Section I: The Psychology of Black Women

President: Collette Chapman-Hilliard, PhD (2018-20) 

President-elect: Jioni A. Lewis, PhD

Past President: Cashuna Huddleston, PhD

Secretary: Gihane Jérémie-Brink, PhD

Treasurer: Jasmine (Jas) Tilghman, PhD

Membership Committee Chair: Bianca Jones, PhD

Early Career Professional Chair: Sarah R. Cunningham, PhD

"Still I Rise" Newsletter Editor and Awards Chair: Batsirai Bvunzawabaya, PhD

Early Career Committee Representative: Telsie A. Davis, PhD

Program Chair: Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, PhD

Dance Chair: Julii Green, PhD 

Historian: Catherine Adams, PsyD

Student Representative: Anahvia T. Moody

Div. 35 Section I's Governance Structure and Officer Bios

Please fax your completed membership application (PDF, 149 KB) and $5 dues to (202) 218-3599, or mail it to:

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• To create a forum where black women can network and get mentoring and support from each other.
• To provide outreach, guidance and mentoring to black female students in psychology.
• To promote the development of methods of research and models of treatment and intervention that are ethnically, culturally and gender appropriate for black women.
• To increase scientific understanding of those aspects of ethnicity, culture and class among black women which pertain to the psychology of women.
• To maintain and increase the overall status of black women in the profession of psychology.
• To increase the quality of education and training opportunities for black women in psychology.
• To encourage the evolution and development of the specialty of the psychology of black women as a science.To advocate on behalf of black women psychologists with respect to the formation of policies of Div. 35.
• To promote the general objectives of APA and Div. 35.

Presentations

• Felicia D. Griffin-Fennell, PhD; Danice L. Brown, PhD; and Rhonda L. White-Johnson, PhD, presented "Improving the Quality of Psychological Health Research, Education, and Treatment for Black Women" (PDF, 405KB). This session was sponsored by Div. 35, Section I. 
• Telsie Davis, PhD, presented “Power Networking.” 
  
  
• Viviane Barnette, PhD; Beatrice Tatum, PhD; Julii Green, PhD; and Wendi Williams, PhD, conducted conversation hour programming at APA entitled “Work-Life Balance for Professional Black Women.” It was guided by a presentation on wellness developed by Barnette.
  
  
• Black Women’s Coping and Resilience in the Face of Racial Trauma, Discrimination and Oppression (PDF, 425KB)
  The legacy of slavery remains in racism, sexual assault, stereotyping and poor self-image. Practice self-care and activism, find social support and creative expressions, and use spirituality.
  
  Supplemental materials:

  • "Majoring in Minstrelsy: White Students, Blackface and the Failure of Mainstream Multiculturalism," by Tim Wise

  • "The Rise of the Ghetto-Fabulous Party," by C. Richard King and David J. Leonard

• Carolyn Payton Early Career Award
  This award, sponsored by Div. 35 Section I (Psychology of Black Women), recognizes the achievement of black women who are early career psychologists, specifically for published work addressing the concerns of black women and girls.
• Psychology of Black Graduate Student Women Award
  This award supports graduate student research on the role of gender in the lives of black women and girls.