Episode 98: Black Liberation Psychology: A Conversation with Dr. Evan Auguste

Episode 98 is an interview with Dr. Evan Auguste, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a pre-licensed clinical psychologist at Ma’at Psychological Services. We delved into the concept of Black Liberation psychology, a crucial field aimed at addressing the mental health repercussions of structural anti-Blackness. Dr. Auguste's work focuses on developing community-based health interventions, like the Sawubona Healing Circles, that promote healing through an African-centered framework.  We also dive into the history and initiatives of the Association for Black Psychologists. 

 

Continuing Education Credits (https://www.cbiconsultants.com/shop)

BACB: 1.5 Ethics
IBAO: 1.5 Cultural/Ethics
QABA: 1.5 Ethics

 

Contact:

https://www.evanauguste.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dr.evan.auguste/

https://twitter.com/SonDessalines

https://www.umb.edu/faculty_staff/bio/evan_auguste

 

Links: 

Sawubona Healing Circles

https://abpsi.org/programs/sawubona/

Trayvon Martin 

https://origins.osu.edu/article/justice-denied-killing-trayvon-martin-historical-perspective?language_content_entity=en

 

Black Lives Matter Movement

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

SEED Collective

https://scholarselevatingeqdiv.wordpress.com/

Moynihan Report

https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Moynihan's%20The%20Negro%20Family.pdf

Black Family Summit

https://blackfamilysummit.org/

Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced

Grant Bruno Episode

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-37-the-realities-of-autism-in-first-nations-communities-in-canada-with-grant-bruno-phd-candidate/

Bukky Akinwale Episode 

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-89-tales-by-moonlight-storytelling-for-youths-and-elders-in-a-historically-black-community-with-bukky-akinwale/

Malika Pritchett Episode

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-83-the-ethics-of-research-applying-a-human-rights-and-social-justice-lens-with-dr-malika-pritchett/

Articles Discussed:

Auguste, E., Bowdring, M., Kasparek, S. W., McPhee, J., Tabachnick, A. R., Tung, I., & Galán, C. A. (2023). Psychology’s Contributions to Anti-Blackness in the United States Within Psychological Research, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221141374

 

Auguste, Evan and Griffin, Brittany M. (2020) "Towards an Eternity: Celebrating The Association of Black Psychologists’ 50th Anniversary," Psychology from the Margins: Vol. 2, Article 2.

Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/psychologyfromthemargins/vol2/iss1/2

 

Auguste, E., Beauliere, G., Jenson, D., LeBrun, J., & Blanc, J. (2023). La lutte continue : Louis Mars and the genesis of ethnopsychiatry. American Psychologist, 78(4), 469–483. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001097