Distinguished Joseph White Award Ceremony and Lecture

Fri, April 18, 2025 1:30 PM - Fri, April 18, 2025 4:00 PM at

 

You're invited to the annual Distinguished Joseph White Award Ceremony and Lecture!

Schedule: Award ceremony and talk will begin at 1:30PM to be followed by a reception at 3:00PM

Event location: Psychology Building 118 with a reception to follow in room 230

Who: All are welcome!

Join us for a celebration of excellence in psychology as we honor the legacy of Dr. Joseph L. White, a transformative figure in American psychology. The first African American person to receive a doctorate in clinical psychology from MSU, Dr. White had a distinguished career setting the foundations of a strengths-based African American psychology through his academic and public intellectual works. He was a leading advocate for an inclusive US psychology.

This year we will be honoring Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra. An alumna of our Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, Dr. Tummala-Narra is a Professor of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at Boston College. Her research and scholarship focus on immigration, trauma, and culturally informed psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She is also a clinical psychologist in Independent Practice. Dr. Tummala- Narra is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including being listed among the top 2% of Highly-Cited Scholars Worldwide!

Her lecture is titled "A psychoanalytic perspective on the collapsing and reclaiming of subjectivity: Asians in the United States."

Register to attend today.