If you’re heading to this year’s Division 32 Conference, there will be lots of opportunities to connect with our MSP community. The theme of the conference is “Toward a Human(us)tic Psychology: Hope and Healing through Liberation and Justice for All.” It will be held March 14-16, 2025 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
MSP is incredibly proud of all the hard work being done outside of the classroom by our students, faculty, and staff, often in collaboration with alumni. Not only will our community be presenting their research at the conference, but we are also well represented on the Division 32 Executive Board: Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17) is the current division President; Dr. Derrick Sebree (MA Program Director and Core Faculty) is President-Elect; Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13) is Treasurer; Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4) is Conference Chair; Dennis Brown (MA with ABA ’23, PsyD 2) is a Student Representative; and Dr. Betz King (MA ’98, PsyD ’06) is a Member-at-Large.
Speakers
Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17): Division 32 President’s opening “Toward a Human(us)tic Psychology” and closing
Dr. Johanna Buzolits (Core Faculty): Keynote “Sustaining ourSelves in the Face of Systematic Cruelty”
Panel and Presentation Chairs
Dr. Danielle Balaghi (PsyD Program Director & Core Faculty): Black Women and Indirect Exposure to Police Terror Against Black People
Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13): The Interconnected Self: Reimagining Individualism through Relational and Collectivist Philosophies; The Zen of Camus and Sartre; and Towards Liberation: Child-Centered Play Therapy’s Emphasis on Autonomy
Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13): The Zen of Camus and Sartre
Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13): Towards Liberation: Child-Centered Play Therapy’s Emphasis on Autonomy
Dr. Kate Cusick (MA ’15, PsyD ’19, Core Faculty): Transformative Movement: Dance as a Pathway to Growth and Liberation
Presentations
Dennis Brown (MA with ABA ’23, PsyD 2), Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4) & Devon Kardel (PsyD 4): Where is the Love? Creatively Rising to Foster Liberation
Dennis Brown (MA ’21, PsyD 2): Philo Café: Finding Meaning in Life: Do We Create It or Discover It?
Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13): Philo Café: The Collapse of Society
Dr. Johanna Buzolits (Core Faculty) & Dr. Adam Duberstein (MA’ 17, PsyD ’21, Adjunct Faculty): Telling Our Stories: Jewish Therapists Navigating the Post-10/7 World
Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4): Black Women and Indirect Exposure to Police Terror Against Black People
Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4): Artistic Healing Space
Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4), Dr. Vanessa Brown (MA ’09, PsyD ’13) & Dr. Derrick Sebree (MA ’12, PsyD ’16, MA Program Director, Core Faculty): Fostering the Family: Humanistic Care for Displaced Children
Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4) & Devon Kardel (PsyD 4): Transformative Movement: Dance as a Pathway to Growth and Liberation
Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 4), Jasmin Perin (MA with ABA ’22) & Dr. Derrick Sebree (MA ’12, PsyD ’16, MA Program Director, Core Faculty): Building Bridges: Fostering Interconnectedness and Belonging within Diverse Communities
Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17): Existential-Humanistic Therapy and Evidence Based Practice Panel
Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17): THP: Editors’ Oral History and Future of Division 32’s Journal
Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17): Liberation from Hate in Healing and Human Togetherness: Poetry Experiential
Jasmine Ionie Hobson (MA ’24): Towards Liberation: Child-Centered Play Therapy’s Emphasis on Autonomy
Dr. Betz King (MA ’98, PsyD ’06): Philo Café: The Role of the Psychologist Advocate
Dr. Betz King (MA ’98, PsyD ’06): Toward a Decolonial Seasonal Psychology: Indigenous Wisdom and Humanistic Psychotherapy
Nosa Obaseki (MA ’21, PsyD 2): The Effects of Racial Battle Fatigue on Anxiety in African American Males
Jasmin Perin (MA with ABA ’22) & Dylan Oseas (MA ’20, PsyD 4): Indigenous Wisdom and Contemporary Humanistic Knowledge: Embracing the Struggle, the Breakthrough, and the Return
Dr. Shawn Rubin (MA ’98, PsyD ’02): Philo Café: Student to Steward: Continuing the Legacy of Humanistic Psychology
Dr. Shawn Rubin (MA ’98, PsyD ’02): A Decade with the Transgender Community: From Wider Cultural Emergence to Genocide
Posters
Siba Alzohaili (PsyD 3), Manda Harp (PsyD 3), & Ray Kaidbay (PsyD 3): Decolonial Practice with the MENA Population
Marwa Attia (PsyD 1): Holistic Healing: Integrating CBT & Medication for a Person-Centered Approach to Chronic Pain & Mental Health
Ray Kaidbay (PsyD 3): Existential Therapy in Grief & Meaning: A Case Study of Anna
Victoria Richards (Current MA), Whitley Blake (Current MA) & Sidra Alam (Current MA): Culturally Sensitive Therapy: Promoting Healing Among Palestinians & Palestinian-Americans
Have you presented your research at another conference or had it published? Make sure you’ve filled out the Research & Presentation Form to be included in our annual Research Report.
