Chandra Mackey, 2021 Senior Class President, St. Augustine s University.
More than 80% of young Black people say they engaged in some form of social justice activism in the last year, according to research conducted by Dr. Elan Hope of NC State University.
Last Saturday was a picture perfect day for a socially distant commencement exercise at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh. Now more than ever, the world is waiting for your brilliance and your vigilance, said Dr. Christine McPhail, St. Augustine s president. Your generation has experienced unprecedented challenges around economic and social injustice in this country. But your decision to find this chapter of your education journey here with us signifies that the best in each of you is yet to come.”
Lack of Attention to Identity and Social Structures Hinders Critical Consciousness in Psychology Courses
Study compares the impact of a personality psychology course with a women s studies class on students understandings of bias and identity.
A recent article, published in
the Journal of Critical Psychology, conducted mixed methods research to examine the impact of critical consciousness education on gender identity and the perception of sexism. Nia Phillips, a psychologist at Prince Edward Island University, designed the study to test how individual identity factors may interact with education to shape perceptions of bias. The study compared the influence of two courses on students’ perceptions, an introductory women’s studies course and an introductory personality psychology course.