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Welcome to the Culture & Positive Psychology Research Lab at Goucher!

This lab is focused on two areas of research: (1) culture and positive psychology, and (2) anti-racist transformative learning.

Studies of culture and positive psychology center on people of Black African descent, with particular concern for examinations into:

  • Cultural Memory
  • Collective Consciousness
  • Cultural Identity
  • Cultural Coping
  • Cultural Praxis & Subjective Well-being

Studies of anti-racist transformative learning focus on inquiries into:

  • Motivations
  • Cognitive Frame of References
  • Mental Points of View
  • Habits Of Mind
  • Enactments
Aug 7, 2017
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Culture & Positive Psychology Research Lab Information

I typically apprentice 1-2 students over an 8 week period during the summer. I welcome your interest in this work. Completion of PSY 219 Cultural Psychology Black Psychology and/or PSY 379 Seminar in Cultural Psychology: Psychology of White Racism with at least a grade of B+ is a minimal requirement.

Research Assistants

2017 – Michaela Finley & Juliet (Daisy) Mitchell

2015 – Amanda Wall

2014 – Erin Reifsnyder & KerriAnne Sejour

2013 – Victoria Rain & Jackie Buckman

2012 – Megan Livingston & Ishara Bullock

2011 – Malaika DeJesus