Celebrating Community and Honoring Dr. Lisa Whitten
Join the New York Association of Black Psychologists on Sunday, December 15, 2024 for a festive celebration, marking our first in-person event since the pandemic! Let’s come together to embrace unity, reflect on our values, celebrate community, and honor that which sustains us.
RSVP here by December 12th to attend!
This joyous occasion will feature fellowship, inspiration, music, light refreshments, and a special tribute to Dr. Lisa Whitten, NYABPsi Past President, and recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award. We are delighted to honor Dr. Whitten through the Nguzu Saba (7 principles of Kwanzaa). Don’t miss this chance to reconnect and uplift one another. We look forward to seeing you there!.
Dr. Lisa Whitten has been active in the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) for over 35 years, serving five terms as President of the New York chapter and co-chairing the national Ethics Committee. In 2009, she was honored by ABPsi with the Distinguished Psychologist Award for her scholarship, and service, which focused on engaging and empowering student members.
Dr. Whitten earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University in 1982, and has been a faculty member in Psychology at SUNY Old Westbury since 1986. For nine years, she developed programs designed to reduce the stigma of disability as Director of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities. Her scholarly work focuses on bringing race and culture to the center of the psychology curriculum, the challenges of teaching about race, and on survival guilt in African American college students. Dr. Whitten has consulted with numerous colleges and medical schools on the role of culture in health care, teaching about diversity, and enhancing the success of African American and Latinx medical students.
