
experiential breath work process to support
their personal spiritual transformation and
enhance their professional skill development.
Blacks are one of the groups that are most
affected by smoking with a higher incidence of
smoking related disease and death. Although
Blacks smoke fewer cigarettes, begin regular
smoking at a later age and are less nicotine
dependent than Whites, they report having a
harder time quitting smoking than Whites. The
purpose of this study was to investigate the
multidimensionality of factors that influence
smoking behaviors and health outcomes
among African-Americans.
Tuesday,
July 15
3:00 -4:50
Indiana F
Matthew B. Johnson,
Ph.D.
Race/Ethnic
Differences In
'Interrogation
Expectations':
Empirical Findings...
Research &
Intervention
Tuesday,
July 15
3:00 4:50
Indiana G
Kevin Washington,
Ph.D. (CE)
Ubuntu Psychology In
The Family Context:
Elevating Black Love In
Black Families
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Tuesday,
July 15
3:00 4:50
Florida
Mawiyah Kambon,
Ph.D. (CE)
Please! Call My
Ancestors: The Use Of
African Spiritual
Systems In
Psychotherapy
Other
Tuesday,
July 15
6:00 11:30
Indiana E
Presidential Opening &
Reception
Police are required to read 'Miranda' warnings
prior to custodial interrogation. Some prior
research has suggested A-As have poorer
comprehension of Miranda than whites. Using
interrogation vignettes and tests of
comprehension we found A-As, as compared
to whites and Latinos, do not expect police to
honor their rights during interrogation. These
differences in 'Interrogation Expectations'
were independent of comprehension of the
Miranda rights and suggest racial differences
in policing.
Healing the Psychological issues of Black
Couples and Families requires knowledge and
understanding the multiplicity of factors that
impact the Black families historically and in the
contemporary context. A correct paradigm for
healing Black Families is grounded within
Afrikan deep thought and worldview. This
workshop advances Ubuntu Psychotherapy
healing paradigm for culturally appropriate
elevation of Black Love among Black Couples
and Families.
The practice of psychology for people of
African ancestry must be connected to a
global perspective of healing based on an
African foundation. Traditionally Africans have
included spiritual entities as members of the
earthly family with a role in healing. African
psychotherapists must become effective
healers in the context of African traditional
values and ways of healing. The task of this
session is to begin to identify for practitioners
techniques for employing spiritual practices in
therapy.
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
6:00 6:50
8:00 5:00
8:00 4:50 PM
8:00 9:50
10:00 10:50
Denver
Indiana Foyer
Denver
Marriott 5-6
Egyptian Yoga,
Meditation & Exercise
Registration 2
Ma'at E. Lewis, Ph.D
Children's Enrichment
Program
Opening Plenary
Indiana B
O'Shan D. Gadsden,
Ph.D.
The Development Of A Other
Cultural Observing
Ego: The Clinical
Implications
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
10:50
Indiana B
Afiya Mbilishaka, PhD,
Ayana Woods, MPH,
Danielle Hibbitts, PsyD
Psychohairapy:
Promoting Optimal
Health Through Black
Stylists And Beauty
Salons
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
10:50
Marriott 8
Cheryl Grills, Ph.D.
Research &
Intervention
Much has been written within the
psychoanalytic tradition regarding the role and
importance of helping patients develop an
observing ego in issues related to living and
improving interpersonal domains. This
presentation will explore the how clinical and
faculty members can assist patients students
to think more deeply about their cultural
selves; the impact of their socialization in the
development of their cultural self; and the
day-to-day benefits of a cultural observing
ego.
“Psychohairapy” is an intervention that
addresses mental health disparities faced by
Black women by utilizing the salon
environment and the unique existing
relationships between stylist and clients to
offer group therapy and evidence-based
individual counseling (Mangum & Woods,
2011). The objectives of this symposium are to
explain the connection between beauty and
mental health, the role of hair in the identity
formation, and increase awareness about
salon setting interventions.
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Colorado
Deborah Faye Beasley,
Psy.D., Zarakyah
Ahmadiel, B.S.,
Tammye Mathews,
N.D., Mustafa
Moyenda, LCPC
The Equation Of
Healing : Beyond T
Traditional Psychology
A Approaches
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Colorado
Osofo Kwesi Atta,
Other professional
degree/certificate
The Pastoral Educator
And Psychologist
Uniting For AfrikanCentered Healing
Professional Skill
Development
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Florida
Wade W. Nobles,
Ph.D., Lawford L.
Goddard, Ph. D. (CE)
Sakhu: An African
American Provider
Training Curriculum
Utilizing African
(Black) Psychology In
The
Institutionalization Of
Services
Mental Health
Services
Studies have proven the direct correlation
between emotions, mood, anti-social behavior
and the foods we eat. The brain mediates all
human behavior, including all human
emotional, behavioral, cognitive and social
functioning, therefore it has long been
suspected that deficient nutrition, along with
poor mental and spiritual health is directly
relative to cognitive processes and emotions.
A nutritional program designed to improve
mental and emotional health by treating the
neurological factors.
This workshop will explore the interface of
psych-ology and spiritual healing through the
lens of a clinical pastoral educator whose
discipline demands integration of personcentered theory (the living human document)
and developed text theory (the written text).
This clinical pastoral educator seeks to heal
and educate from an Afrikan-centered
perspective. A goal will be to invite an arena
where Afrikan persons of these two disciplines
can collaborate toward the health of Afrikan
peoples.
This workshop will discuss the Institute’s plan
for incorporating the illumination of culturally
congruent well-being and wholeness into the
planning and delivery of services to African
American populations by both contract and
community run programs. It will review the
limitation of Western psychology; offer a
definition of Pan African humanism and
“spirit-wellness”, introduce a preliminary
African centered nosology; a “bi-cultural
diagnostic template; and the advancement of
“The Sahku Prevention Intervention and
Treatment Plan” and provide a model
framework for training practitioners.
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
10:00 11:50
10:00 11:50
Illinois
Indiana A
Minola Clark Manson,
M.A./M.S., Kellie Scott,
MSW (MASTER LEVEL
CE ONLY)
CCA: Developing
Culturally Responsive
Public Mental Health
Treatment Providers
Mental Health
Services
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Indiana C
John E Queener, Ph.D.,
Tania Lodge, MA,
Suzette Speight, PhD,
Curtis Williams, MA,
Semone Danage, MA,
Ciara Dennis, MA,
Darletta Logan, MA
The Application Of
Belief Systems
Analysis: An African
Centered Approach
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Indiana D
Ronald Beavers,
Ph.D.(CE)
Trauma/Substance
Abuse Disorder:
Culturally Competent
Assessing and
Treatment of African
Americans.
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
The goal of this workshop is to provide
solutions to providing culturally appropriate
services to African Americans in a public
system where the population of African
Americans is too small to have a substantive
African American treatment provider pool.
The steps for developing the training program,
curriculum as well as the evaluation process
will be covered as will as an opportunity to
brainstorm application to other regions.
This symposium will examine the application
of Myers (1988) Belief Systems Analysis (BSA)
in working with African American clients. BSA
is a holistic therapeutic approach designed to
increase the well-being of clients by facilitating
an examination of their world view and
creating strategies within a therapeutic
context to adopt the Optimal Conceptual
System. The Optimal Conceptual System is
grounded in the principles and assumptions of
ancient African philosophy.
Posttraumatic stress disorderSUD A
community approach A cognitive theory of
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Substance
Use Disorder is proposed that assumes
traumas experienced after early childhood
give rise to 2 sorts of memory, 1 verbally
accessible and 1 automatically accessible
through appropriate situational cues. These
different types of memory are used to explain
the complex phenomenology of PTSD
including the experiences of reliving the
traumatic event.
Wednesday, 10:00 July 16
11:50
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
12:00 12:50
1:00 2:50
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana E
Janeece R Warfield,
Psy.D., Rebecca Clarke,
M.A., Tawana Jackson,
M.A., Tramaine
Presley, M.A.
Professional Skill
Development
Early childhood traumas can be at the core of
depression, anxiety, and psychological
problems for children and disrupt family
relationships. Through didactic and
experiential activities this symposia will
discuss Afrocentric influences to conduct
trauma-informed care by addressing the client
therapist relationship. It will review expressive
play therapy techniques for children who
exhibit poor attachment and disruptive
behavior patterns related to trauma.
Culture & Health
This presentation, African Americans, families,
and the Military, will educate attendees on
prevailing behavioral health issues. The
presenters will review the relevant research,
as well as highlight anecdotal evidence infused
with first hand experience. Attendees will walk
away with a fresh perspective on the
challenges facing African American Service
Members and Veterans as they return from
war, enter communities, matriculate at college
campuses, and export duty and service as
civilians.
GA Session
Marriott 5-6
Colorado
Mbongi Assembly #1:
Post Incarceration
Services for African
American Families;
Distinguished
Speakers: Moderator
Donell L. Barnett,
Ph.D., Roy Walker,
D.Min
African Americans,
Families, And The
Military
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Colorado
Kayla S Martinez, B.S.,
Janelle Newkirk, M.Ed
Suicide Among African
American Adolescent
Females
Women and Girls
Health
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Florida
Serie McDougal, Ph.D.
Africana Studies’
Epistemic Identity
Teaching Black
Psychology
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Florida
Lawford L. Goddard,
Ph.D.
Historical And
Intellectual
Foundation Of Black
Psychology: A
Culturecology
Perspective
Teaching Black
psychology
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
6:50
Illinois
Kathleen Burlew, Ph.D.,
Jacqueline Mattis,
Ph.D.
Writing Bootcamp
There has been a recent increase in suicidal
ideation and attempts in African-American
female adolescents. However, AfricanAmerican girls have the lowest rates of suicide
completion. A better understanding is
required to explain the increase in ideation
and attempts and the stability of completion
rates in this population. This paper discusses
protective and risk factors of suicide specific to
Black adolescent females. Possible prevention
strategies and the challenges they face are
discussed.
The present study explores what is revealed
about the epistemetic characteristics Africana
Studies through an analysis of theories in the
discipline. Raceethnic specific theories in
Africana Studies are subjected to a reductive
analysis to identify the most common qualities
they possess. The results indicate that
although Africana Studies theories seek to
explain a wide range of dimensions of the lives
of people of African descent, they have several
common characteristics.
This presentation will provide an analysis of
the historical and intellectual foundations of
Black Psychology. Special attention will be
paid to the early history of Africans in
America, their resistance to the enslavement
period, the contributions of the early Black
psychologists, the role of Black social scientists
in challenging the hegemony of western
thought, the foundation of ABPsi in 1968 and
the development of the African-centered
paradigm.
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana A
Robyn L Gobin, Ph.D.,
Carolyn Allard, Ph.D.
Sexual Functioning
Among African
American Female
Veterans
Health, Sex &
Sexuality
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana A
O'Shan D. Gadsden,
Ph.D.
Deconstructing
African-American
Masculinity Through
Critical Consciousness
Men and Boys Health
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana B
Ekwenzi Gray, Ph.D.,
Jonathan Goode, M.A.,
Devon Superville, M.A.,
Anthony Anike, M.A.,
Amanda Terry, B.A.,
Trevor Bryant
An Archival Study Of
Counseling Center
Usage At An HBCU
Mental Health
Services
Sexual functioning is an important aspect of
wellbeing that can be significantly impacted by
interpersonal trauma exposure. African
American women are represented in the
military in higher rates than their
representation in the general population, and
they have high rates of exposure to
interpersonal trauma, yet little research has
examined the impact of interpersonal trauma
exposure on sexual functioning in this
population of women. The present study
examines this relationship.
Utilizing a regression analysis, the study
examined the predictive relationship between
gender role conflict and the presence of
hypermasculinity in the sample population.
Findings revealed that there was a predictive
relationship between gender role conflict and
presence of hypermasculinity in the
population sample (.166; p<0.0005). Results of
this study have both social justice and
therapeutic implications when working with
African-American adult males.
Presentation aims are: 1) To explore
relationships between cultural factors and
symptom presentations. 2) To explore
relationships between cultural factors and
service utilization. 3) To explore the usefulness
of the OQ-45 as a clinical tool at an HBCU
counseling center. Archival data will be
gathered and analyzed from a counseling
center at an HBCU on the East Coast to
explore some of the factors influencing service
utilization. Data analysis will focus primarily
data from 650 subjects.
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana B
Naa-Solo Tettey, Ph.D.
“It’s Like Backing Up
Science With
Scripture”:
Perceptions Of
Heartsmarts
Spirituality
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana C
Thomas A Parham,
Ph.D., Marcelle
Holmes, Ph.D., Gerald
Parham, BA
Creating "New
Narratives": Black
Psychologists Address
Culture On Campus
School/Educational
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana C
Sean T Coleman, Ph.D.
Communalism: African School/Educational
American Cultural
Dimension And
Effective Learning
Context
“HeartSmarts” is a faith-based cardiovascular
health education program for African
American communities aimed at using biblical
scripture and culturally relevant material to
disseminate cardiovascular disease (CVD)
prevention messages. A participatory research
approach was used to identify critical
components to address CVD. Results showed
positive perceptions, particularly regarding the
use of Biblical texts, and high support of the
African American focus and quality of the
program.
This presentation discusses the on-campus
incidents at a large university that led up to
the decision to execute a "New Narratives"
workshop series on culture and identity.
Campus leaders have focused the pathology
not on individuals, but on the institutions that
create the power structures that oppress all
people. Black psychologists discuss creating a
culturally competent campus community.
Presenters: Thomas Parham, Ph.D.; Marcelle
Holmes, Ph.D., Gerald Parham, BA
The first purpose served to extend previous
communalism findings by generalizing the
effects of communal learning contexts to real
educational environments. This purpose
manifests itself through classrooms with full
student complements, and certified teachers
conducting actual lessons. Additionally,
lessons functioned as regularly scheduled
mathematics instruction. The second objective
explored the endorsement of cultural
orientation and home socialization factors of
African American children.
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana D
Derise Tolliver Atta,
Ph.D.
Being Afrikan In
Africa: Working In An
International
Education Partnership
School/Educational
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Indiana D
Katrina L Walker, Ph.D.
APA Accredited At An
HBCU: To Be Or Not
To Be?
School/Educational
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Marriott 8
Amorie A Robinson,
Ph.D.
Therapeutic
Considerations When
Working With Black
Gay And Lesbian
Adolescents
Professional Skill
Development
Being in Africa and being of Africa does not
necessarily mean being African-centered. Yet,
African-centeredness can bring
empowerment and healing energy to Afrikans
as we remember and re-member who we are
and who we can be in African-located,
Eurocentric-grounded institutions. The
presenter discusses her experiences as
Director of a competence-based
undergraduate program for adult learners in
Nairobi, Kenya. Successes and challenges
faced when embracing African-centeredness
will be examined.
Virginia State University began a doctoral
program in Health Psychology with a track in
Clinical Health in 2008. The program prepares
students for the professional practice of
Clinical Psychology, with specialized skills in
Health Psychology. As an HBCU, VSU is facing
the unique challenges of becoming an APAaccredited program that prepares licenseeligible psychologists. This presentation will
discuss the self-study process, its challenges,
and strategies to address the challenges.
Research and clinical practice centered on the
psychological well-being of gay and lesbian
populations is increasing in the area of clinical
psychology. However, the uniquely complex
and multidimensional psychological and
emotional experiences of gay and lesbian
youth remain highly underrepresented. Even
more so, studies that focus entirely on gay
lesbian youth of color are all but invisible in
psychology, including Black Psychology.
Discussions at conferences and the psychology
literature rela
Wednesday, 3:00 July 16
3:50
Marriott 8
Charles E Davis, Ph.D.
Racial Socialization &
Self Esteem
Development In
Clinical Treatment Of
Youth
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 4:00 July 16
5:50
Indiana A
Chante D DeLoach,
Psy.D. (CE)
The Role Of AfricanCentered
Psychologists In
Asylum Evaluations
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 4:00 July 16
5:50
Indiana B
Nyala Joan Cooper,
Ph.D. (CE)
Model Guide For
Ethical Dilemmas
Using Abpsi
Standards: HIV/AIDS
Mental Health
Professional Skill
Development
Racial socialization has been identified as one
way African-Americans cope with racial
discrimination and racism. Parents' racial
socialization of their children can be a
significant factor in the health psychological
development of these young people, including
development of racial identity and protective
factors against racism. This presentation will
focus on a model which integrates the basic
principles of racial socialization and self
esteem development for clinical work with
youth.
The soaring rates of global violence against
African people and the thousands of torture
and other trauma survivors seeking asylum in
the US each year incites an examination of the
role of African psychology in this work. The
purpose of this presentation is to provide a
Pan-African understanding of trauma, an
overview of the asylum process, and the
psychological documentation and evaluation
essential for advocating for the rights of
survivors of torture and persecution.
This professional development workshop is
designed for members of the Association of
Black Psychologists (ABPsi) who are mental
health professionals engaged in the treatment
of persons living with HIVAIDS. The goal is to
demonstrate how Black Psychologists can use
a systematic ethical decision making process
that raises the standard of clinical practice.
Wednesday, 4:00 July 16
5:50
Indiana C
Tania S Lodge,
M.A./M.S.,Suzette
Speight, PhD, Lisa Sims,
PhD, Semone Danage,
MA, Darletta Logan,
MA, Maryann Meniru,
PhD, Ciara Dennis, MA
Belief Systems
Analysis: An African
Centered Treatment
Approach
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 4:00 July 16
5:50
Indiana F
Judy Sundayo, Ph.D.,
Perry Clark, M.A., Linda
Dianne Petteway, Ph.D.
We Wear The Mask –
Clinical Applications
Art Therapy Workshop of Black Psychology
Wednesday, 4:00 July 16
5:50
Wednesday, 6:00 -
Indiana E
Village Meeting
Indiana A
Men Healing Circle
This symposium will examine Myers (1988)
Belief Systems Analysis (BSA) therapeutic
approach. BSA is an holistic approach to
enhancing one’s well-being by aiding the client
to examine their world view and to ultimately
embrace an Optimal conceptual system. We
will define the key themes and principles of
BSA, and illustrate the process of applying
these principles through experiential
techniques. Participants must commit to a
process of self-reflection. Dr. Myers will serve
as a discussant.
For thousands of years, masks have been used
on the African continent in ritualistic ways to
connect with the spirit world for personal and
community healing, decision making and
spiritual transformation. In the U.S. masks are
commonly used in celebratory fashion at
parties and carnivals. But for Africans in
America, masks have always held a deeper
meaning. In this Art Therapy Workshop
participants will learn about masks by way of a
media presentation, participate in a
transpersonal guided imagery for meditative
connection with the ancestors, and then
create a mask reflective of his or her own
ancient African alter ego. The workshop seeks
to demonstrate how masks may be used in
therapy to identify with and give honor to the
ancestors, find purpose and direction, release
pain and reveal the strengths that propel us
toward healing and spiritual growth. (Art
materials will be provided at no cost to
participants; however workshop will be
limited to no more than 20 persons.)
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday,
July 16
7:50
6:00 7:50
8:00 11:30
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
Indiana B
Women Healing Circle
Marriott 5-6
Host Chapter
Fundraising Event - A
Taste of Indy, Wine
Tasting
6:00 6:50
8:00 5:00
8:00 4:50 pm
8.00 9:50
Denver
Egyptian Yoga,
Meditation & Exercise
Registration 2
8.00 9:50
Marriott 1
Indiana Foyer
Denver
Marriott 1
Children's Enrichment
Program
Nina M Ellis-Hervey,
Ph.D., DeShea Davis,
BS
Charnel N Hollier,
B.A./B.S., Kamilah
Woodson, Ph.D, Lisa
Haileab, M.A
Ma'at E. Lewis, Ph.D
Addressing The
Obesity Epidemic
Through Social Media:
Blogging And Vlogging
Health, Sex &
Sexuality
The Unique Influences Skin Color, Colorism
Of Colorism And Body and Aesthetics
Image On Maladaptive
Eating Behaviors
A small body of research within psychology
has explored the context of popular culture as
a means to educate diverse populations
(McLeod, 2007; Walker 2006). According to
the American Heart Association (2012),
"Healthcare providers should embrace its
(social media) potential as a tool for
promoting healthy behavioral change." Many
more practitioners and educators should
utilize such venues to spread evidence based
teachings of mental and physical health to
prevent and reduce the epidemic.
Black women have been thought to have
protective factors that make them immune to
disordered eating. However, issues related to
colorism can have an impact on the health of
Black women which can serve as a trajectory
to disordered eating. This research purports a
model to speak to disordered eating, colorism,
and implications for treatment from an
African-centered psychological perspective.
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 2
Roslyn Turner-Clark,
Ph.D.
South Africa And
Ghana 2014: A
Journey Reaching Out,
Inspiring Youth To
Reach Up
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 2
Robbin R. Alston, Ph.D.
Ase Yoga Therapy :
Becoming Healthy
Using A Traditional
Approach
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
8.00 9:50
Marriott 3
GA Session
Marriott 4
MiKeiya Morrow,
M.A./M.S., Robyn L.
Gobin, Ph.D., Curtesia
Plunkett, M.S. (CE)
Speak: The Prevention
Of Child Sexual Abuse
Among African
American Children
Community
This session pictorially chronicles youth
Context/Organization empowerment workshops and community
activities conducted in South Africa and
Ghana. This workshop highlights culturally
congruent modalities (music, dance, drama,
talk circles) to enhance spirituality, address
mental health concerns, inspire behavior
change, and instill hope. The workshop aids
clinicians in identifying their passion, and
strengths for service provision to Faith
communities, schools, health organizations,
and other NGO’s here and abroad.
Personal
The purpose of this presentation is to explore
Development / Selfa self-healing practice known as Àse Yoga.This
Care
presentation will discuss and demonstrate the
therapeutic utility of yoga in the treatment of
specific mental health concerns and stressrelated ailments within the African-American
community. Participants will learn about yoga
therapy and applied yogic principles in
reducing the symptoms of emotional distress
and increasing mental healthiness. Àse Yoga
therapy is a personalized, therapeutic
experience.
Other
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is disturbingly
common among African American children,
who are sexually abused at a rate of 2.6 per
1,000 (Sedlak et al., 2010). Yet, the needs and
experiences of African American children are
marginalized in CSA prevention research and
initiatives. This think tank will provide an
analytical overview of socio-cultural issues
surrounding CSA among African American
children with the goal of collaboratively
developing African-centered CSA prevention
strategies.
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 7
Desa Karye Daniel,
B.A./B.S., Ivelisse
Fernandez-Torres, PhD
A Phenomenological
Study of the
Invisibility Syndrome
among African
Americans
Microagressions,
Racism, &
Misorientation
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 7
Patricia L. Nunley,
Ph.D.
Optimal Human
Functioning: All
Thoughts Lead To
Africa
Spirituality
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 8
Keisha L BentleyEdwards, Ph.D., Paul
Robbins, MA, Valerie N.
Adams-Bass, Ph.D
The School
Engagement &
Cohesion Of Black
Students Exposed To
Violence
Research &
Intervention
According to Franklin (1999) the invisibility
syndrome is comprised of social confusion due
to mixed messages regarding African American
males legitimacy as accepted members of
mainstream society. This qualitative research
aims to uncover possible themes associated
with African American College student’s
experiences at their perspective universities.
As Nobles and other African Centered Scholars
identify ancient African thought as the model
for comprehending humanness, the new
science of interpersonal neurobiology or IPNB
is recognizing the oneness inherit in African
epistemology. Mindsight (Siegel, 2012),
represents an IPNB approach for optimizing
human functioning. This workshop offers an
opportunity to critically assess the implications
of Western sciences movement toward
African thought and proposes a vanguard role
for ABPsi.
Violence exposure and victimization (VEV) is
viewed as the most serious trauma inducing
and life threatening health risk facing Black
youth. Most Black college students have found
ways to succeed academically despite
experiences of VEV, but their outcomes are
rarely examined. Their background and coping
may provide insight on resiliency and impact
the type of student they become. This paper
reports on how VEV and racial cohesion, a
cultural strength, influences school
engagement.
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 8
Tahirah Abdullah,
Ph.D., Tamara Brown,
Ph.D., Ebony Vinson,
Ph.D
Understanding And
Reducing Mental
Illness Stigma Among
African Americans
Research &
Intervention
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 9
KeaJuanis L. Malena,
Psy.D.
Effects Of Father
Research &
Involvement On
Intervention
Depression For African
American Adolescents
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 9
Amber Nicole
Thornton, Psy.D.
African-American
Father-Daughter
Relationship & The
Marschack Interaction
Method
Research &
Intervention
This presentation explores the status of
research related to mental illness stigma
among African Americans. Stigma is a key
barrier to obtaining help for mental health
problems, making it imperative that we gain a
more nuanced understanding of stigma.
Results from a recent study aimed at better
understanding the influence of acculturation
and labeling on African Americans’
stigmatization of mental illness, and an
intervention-focused research agenda for the
future will be presented.
If I told you that Tupac had Bipolar, Biggie had
ADHD and Dr. Martin Luther King had a
dream, what would this mean about the
connection between father involvement and
depression in African American adolescents?
In this presentation, African-Centered models
of African American adolescent depression are
used to explore the relationship between
depression and father involvement in African
American adolescents and implications for
treating African American families.
This presentation will examine the AfricanAmerican father-daughter relationship
through application of a dyadic parent-child
assessment method called the Marschack
Interaction Method. Use of this method
determines the impact that African-American
fathers have on their daughters’ social and
emotional development. The presentation
will include review of the exploratory multiple
case study, research findings, implications for
this dyadic relationship, and suggestions for
future research study.
Thursday,
July 17
8.00 9:50
Marriott 10
Shelvy Haywood
Keglar, Ph.D.(CE)
Thursday,
July 17
10:00 11:50
Marriott 5-6
Thursday,
July 17
12:00 12:50
Marriott 10
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
Thursday,
July 17
12:00 12:50
1:00 5:50
6:00 11:50
Marriott 4
Mbongi Assembly #2:
Community Violence:
A Health Epidemic and
Implications for
Trauma-Informed
Care; Distinguished
Speakers:
Film: Little Brother:
The Fire Next Time
with Nicole Franklin
SAGE Editorial Board
(Invited Guests) Lunch
Business Meeting
(MEMBERS ONLY)
Student Circle
Meeting; Student
Circle Event
WNBA Game: Indiana
Fever vs. Chicago Sky.
Special event for
ABPsi, Discounted
tickets
Thursday,
July 17
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
Marriott 5-6
Marriott 10
Off site
6:00 6:50
8:00 5:00
Denver
Indiana Foyer
Egyptian Yoga,
Meditation & Exercise
Registration 2
DSM-5 Overview And
Implications For
Clinical Practice
Ma'at E. Lewis, Ph.D
Professional Skill
Development
The changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual are significant and will have a major
impact on service delivery in the behavioral
health arena. Access to services is guided by
the criteria set for insurance purposes. DSM-5
follows the medical model more than any of
the previous editions. It is expected that
under the affordable care act more mental
health services will be available to minorities.
Clinicians servicing the African-Americans and
other minorities must have a full understand
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
8:00 4:50 pm
8.00 9:50
Denver
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Marriott 2
Robbie J. Steward,
Ph.D., Nina EllisHervey, Ph.D.
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
8.00 9:50
Marriott 3
Elder-Student
Breakfast
Mark A. Bolden, Ph.D.,
Maria Hamilton
Abegunde, MA,
Roberta Federico, BA,
Jamila
Codrington,Ph.D.
Marriott 1
Marriott 4
Children's Enrichment
Program
Brandon E. Gamble,
Other professional
degree/certificate,
Scott Graves, Ph.D.,
Jamilia Blake, Ph.D.,
Krystal Cook, Ph.D.
Black School
Psychologists Working
Together Yesterday,
Today, And Tomorrow
School/Educational
Black Female TenureTrack Faculty Change
Agents On A
Predominantly White
Campus
School/Educational
The Intergenerational
Work Of African
Ancestral Trauma: A
Healing Response
Spirituality
Other than AB Psi, currently there are no
nationally recognized Black School Educational
Psychologists organizations. School
psychologists have very few African Americans
among their ranks, remaining at 3% over the
past 3 decades. In regards to national trends
in policy for assessment practices in academics
and behavior, African American school
psychologists’ practices. Presenters will
discuss; policy, evidence-based practice, family
advocacy, and overall school success of African
students.
The workshop provides an overview of
strategies for Black academicians to affect
systemic change and enhancement in
predominantly White academic settings. The
psychological-emotional, cognitive, and
behavioral adjustments required for both
junior and senior faculty to effectively provide
developmentally appropriate on-campus
leadership will be described.
This think tank is designed to cultivate one's
personal relationship with ancestors and
respond to ancestral trauma. Through an
experiential discussion, we will explore
processes to identity a trauma’s point of
origin, how to make meaning of it within the
past and present, and how to create a new
meaning of this wound. The facilitators will
draw upon their work with African
communities in and from the U.S., Brazil, and
the Caribbean to honor the reunion of
multiple generations of family.
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Marriott 7
Nancy Boyd-Franklin,
Ph.D. (CE)
The Treatment of
African American
Clients and Families
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Marriott 8
Ngonzi Truth
Crushshon, M.A.
Protective Factors For
Black Males In
Academic Settings
Men and Boys Health
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Marriott 8
Adeyemi O. Doss, Ph.D.
The Pathological
Consequences Of
Being A Black Man In
America
Other
This workshop will provide participants with a
greater understanding of how to work
effectively in therapy with African American
clients and families. Participants will learn how
to utilize cultural strengths and survival skills
in their work, the role of extended family
networks as well as strategies for involving
these family members in the treatment
process and informal adoption and kinship
care as alternative family structures. The role
of spirituality and religion in the lives of
African American clients will be explored.
Clinical case examples and videotaped
material will be presented.
The achievement gap and high school dropout
rate for Black males is disconcerting. Most of
the research focuses on academic failure and
contributing risk factors for urban youth. This
study will examine two protective factors ethnic identity and social support-for 100
Black males in Chicago charter schools with
90% college acceptance rates, in an attempt to
shed light on this predicament. Do Black males
higher in ethnic identitysocial support have
higher GPA's?
Recently there has been an interest in
existentialism as it pertains to persons of
African descent, especially persons such as
bell hooks, George Yancy and Lewis R. Gordon.
European existentialism, culturally speaking,
has been labeled as a distinctive Eurocentric
phenomenon via its constructed by scholars of
European descent. One central iss
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Marriott 9
Rachel Bayard-Cooks,
Psy.D., Wade Nobles,
PhD, Lawford Goddard,
PhD (CE)
Enhancing The Fabric
Of Family & Positive
Youth Development
Project
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Friday, July
18
8.00 9:50
Santa Fe
Michael Connor, Ph.D.,
Thomas Parham, PhD,
Joseph White, PhD
(CE)
Grading Public School
Academic Success
Rates
School/Educational
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 1
Education Of AfricanCentered
Psychologists: An
Abpsi HBCU Initiative
Think Tank
Teaching Black
Psychology
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 3
Lennell R. Dade, Ph.D.,
Huberta JacksonLowman, Ph.D.,
Timothy Moore, Ph.D.,
Mark Bolden, Ph.D. ,
Kevin Washington,
Ph.D., Benson Cooke,
Ph.D.
Council of Elders
Meeting
This workshop will discuss “The Enhancing the
Fabric of Family Program” which engages in
the restoration of the “fabric of family” and
the development of Black youth as an AOD
prevention strategy. Grounded in Black
Psychology, focused on the liberation,
empowerment and illumination of the African
spirit, the program utilizes educational and
alternative activities to restore healthy family
life.
A model for the grading of public schools
which serve our communities will be offered.
For those institutions receiving failing grades,
suggestions for remediation will be suggested.
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the
overall status of the success or failure of public
schools as relates to the education of African
American youth. We will offer a means and
format for the evaluation and grading of
schools in our communities as pertains to the
graduation of our youth.
The primary goal of this Think Tank is to lay
the foundation for the development of an
ABPsi HBCU Initiative that among other things
will address the curriculum of psychology
departments and the training of Africancentered psychologists.
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 4
Phyllis Randle, Other
professional
degree/certificate (CE)
Stabilizing Psychotic
Disorders To Steer
Optimal Health In The
Black Community
Professional Skill
Development
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 7
A.J. Franklin (CE)
Therapy with African
American Men:
Challenges of
Invisibility, Utilization,
and Interventions
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 8
Michael Connor, Ph.D.,
Felisa Gaffney, PsyD,
Nikkia Young, PhD
Mentoring Graduate
Students-- Giving
Them Voice, Space
And Support
Culture & Health
An overview of psychotic disorders and its
impact on health and social circumstances
within the Black Community will be presented.
A depletion of how psychotic disorders are
exhibited throughout the life span which
highlights symptoms and behaviors
characteristics will be provided. Included are
strategies for stabilizing psychotic symptoms
to prevent its interface with adverse social
circumstances, health, and cognitive processes
as well as how the family can serve as a
protective factor.
In daily life African American men face
significant social, educational, occupational
and health risk factors. This presentation
explores the challenges of psychological well
being and the mental health needs of African
American men given the diversity in their life
circumstances, pitfalls of invisibility from
public stereotypes, underutilization of mental
health services and appropriateness of
therapeutic interventions. It will provide some
techniques in understanding the complexity of
clinical issues for African American men and in
developing appropriate intervention
strategies.
This symposium shares a mentoring
philosophy and spotlights the work of two
recent graduates. In the African tradition,
mentoring assumes several inter-related,
rather complex rolls which most of us are
happy to assume. The focus is the mentee’s
needs, aspirations, goals, and success. Two
recent graduates will present their work, one
focuses on successful outcomes in the foster
care system and the other is a qualitative
study of how five women of color
experienced, and survived, PTSD.
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 8
Amber A Hewitt, Ph.D.,
Thomas Vance, M.A,
William Osei, M.A.
The Impact Of
Microaggressions And
Invisibility On The
Well-Being Of Black
Boys
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 9
Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D.
To Be African, To Be
Family, To Be
Awesome: Haiti, Pan
Africanism And The
Unfinished Revolution
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
This symposium examines relationship
between racial micoraggressions, racial
climate, and the invisibility syndrome among
Black boys and men. The first paper discusses
a case study which illuminates the
consequences of racial microaggressions in a
predominately White academic setting. The
second paper, presents a case study that
underscores the role that invisibility and its
impact on well-being. The third paper,
presents qualitative data on experiences of
invisibility among Black boys.
One of the tenents of Skh Djr is for the Black
psychologist as a “sakhu practitioner” to
prescribe and excite solutions and actions,
which will free African people from both
material and spiritual degradation. In this
presentation, Dr. Wade W. Nobles will discuss
the question of Africa’s dehumanization and
future development of Pan Africanism from
the analytical platform of Black psychology.
Using Haiti as an exemplar case, the
psychological analyses of colonialism, slavery,
and the morphing of African ideas about
consciousness, identity and family will be
viewed through the prism or discipline of Black
psychology and its further Africanization as
Sakhu Djaer/Sheti.
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 9
Kobi Kambon, Ph.D.
A Paradigm For
Microagressions,
Understanding White Racism & Cultural
Supremacy Racism
Mis-orientation
And Oppression In The
Age Of Obama: An
African-Centered
Psycho-Social Analysis
Friday, July
18
10:00 11:50
Marriott 10
Danielle J Hibbitts,
Psy.D., Afiya Mangum,
Ph.D (CE)
Hair: The
Psychological
Implications And
Emotional Effects On
Women In The A.A.
Research &
Intervention
Friday, July
18
10;00 11:50
Santa Fe
Robbie J. Steward,
Ph.D.
Academic Success
Where There Should
Be None
Research &
Intervention
This presentation will provide an in-depth
analysis of the European Worldview and its
core component of White Supremacy
Domination/Racism as the driving force in the
maintenance of the cultural/psychological
oppression of the African American
community. The paradigm articulates the
institutional infrastructures and operational
mechanisms defining the American societal
system as it perpetuates the Miseducation,
Eurocentric cultural indoctrination and
Brainwashing of the Black population, and the
devastating psychological consequences that
result from these culturally oppressive
systems.
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory
investigation was to examine the
psychological, visceral, and emotional impact
hair has on African American women. Hair has
been negatively associated within social
constructs for African American women
throughout “herstory”. From birth through
childhood, and well into adult life, African
American females are faced wi
Success within academic settings where
circumstances predict there should be none is
documented. Mainstream media either
magnify characteristics of urban school
systems that fail to foster students’ success or
highlight the one student case, who through
super-human character, succeeds. The
symposium presents the results of research
that examined the characteristics of students
who were academically successful in spite of
challenges and a description of a program that
extended this success.
Friday, July
18
10;00 11:50
Santa Fe
Brian L Turner , Ph.D.,
Jeremy Stromas, B.S.,
Taylor Boyce, Jusiah
Prowell
Friday, July
18
12:00 2:50
Marriott 5-6
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
2:30 -3:00
Student Circle
Luncheon
Enstoolment; Annual
ABPsi Pledge
Campaign
Indiana Black Expo
Health Fair
Edward L Bellamy, Lisa
Whitten, Ph. D
3:00 3:50
Lincoln
Black Male
Experiences In Higher
Ed: Identity,
Relationship, And
Experiences
Personal
Development / SelfCare
The purpose of this study is to investigate the
relationship among romantic relationships,
ethniccultural identity and the process of
matriculation of Black Males in higher
education. The current study will investigate
black male romantic relationship beliefs,
higher education experiences, and identity.
We provide support for opportunities for Black
Males to be more successful in relationships,
creating and sustaining successful models of
themselves, and ultimately greater life
success.
Research &
Intervention
Although there have been recent changes to
criminal justice policy such as the infamous
Rockefeller drug laws, the number of Africandescent brothers caught in the web of the
criminal justice system continues to increase.
The voices of previously incarcerated men are
captured in this study, because typically their
voices are silenced. With rare exceptions, they
are not included in the conversation
concerning policies that have negatively
affected them. This research is an attempt to
add their v
ABPsi Presentation
Shutting The
Revolving Door:
Voiced Experiences Of
African Descent ExOffenders
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Lincoln
Gabrielle P.A. Smith,
M.A., Brittain H.
Talbert, B.A., Lindsay
Rice, M.A.
Hiring Preferences
Based On Race And
Gender Interaction
Research &
Intervention
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 1
Ebony N Russ,
M.A./M.S., Kamilah
Woodson, Ph.D.,
Donnesha Gibson,
M.Ed, Charnel Hollier,
B.A.
Combating Minority
Stress Among Black
College Students From
An African-Centered
School/Educational
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 1
Timothy O Moore,
Ph.D.
African-Centered
Health Psychology:
The Basics Of Brain
Functioning
Culture & Health
The current investigation will extend the
current literature on hiring decisions and
stereotypes by taking the novel approach of
introducing both the race and gender
stereotype variables. In addition, this research
will further the traditional gender role
stereotype literature by examining how
gender role stereotypes have changed across
cultures. Finally, this research will extend the
stereotyping literature which is fairly scant on
research examining the interaction between
race and gender.
Smedley, Myers, & Harrel (1993) describe
minority stress as “unique stresses
experienced by minority students that
interfere with their college adjustment and
integration into the university.” The
presentation explores risk factors such as poor
decision making skills, academic
consequences, poor psychological health, etc.
associated with minority stress among Black
college students and implications for optimal
health from an Afrocentric perspective.
In an academic setting, many students show a
tremendous excitement to learn about
themselves in African-Centered Psychology
courses. People who seek external
pharmaceutical stimulants (i.e., drugs) to alter
their mood are tapping into similar brain
mechanisms that can elevate mood and
happiness. This workshop will detail current
research on the neural mechanisms associated
with knowing thyself.
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 3
Shanai Biggins, Sable
Huggins, Derek Wilson,
Ph.D.
Effects Of
Stereotypes, Status
And Lack Of
Knowledge On Black
On Black Hatred
School/Educational
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 3
Jonathan M Lassiter,
M.A./M.S.
Black Men Who Have
Sex With Men’s
Religious Participation
And Religious Identity
Spirituality
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 7
Lauren Fultz, Other
professional
degree/certificate
The Psycho-Social
Impact Of Colorism
Among African
American Women
Skin Color, Colorism
and Aesthetics
Black on black hatred has been discussed as
the antithesis to Black positive psychological
functioning. The psychodynamics of black selfhatred can be understood within the
stereotypes and lack of knowledge that
African Americans presents. This proposed
study will examine the psychodynamic effects
of cultural misorientation, status, lack of
knowledge and stereotypes have on Black on
Black Hatred.
This presentation will describe a study that
used frequency analyses and logistic
regression to examine BMSM’s rates of
religious participation and identity salience
and their sociodemographic correlates. Results
indicate that BMSM have low rates of religious
participation but high levels of religious
identity salience. Religious affiliation and
sexual orientation were significant
sociodemographic correlates. A discussion of
the implications of these findings will conclude
the presentation.
As African Americans, we are rarely given
forums to openly discuss our collective
experience of colorism. The focus group in this
study investigated the enduring effects of skin
tone discrimination on African American
women. The group experiences were coded
into broader themes depicting the experiences
of African American women based on skin
tone. Findings suggest that women have
unique experiences based on skin tone, and
that the experiences have interpersonal and
intrapersonal effects.
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 7
Catherine Olajumoke
Omole, M.A.
The Yoruba
Philosophy Of “Iwa”
As Fulcrum Of Human
Personality & WellBeing
Teaching Black
Psychology
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 8
Janine T Johnson, B.A.,
Tawanna Howard, B.
A., Rebecca Clarke, B.A.
Cultural Perception
and Impact of African
American Hair
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 9
Roberta M. Federico,
M.A./M.S.
Caring Families In Ile
Ase Ala Koro Wo:
Contributions From
African Psychology
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
The Yoruba people of the Southwest Nigeria
have long developed a systematic way of
thinking and articulating mannerism. The
concept of character referred to as “IWA” is a
set of qualities that make somebody
distinctively interesting, attractive, especially
the qualities of mind, feelings, and public
reputation.This paper provides a theoretical
concept of "IWA" and how it promotes
psycho-social well-being.
Straight hair is a preferred feature by some
females in the African American community. It
is considered beautiful, normal, reinforced by
the media, magazines, and our own
internalized hatred of natural hair. Idealizing
Eurocentric values regarding hair texture can
lead to a diminishing self-concept. African
American’s must learn to live within the
dominant culture while embracing their
natural hair.
In this paper we are going to provide
theoretical revisions about African
perspectives in Psychology and Family
Therapy, discussing the contributions in
working with Black families. It will be
discussed one case study since the experience
occurred in 2012 with Black families in a
terreiro of Candomblé called Ile Ase Ala Koro
Wo, located in São João de Meriti, a town in
Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 9
Helen L Evans, Ph.D.,
Jabari Evans, BA
Assessment &
Treatment Of Youth
Exposed To
Violence:Use Of Hip
Hop Music
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 10
Sandra HooperMayfield, Other
Professional
Degree/Certificate
Substance Abuse,
Mental Health And
Family
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
Marriott 10
Steve D. McCutchen,
B.A./B.S.
The Interconnection
Between Mental
Health Of Blacks In
Jails And Dysfunction
Between Incarcerated
Parents And Their
Children
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
Friday, July
18
3:00 3:50
4:00 5:50
Santa Fe
Student Scholarship
winner
General Assembly
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
6:00 7:00
8:00 -
Marriott 1
Indiana Black Expo
Concert (Free)
Off-site
Indiana Foyer
Sunrise Tribute to
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Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
This presentation will focus on the assessment
and treatment of African American males who
have a history of either perpetrating violence
or being the victim the of violence or
witnessing violence. In particular the
presentation will address how these children
often show symptoms which lead to diagnoses
of Conduct Disorder , Oppositional Defiant
Disorder ,and Attention Deficit Disorder as
well as less effective treatments or
imprisonment. An alternative method of
assessment is proposed which
Mental Health
Giving our children a healthy start physically
Services
emotionally and spiritually in the womb. I will
address the importance of practitioners have
cultural competence when the treating
families dealing with substance abuse, mental
health and prenatal care.
Community
At the beginning of the 21st century more
Context/Organization than 2 million Americans, mostly African
American and Hispanic are in jails and prisons.
This presentation examines the interactions
between the corrections system and the
effects of imprison-ment on those parents and
the children who struggle in the absence of a
father or mother. This effort discusses thr
traumas of parents and children who endure
prison hardships.
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
5:00
8:00 4:50 pm
8:00 9:50
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Denver
Marriott 1
Children's Enrichment
Program
Olisa Yaa TolokunAjinaku, M.A. MASTER
LEVEL CE ONLY.
Marriott 2
Edwin Nichols, Ph.D.
Ph.D. In African
Psychology: An
Akobɛn To The
Sakhushetis
Teaching Black
Psychology
Culturally Competent
Psychotherapy: X And
Y/Millennial
Generations
Culture & Health
The long and seminal history of African
Psychology has been well documented. The
time has come for the highest level of
scholarship in African Psychology to be
recognized with a doctoral degree. This
presentation proposes the prototypical Ph.D.
program in African Psychology. It includes a
history of the field, and recommended courses
in the context of relevant definitions of the
discipline. It also offers options for types of
programs, and suitable institutions to support
such an enterprise.
X and Y/Millennial Generations have been
subjected to rapid changes in technology,
which has impacted their development and
behavior. With the advent of social media
there is a cultural desire for openness and
sharing. Very young children have on-line
access to the world. They live in an
environment where acts of brutal aggression,
overt sexuality, the use of illegal drugs and
substances are the norm and commonplace.
The hypocrisy of our traditional societal
customs and conventional mores has been laid
barren. Often, clients present a very
sophisticated façade, however, their levels of
pain and anxiety are deep and real.
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 4
Orisade I Awodola,
Ph.D., Kevin
Washington, Ph.D (CE)
Root Psychology: A
Diverse Assessment
Spirituality
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 7
Christina JacksonBailey, Ph.D.
Multigenerational
Trauma: Discovering
Our Ancestral
Heritage
Culture & Health
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 7
Derek Wilson, Ph.D.,
Soyini Richards, MA
Cultural
Compentencies:
Challenges Of Black
Professionals
Culture & Health
Root Psychology™ is a culture-focused
approach based on spirituality and science. It
is not a clinical model or based on western
psychology theories yet it provides
comprehensive structures to understand the
DNA process and its emotional influence
throughout the life-span cycle to treat mental
dysfunctions in contrast to mental disorders.
The objectives are to include it as an applied
psychology and discipline throughout
undergraduate and graduate psychology
curriculums.
Some African Americans desire a connection
to their ancestry. However, fear of discovering
painful, traumatic events within one’s family
history can be an overwhelming venture. This
has a direct connection to the emotional
numbness that can be experienced when
discovering your ancestral heritage. This
presentation will discuss the relationship
between the discovery of African American
ancestral heritage and multigenerational
trauma.
Competence and mental health are explored
in relation to the challenges of community, as
well as self-questioning the competence of
Africans in American professional settings.
Given the historical social contexts of
oppression and race, Black competency is
often challenged by the dominant cultural
contexts. This presentation will examine the
cultural integrity of professionals providing
assistance to Blacks with specific emphasis on
mental health professionals.
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 8
Robert L. Williams,
Ph.D., PAMELA
JENKINS , Ph.D., Donald
Cross, Ph.D., Robert A.
Williams, Ph. D., Marva
Robinson, Ph.D.(CE)
The Perils of Private
Practice
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 9
Lyneia Hawkins,
M.A./M.S., Kamilah
Woodson, Ph.D.,
Donnesha Gibson,
M.Ed.
Impact Of Internalized
Racism & Intersecting
Identities On Black
Women’s Health
Women and Girls
Health
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 9
Bernadette B ChitunyaWilson, Ph.D.
Impact Of Cosmetic
Surgery-Related
Reality Television And
Cosmetic Surgery
Women and Girls
Health
This symposium will present some perils one
might encounter in private practice. It is
especially addressed to the younger
generation or for those who have recently
entered private practice. One study showed
that 75% of psychologists may not be aware of
many of the perils. We will present a variety
topics including invasion of privacy, fraud,
liability insurance, ethical situations and
others.
This presentation will address Black women’s
experience in relation to internalized racism
and how it may contribute to the
manifestation of health disparities in this
population. The presenters will examine the
intersectionality of race, gender, and SES
within this population. The aim is to explore
internalized racism and the intersecting
identities within Black women that impact the
mental, physical and spiritual well-being of
these women. Implications for practitioners
will be discussed.
The study examined the impact of Reality
Television (RTV) show viewing and American
women’s desire for cosmetic surgery (CS). The
study also examined individuals’ attitudes
about CS and personality traits. Online and
on–paper structured questionnaires were
administered to 350 adult women aged 20
through 70 years. The findings established a
significant relationship between cosmetic
surgery-RTV show viewing and women's desire
for cosmetic surgery. Self–esteem was the
mediator.
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 10
Jarvis Sams, M.A./M.S.,
Sean Lewis, M.A.,
Shawnakay Blackwood,
B.A.
Micro-Aggression
Among African
Americans In The
Workplace And Higher
Education
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
Marriott 10
Jarvis Sams, M.A.,
Cecilia Gardner, B.A.
Reversing The
Generational Curse Of
PTSS Within Black
Families
Other
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
8:00 9:50
8:00 9:50
Indiana F-G
Student-Jegna Event
Lincoln
Martinque K Jones,
M.A., Akilah Reynolds,
Ed.M, Felicia Fisher,
M.S., LaWanda Hill,
M.Ed.
The Influence Of Black
Television Media On
Black Women And
Girls
Women and Girls
Health
Saturday,
July 19
10;00 11:50
Indiana E
Mbongi Assembly #3:
Unshackling the Chains
of Mental Illness:
This presentation looks to explore the
implications of micro-aggressions amongst the
black community and how they might present
themselves in the workplace and in
educational settings. We hope to discuss how
black psychologists can assist clients how may
face these types of stressors and what the
possible interventions that can be used to
guide the client through the tumultuous
experience. – Jarvis Sams, M.A., Sean Lewis,
M.A. and Shawnakay Blackwood, B.A.
Exploration of the implications of post
traumatic slave syndrome (PTSS), on modern
day black relationships; looking to show
through research the impact, and what makes
it difficult for black relationships to thrive, be
successful and maintained. How black
psychologists can bring individuals to a sense
of awareness, accountability and vulnerability
to strengthen the client’s ability to be
successful within relationships.
Stereotypic images of Black women and girls in
television media are pervasive. Given that
overexposure to stereotypes makes one
susceptible to the internalization of
stereotypes (Gerbner et al., 2002), researchers
will provide an overview of the potential
consequences associated with increased
consumption of Black television media on
Black women and girls. Attendees will also be
challenged to identify avenues in which
psychologists may advocate for appropriate
portrayals of Black women and girls.
Developing and
Promoting Optimal
Mental Health Care for
African American
Communities;
Speakers
Poster Session
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 1:50
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 5-6
Marriott 3-4
Faye Z. Belgrave, Ph.D.,
Josh Brevard, MA,
Melanie Paige, BS
Cultural Factors and
HIV Testing Attitudes
among AA College
Students
Health, Sex &
Sexuality
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Collette C-Hilliard,
Ph.D.
Does Participation in
Black Studies Matter?
Research &
Intervention
This study focuses on cultural factors
influencing attitudes towards HIV testing
among African American college students. HIV
conspiracy theories, racial pride, and humanist
ideology as predictors of HIV testing were
examined. HIV conspiracy beliefs predicted
more negative attitudes towards HIV testing
and racial pride predicted more positive HIV
testing attitudes. Humanism fully mediated
the effect of both HIV conspiracy beliefs and
racial pride on attitudes towards HIV testing.
Research suggests that African descent
students experience significant changes in
important life domains as they engage in study
about their cultural-historical roots. In the last
several decades, Black Studies courses have
been a space in which African descent
students garner a deeper understanding of
themselves and the African Diaspora. This
poster presents research that systematically
evaluated the impact of Black Studies on
cultural identity and student outcomes.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Kevin Cokley, Ph.D.,
Keoshia Harris, Jasmine
Graham,
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
Marriott 3-4
Nyasha GraymanSimpson, Ph.D.,
Jacqueline Mattis, PhD,
Kerrianne Sejour, B.A.
candidate
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Denise Y. Hatter-Fisher,
Ph.D.
The Effect of Religion
and Spirituality on the
Psyche of the African
American
Spirituality
The question of the effectiveness of
spirituality and religiosity on one’s mental
health has been debated among psychologists.
However, these perspectives have not
considered how religion and spirituality could
affect other variables such as self esteem,
mental health, religious struggle, religious
engagement, and religious conservatism. Our
project addresses the interaction of the
variables described above with spirituality and
religion and its effects on the black
communities.
Still Good: 2014
Community
This poster presents results from our 2014
Cultural Validity Study Context/Organization validity study of Boykin, Jagers, Ellison, &
of the Boykin et al.
Albury’s Communalism Scale (1997).
Communalism Scale
Preliminary findings (n = 100), suggests that
the Communalism Scale remains a culturally
valid measure. Ultimately, this study will
include a national sample of 800 Black
American adults stratified along the lines of
region, gender, and developmental stage.
Juneteenth Participant Culture & Health
To address a continued need for positive
Responses to Indirect
health promotion in communities of color,
Measures of Health &
results and implications for health will be
Wellness
highlighted in an empirically based poster
presentation. Participants comprised a
convenience sample of 212 African Americans
ages 21 –65+ attending an annual “Juneteenth
Celebration.” Assessments included a
demographic survey (including Blood
Pressure) and other indicators relevant to
health, the Belief Systems Analysis Scale, and
the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Amber A Hewitt, Ph.D.,
Cierra Whatley, M.A.,
Ashlee Davis, B.A.,
Naomi Drakeford,
M.A., William Osei,
M.A., Thomas Vance,
M.A.
Promoting Resilience
and Identity
Development in Black
Manhood
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Crystal Marie Tillis,
Ph.D.
Intimate Partner
Abuse and Sexual
Health Behaviors in
African American
Pregnant Women
Health, Sex &
Sexuality
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Erica J Wilkins, Ph.D.,
April Few-Demo, Ph.D.
Building Bridges in the
Community:
Collaborative
Research
Women and Girls
Health
The P.R.I.D.E. curriculum (Promoting
Resilience and Identity Development through
Empowerment) is one such intervention which
promoted the mental and spiritual well-being
of Black young men. P.R.I.D.E., that tackles the
unique stressors facing young Black young
men. The purpose of this study is to test the
effectiveness of the P.R.I.D.E. curriculum by
exploring outcomes such as racial identity,
collective self-esteem, critical consciousness,
stereotypical roles, and civic engagement.
African American (AA) women are
overrepresented among victims of Intimate
Partner Violence (IPV). Prevalence studies
suggest that 41 % of AA women experience
IPV in their lifetime. Literature suggests that
women are particularly vulnerable to IPV
during pregnancy, with a 36% greater risk of
being victims of IPV. N = 150 AA pregnant
women. Results indicated that IPV was
significantly related to lower condom use selfefficacy
Stigma associated with HIVAIDS is particularly
problematic for African American women,
who are 7 times more likely to contract the
HIV infection than Caucasians. As such it is
necessary to develop creative methods to
engage African American women in research
that explores factors that contribute to the
proliferation of HIVAIDS. This presentation will
provide information about the methods used
to design and implement a prevention
curriculum among HIV positive African
American women.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Emma R Alexander,
M.A.
The Effects of a
Fathers' Death on His
Now Adult Daughter
During Her
Adolescence
Women and Girls
Health
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Olufunke R. Awosogba,
M.A., Steven Stone,
M.Ed., Ashley Hurst,
M.A., Stacey Jackson,
M.S., M.A., Leann
Smith, B.A., Kevin
The Effect of
Academic SelfConcept on the
Relationship between
Perceived
Discrimination and
Psychological Distress
among Black College
Students
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Shanika L Blanton,
M.A./M.S.
A Qualitative Study of
the Setting and
Individual Level
Protective Factors of
African-centered
Education
School/Educational
An Afrocentric perspective poster
presentation that utilized information from
live narratives of 8 adult Black women aged 35
to 70 whose fathers died when they were
adolescents aged 13 to 19 that revealed the
effects his death may have had on their lives
then and over time. Being understood from
one's own perspective eliminates being
labeled perceived as being pathologic by
someone who may misunderstand them
wrongly deeming their behaviors when
grieving as inappropriate.
A robust relationship between perceived
discrimination and psychological distress
among Black Americans has long been
established (Pieterse, Todd, Neville, and
Carter, 2012). To date, the role of academic
self-concept has not been considered in
examining this relationship among college
students. Our results demonstrate that
academic self-concept has a significant
moderating effect on the relationship
between perceived discrimination and
psychological distress among Black collegians.
African-centered education (ACE) is a strategy
to foster success in African American students.
Although there are a plethora of ideas,
concepts and assumptions about what it
means to be African-centered, there is still
much to learn about ACE practice. This
observational and interview study is meant to
understand the ways in which teachers
educate youth to develop positive ethnic
identity, ability to critically analyze oppressive
structures, and awareness as change agents in
their community.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Rebecca W Clarke,
Other Professional
Degree/Certificate,
Teresa Mueller, M.A.,
Janeece Warfield,
Psy.D., Joann
Mawasha, Psy.D.
The Role of
Psychologists
Addressing Infant
Mortality
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Brian K. Colar,
B.A./B.S., Melissa
Goerge, PhD, Mark
Weist, PhD
Beyond Academics:
Assessing the impact
of perception and
social functioning
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Desa K Daniel,
B.A./B.S., Ivelisse
Torres-Fernandez, Ph.D
A Phenomenological
Study of the
Invisibility Syndrome
among African
American College
Students
Microagressions,
Racism, &
Misorientation
The purpose of this poster is to educate health
professionals about the prevalence of infant
mortality. Specifically, whom it impacts,
including families, the community, and how
psychologists can intervene. Researchers will
make conclusions based upon a literature
review of infant mortality which will showcase
how community based participatory research
facilitates a reciprocal relationship between
psychologists, families, and the medical
community.
We will examine racial disparities in academic
performance among at-risk youth, as well as,
examine associations between social skills and
academic indicators, looking at the role of
perceptions of teacher-student relationships
as a moderator of these relationships. Findings
will be discussed in the context of
understanding the mechanisms contributing
to the racial disparities that exist in the US
education system with implications for African
Americans in schools.
According to Franklin (1999) the invisibility
syndrome is comprised of social confusion due
to mixed messages regarding African American
males legitimacy as accepted members of
mainstream society. This qualitative research
aims to uncover possible themes associated
with African American College student’s
experiences at their perspective universities.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Jessica M Desalu,
B.A./B.S.
Discrimination,
Alcohol Use, &
Drinking
Consequences in Black
College Students
Culture & Health
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Frank A. Edwards,
Psy.D., Yuma Tomes,
PH.D.
African American
Family’s Influence on
Acad. Achieve. of
Urban Secondary
Students
School/Educational
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Felicia D Fisher,
M.A./M.S., Madelyn N.
Coleman, Ph.D
Sex and Romance
among African
American Men and
Women
Health, Sex &
Sexuality
Despite well-documented associations of
racial discrimination with diverse negative
health outcomes, research on its association
with alcohol use and alcohol-related
consequences is rare. The current study found
that the experience of racial discrimination
was not associated with alcohol use among
Black college students. However, experience
of racial discrimination was positively
associated with negative drinking
consequences after controlling for sex, age,
and alcohol use.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to
determine: (1) the African American family’s
influence on urban students’ achievement; (2)
the impact of academic achievement on
African American urban students; and (3) the
contributing factors that stimulate academic
achievement in urban students. The following
themes were uncovered: positive student
achievement, internal locus of control, and
influences of urban neighborhoods.
Few studies have examined specific, yet
differing, factors that may impact risky sexual
behavior among African American men and
women. Through the use of both qualitative
and quantitative methods among a sample of
heterosexual African American men and
women between the ages of 25-36,
researchers will investigate risky sexual
behavior, as well as explore the ways with
which intimacy, monogamy, and commitment
is conceptualized.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Donnesha E. Gibson,
M.Ed, Kamilah
Woodson, Ph.D.
Race and Gender
Identities of
Professional Black
Women in the
Workplace
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
David W Hollingsworth,
B.A., LaRicka R.
Wingate, Ph.D.
Mediators of
Depression-Suicidal
Ideation Relationship
in African-Americans
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
David Jeffries,
M.A./M.S., Sherry
Molock, Ph.D., Dave
Jean, Ariel Smith
Ethnic Identity and
Suicidal Ideation: A
Cross-Cultural
Moderation Analysis
Research &
Intervention
The presentation examines perceived
discrimination of race and gender in the
workplace, psychological effects and
substance use among professional Black
women. Also, the presentation will discuss
the types of Afro-centric coping behaviors
used to promote optimal health in
professional Black women. A conceptual
model will be presented to encourage future
research, implications, and interventions in
the workplace and for clinicians.
Symptoms of depression, perceived
burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness
are identified positive predictors of suicidal
ideation for African-Americans. However, no
study has examined these factors in a
mediation analysis predicting suicidal ideation
in African-Americans. This study demonstrated
perceived burdensomeness and thwarted
belongingness as mediators of the relationship
between symptoms of depression and suicidal
ideation in a sample of African-American
college students.
The current study examined ethnic identity as
a protective factor against suicidal ideation in
a cross-cultural, community sample of
adolescents reporting depressive symptoms.
Ethnic identity is defined as the process in
which an individual self-identifies, participates
in cultural activities, and experiences a sense
of belonging to a particular cultural group.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Janine T Johnson,
B.A./B.S., Tawanna
Howard, B. A., Rebecca
Clarke, B.A.
Cultural Perception
and Impact of African
American Hair
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Alyssa V Joiner,
B.A./B.S., LaVerne
Berkel, PhD, Katie
Heinrich, PhD, Abby
Banks, MPH, Keith
Haddock, PhD, Natinee
Jitnarin, PhD, Josephy
Hughey, PhD, Walker
poston, PhD
The Body as a Temple:
The Influence of
Religion/Spirituality
on Eating Behaviors
Spirituality
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Myriam T Kadeba,
M.A./M.S., Brittany
Baker, M.A., Naomi
Drakeford, M.A.,
Suzette Speight, Ph.D.
Black womanhood,
feminism, and mental
health implications
Women and Girls
Health
Straight hair is a preferred feature by some
females in the African American community. It
is considered beautiful, normal, reinforced by
the media, magazines, and our own
internalized hatred of natural hair. Idealizing
Eurocentric values regarding hair texture can
lead to a diminishing self-concept. African
American’s must learn to live within the
dominant culture while embracing their
natural hair.
This study examined the relationship between
religion spirituality and eating behaviors in a
sample of 153 African Americans. We
hypothesized that higher levels of religiosity
and spirituality would be positively correlated
with healthy eating habits (i.e., fruit and
vegetable consumption) and negatively
correlated with unhealthy eating habits (i.e.,
fat consumption). Hypotheses were partially
supported. Implications for counseling and
research are presented.
The poster will review the literature available
on Black women and their definition of
femininity, as well as their self-identification
as feminists. Further, this poster will explore
the literature available on Black women’s
adherence to ideals of femininity and how
these ideals continue to influence, positively
or negatively, their overall well-being.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Tania S Lodge,
M.A./M.S.
Development and
Implementation of An
African Centered
Therapeutic Approach
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
David S.B. Mitchell,
M.S., Shellie-Anne
Levy, M.S., Victor
Jones, B.A, Krystal
Bichay, B.A., Olga
Herren, B.A., Regina
Sims, Ph.D., Denee
Mwendwa, Ph.D.
Mindful Attention
Awareness Scale in
African-American
College Students
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Melinda A
Montgomery, B.A./B.S.
The Role of Family in
Assessing Sexual RiskTaking among African
American Colleg
Research &
Intervention
This study explored therapists’ processes of
developing and implementing an African
centered orientation and approach as an
alternative method of providing
psychotherapy to clients of African descent. A
phenomenological qualitative methodology
based on interviews with a purposefully
selected sample of therapists who practice
Belief Systems Analysis was used.This study
provides insight into a culturally specific
training model and treatment approach
specific to people of African descent.
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
(MAAS) is a measure of mindfulness:
nonjudgmental awareness in the present
moment. We examined the psychometrics of
the MAAS in 211 HBCU students who also
completed the NEO-FFI, CES-D, and PSS. High
reliability and 3 components were found.
Associations were negative between the
MAAS and Neuroticism, depressive
symptomatology, and perceived stress, but
positive between the MAAS and Openness to
Experience. Implications for this population
will be discussed.
To explore the role of family as a predictor of
sexual risk-taking, a sample of college-aged
African American women were examined.
Analyses reveal significant correlation
between parent-child communication and the
criterion HIV risk behaviors and attitudes
regarding protecting oneself. Furthermore, a
trend, suggesting an association with paternal
relationships involving open, direct
communication and later onset of sexual
activity, was found.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Curtesia Plunkett,
M.A./M.S.
How Needing You
Changes Me: The
Influence of Romantic
Relationships
Women and Girls
Health
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Jamey Leeanne Rislin,
Other professional
degree/certificate,
Ivelisse TorresFernandez, Ph.D, Ralph
James Crabbe, Ph.D,
Desa Daniels, B.A.,
Jessica Jackson, M.A.
Invisibility Syndrome:
Black Men and
Contextual/Cultural
Discontinuity
Microagressions,
Racism &
Misorientation
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Sabrina L Scott,
MSEd,NCC, Kamilah
Woodson, PhD
Girls in Gangs:
Perpetrators of
Violence,
Victimization &
Treatment
Implications
Research &
Intervention
The loss of a romantic relationship can have
devastating effects on individuals in regard to
many factors such as their emotional wellbeing. Little empirical work has been done
that investigates the specific effects of breakups on individuals’ self-concepts nor individual
moderators that may encourage this
malleability, especially in the African-American
population. This research seeks to understand
African-American women's views of the
romantic relationship interconnectedness and
its effects.
Individuals are each born with a specific set of
social identities that predispose them to
certain levels of power and privilege in society
(Harro, 2000). Individuals are often socialized
to engage their social identities in the codified
and stereotyped way that society condones
(Franklin, 1999). Salient aspects of individuals’
identity that people feel comfortable engaging
may be acknowledged, recognized or deemed
responsible for their individual success.
However, it may also be the case that s
“…Young women are associated with gang
members and this association has important
implications for their lives” (Aldridge et. al,
2007, p.6). The researcher sets out to review
literature in order to gain a better
understanding of the association of
victimization history among women of color
and the perpetration of gang violence.
Treatment Implications and empirical forms of
treatment to be used with population will also
be discussed.
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Gabrielle P. A. Smith,
M.A., Teairra Evans,
B.A., Brittani H.Talbert,
B.A., Dexter Laye
Media Consumption
and Racial Identity
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Rashni L Stanford,
B.A./B.S.
Dissociative pathways
to aggression in innercity youth
Other
Saturday,
July 19
12:00 2:00 pm
Marriott 3-4
Jessica Williams,
M.S.W, Cherise Abel,
B.A., Jheanett
Portobanco, M.S
Being Women of
Color, Mothers, and
Doctorate Students in
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 2:50
Indiana E
Student Circle
Graduate Session
This investigation explores relationships
between racial identity and TV consumption
among adults in a low SES African American
community. Given the negative portrayals of
African Americans within the media, there is a
substantial amount of risks that comes along
with subjecting the mind to excessive amounts
of imagery that negatively depicts African
American people. This presentation will
explore the negative effects of excessive TV
consumption on the identity of those within
the Diaspora.
Youth violence remains a public health
concern, especially in high violence inner-city
communities where youth are especially
vulnerable to both victimization and violent
delinquency. Preventing violence among youth
in these communities is imperative to
preventing injury, death and incarceration.
Researchers have found that dissociation may
mediate violence in offenders. However, they
have yet to apply this to inner-city youth.
Implications for urban application of this
theory are discussed.
As a woman of color, balancing motherhood,
and doctoral studies in clinical psychology can
be an extremely daunting task. The rewards of
higher education have been well documented;
however, successful completion of a doctoral
degree is complicated by the multidimensional
factors that arise from the cultural and
parental status of women of color.
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 2:50
Marriott 7
Derek Wilson, Ph.D.,
Ri'Ana White, BS, Eryka
Boyd, MS, Natasha
Jones, BS
Cultural Factors As
Determinants For
Positive Psychological
Functioning
Culture & Health
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 2:50
Marriott 8
Monika Scott-Davis,
M.A./M.S.
Aging In Place In The
Other
Community:
Community Supported
Safety Net Programs
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 2:50
Marriott 8
Sandra Watkins,
B.A./B.S.
The Effect Stress Has
On Your Life.
Saturday,
July 19
3:00 3:50
Indiana E
Student Circle
Undergraduate Session
Culture & Health
The need for investing in culturally consistent
practices in intervention efforts to create
culturally grounded evidence based
treatments has received more attention. In
addition, though many researchers have
investigated constructs such as life
satisfaction, optimism, hope and subjective
happiness, very few of these studies examine
competency, connectedness and
consciousness among specific populations,
particularly minorities. This study examines
these autochthonous psychological factors.
The baby boom generation is fast becoming
senior citizens. Most elders want to spend
there golden years in their own homes and
maintain their links to the community. This
presentation will discuss two community
supported safety nets programs that maintain
intergenerational engagement with seniors
and their community - the faith –based safety
net model of the Black church and the Cuban
model social work.
There are different situations that can cause
people to be stressed out. Managing your diet
can help. Stabilizing blood sugars by eating a
well-balanced diet is a start. Whole grains like
oatmeal increases serotonin and have a
calming effect on brain chemicals. Complex
carbohydrates stabilize blood sugar levels also.
Eating foods that are well balanced can help
manage stress in your life.
Saturday,
July 19
3:00 3:50
Marriott 7
Derek Wilson,
M.A./M.S.
Competence And
Mental Health:
Challenges Of Self And
Community
Culture & Health
Saturday,
July 19
3:00 3:50
Marriott 7
Jamey Leeanne Rislin,
Other professional
degree/certificate
The Salience Of
Culture & Health
Culture:
Understanding How
Cultural Factors
Impact The Counseling
Saturday,
July 19
3:00 3:50
Marriott 8
Cheryl WilliamsJackson, Psy.D.
Cultural Competence
for Early Childhood
Mental Health
Consultation:
Recommendations for
Professional
Development
Professional Skills
Development
The examination of mental health in
accordance to laws of social relations provides
an important background for examining
mental health. The conceptualization of
mental health involves the individual to realize
his or her own abilities. Competency and
Mental Health is a general repertoire of skills
required for effective human functioning. This
presentation will examine the cultural
integrity of providing mental health treatment
to African Americans
The United States is becoming increasingly
more racially ethnically diverse and research
indicates that racial ethnic diversity is likely to
continue to increase (US Census Bureau,
2011). As a result, counseling psychologists are
likely to see these increases in diversity
reflected in their counseling practice (Gushue
& Constantine, 2007). The growing racial
ethnic diversity may imply more frequent
cross-cultural exchanges between racial ethnic
minority clients and counseling psychologists
of did
Research has indicated disparities in various
cultural and ethnic populations utilizing
mental health services. A model that
integrates theories on cultural mismatch,
points of reference, micro aggression, and the
Multidimensional Model on Cultural
Competence can provide a method to increase
cultural competence and influence families
use of mental health services.
Saturday,
July 19
3:00 3:50
Marriott 8
Cherise Abel-Irby, BA
Severe Mental Illness
& the African
American family: A
look at family
involvement in the
lives of psychiatric
inpatients.
Clinical Applications
of Black Psychology
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 1
FARUQ T.N. IMAN,
Ph.D.(CE)
Food And Mood: A
Nutritional Approach
To Treating ADHD And
Depression
Culture & Health
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 2
Gera L Anderson,
M.A./M.S., Shana
Daves, M.A., Monica
Ellis, M.A., Anastasia
Gordon, M.A., Victoria
Moran, M.A., Kay
Ramsey, M.A., Jarvis
Sams, M.A.
NO MORE: Shattering
The Silence Around
Violence Against Black
Women By Black Men
Women and Girls
Health
Family involvement of African American’s has
historically been a vital resource of the
community. It is unclear however, how family
support impacts Severely Mentally Ill (SMI)
psychiatric inpatients and whether their
involvement mediates the reduction of
symptoms and their length of stay in hospital
settings. The presentation of relevant
empirical findings is consequently the goal of
this paper.
Conventional medications used for treating
ADHD and depression have yielded mixed,
sometimes dangerous and temporary results.
Quite often patients and medical practitioners
rely solely on psychotropic drugs. However,
they do not address the underlying reasons
for ADHD and depression
The most permissible form of violence in
communities of color is that against women of
color by men with whom they are in
relationships. Black Women suffer deadly
violence members at higher rates than for
other racial groups in the United States. Those
who are battered have more physical
ailments, mental health issues, are less likely
to practice safe sex, and are more likely to
abuse substances during pregnancy. This think
tank discussion between participants and
presenter focuses on the critic
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 2
Tiffany A Stewart,
Ph.D., Delila Owens,
Ph.D., Thomas Vance,
John E. Queener, Ph.D.
The Forgotten Group:
Mental Health
Treatment For African
American Men
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 3
Dennis J. Alexander,
Ph.D., Ericka Jenifer,
Ph.D.
Why Cuba In 2015 Tell My Ancestors I
Am Coming - Spiritual
Self-Preparation
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 3
James D Woods,
M.A./M.S.
What Will It Look Like
" The Next Movement
For African American
Equality"
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 4
Past Presidents Indaba
Mental Health
Services
African American men continue to underutilize
mental health services, for a number of
reasons. And if they do seek treatment,
continuing services remain bleak. One reason
for this could be because traditional
approaches do not work with African
American men. This presentation will
highlight creative strategies to effectively
engage African American men when offering
mental health services.
Spirituality
The role which Cuba has played in the
preservation of the richness of African
Traditional Religions has yet to be fully
explored in the context of ABPsi. Cuba was
one of the major centers in which the
displacement of Africans during the slave
trade reached it's height during the early
1800's. Many of those who were enslaved on
the island continued to practice the rich
traditional ways of spiritual connectedness
which had been passed down throughout the
generations. Help explore this history.
Community
This presentation will present some of the
Context/Organization possible implications to consider for the
current and previous generations of African
Americans, who consciously and collectively or
individually attempt to address and change
the systematic aggressions towards African
Americans. How will issues of inequality,
racism, and unlawful or immoral treatment be
acknowledged and or combated by younger
African Americans? What role will elder
African Americans play in the younger
generations efforts.
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Marriott 10
William A Thomas,
Ph.D., Carolyn Murray,
PhD (CE)
Larry P.: An
Examination Of
Teacher's & School
Psychologists Causal
Attributions
Research &
Intervention
Saturday,
July 19
2:00 -3:50
Lincoln
Gregory Canillas, Ph.D.,
Mekel Harris, Ph.D.
(CE)
Leaning On The
Everlasting Arm:
Integrating ChurchAffiliated & Mental
Health St
Spirituality
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
Saturday,
July 19
4:00 5:50
4:00 5:50
4:00 5:50
4:00 5:50
6:00 11:30
Indiana A-D
Eastern Regional
Meeting
Western Regional
Meeting
Southern Regional
Meeting
Midwestern Regional
Meeting
Awards Ceremony &
Closing Reception
Sunday, July
20
Sunday, July
20
Sunday, July
20
9:00 2:00
11:00 12:00
11:00 12:00
Texas
Board Meeting
Texas
NCC Meeting
Michigan
General Assembly
Meeting
Indiana E
Indiana F
Indiana G
Marriott 5-6
The Larry P. Case will be revisited in this
symposium in terms of its evolution and
subsequent outcome. The attitudes of school
psychologists and teachers are examined with
regard to labels and African American student
achievement. The presentation is solution
focused and is, to a great extent, steeped in
current peer-reviewed African-centered
research.
The workshop will (a) explore the history of
the Black church, (b) describe the role of the
church in addressing grief and bereavement,
and (c) consider integration of church and
mental health services to address grief and
loss within the Black community. When
services are integrated, it is anticipated that
bereaved persons and families will experience
more positive outcomes.