Lessons Learned from Black Women Psychologists in the Ivory Tower
Friday, December 3rd
3:45PM - 5:00 PM EST
Martha E. Banks, Ph.D.
Martha E. Banks, Ph.D. is a retired clinical and research neuropsychologist and a former professor at The College of Wooster and Kent State University. Dr. Banks is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Rhode Island. Her primary research is on traumatic brain injuries sustained by victims of intimate partner violence. Dr. Banks was the 2008-2009 President of the Society for the Psychology of Women and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), where she served on the Council of Representatives and several boards and committees. Her leadership, 300+ professional presentations, and more than 125 professional publications on women, trauma, and health care have been recognized with an APA Presidential Citation, two alumni awards from the University of Rhode Island, two presidential citations from the Society for the Psychology of Women, a Distinguished Leadership Award from the APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology, as an Honored Elder by the APA’s National Multicultural Conference and Summit, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from APA’s Division of Rehabilitation Psychology. Since 2011, Dr. Banks has served in several roles in the United Methodist Church, including Certified Lay Speaker, and member of East Ohio United Methodist Church’s Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century Implementation Team, Commission on Religion and Race, Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Church and Society Board, and Social Action Chair for the Canal District United Methodist Women. She leads the Technology and Prayer Shawl ministries as a member of Christ Woodland United Methodist Church. Dr. Banks is the 2020-2021 Dean of the East Ohio United Methodist Women’s Mission u. She was a delegate to the 2016 and 2019 General and North Central Jurisdictional Conferences, and is serving in the same roles for the 2020-2023 quadrennium. Her service to the East Ohio Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church was recognized with the 2014 CORR-ageous Leadership Laity Award, the 2016 Bishop James S. Thomas Leadership Award, and as the 2017 Black Methodists for Church Renewal Chairman’s Honoree.
Beverly Greene, Ph.D., ABPP
Beverly Greene, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, and a practicing clinical psychologist in New York City. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and 9 of its divisions, she is Board Certified in Clinical Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology), a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology and is a licensed psychologist New York and New Jersey. Dr Greene is author of over one hundred scholarly publications of which twelve have received national awards for making significant and distinguished contributions to the psychological literature. She is the recipient of 40 national awards for distinguished contributions in scholarship, teaching and mentoring, leadership, service, and advocacy in the form of longstanding pioneering professional contributions to the development of greater understandings of the intersections of race, gender, and sexual orientation and the development of multiple identity/intersectional paradigms. Her groundbreaking theoretical formulations have forcefully advocated for the deepening of competencies in working toward the greater integration of psychological theory, research, practice and social justice and provides a public health framework for understanding and providing mental health services to many of society’s marginalized and disenfranchised members.
Janet E. Helms, Ph.D.
Dr. Janet E. Helms is the Augustus Long Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology and Director of the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College. She is past president of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association [APA]). Dr. Helms is a Fellow in Division 17 (Counseling Psychology), Division 45 (Ethnic Diversity), and Division 35 (Psychology of Women) of the APA. In addition, she is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists, the American Psychological Society, and the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Helms has served on the Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Subspecialties, the Joint Committee on Testing Practices, and the APA Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessments, and she provided expert testimony to the Supreme Court in the case of Ricci v Destefano. Her service on editorial boards include the Psychological Assessment Journal and the Journal of Counseling Psychology. She has authored or co-authored nearly 100 empirical and theoretical articles and books on the topics of racial identity and cultural influences on assessment and counseling practice.
Her books include A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have, 3rd Edition (Cognella Press) and (with Donelda Cook) Using Race and Culture in Counseling Psychotherapy: Theory and Process (MA: Allyn & Bacon).
Dr. Helms’s work has been acknowledged with awards that include the national Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for mentoring students, an engraved brick in Iowa State University’s Plaza of Heroines, and the “Distinguished Career Contributions to Research” Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45), the American Psychological Association’s Awards for “Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology” (2006) and the Award for “Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy” (2008). She was a recipient of the Association of Black Psychologists’ 2007 Award for Distinguished Psychologist. In 1991, she was the first annual recipient of the “Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship in Professional Psychology.” This award was inaugurated in her honor by Columbia University Teachers College. Dr. Helms was the recipient of the 2002 Leona Tyler Award awarded by Division 17 in recognition of an outstanding research career.
More recently, Dr. Helms was the recipient of the 2017-2018 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17, of the American Psychological Association), the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from APA's Society for the Psychological Study of Culture Ethnicity, and Race, and the APA/APF Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Public Interest. Additionally, she delivered the American Psychological Foundation's 2019 Arthur W. Staats Lecture on Unifying Psychology.
Helen A. Neville , Ph.D.
Dr. Helen A. Neville is a professor of Educational Psychology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is past president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA Division 45) and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is active in the Association of Black Psychologists, having served on their Board of Directors. Her research on race, racism, and African American psychology has been published in a wide range of journal articles and she has co-edited 8 books in this area. Dr. Neville has been recognized for her research and mentoring efforts including receiving the Association of Black Psychologists’ Distinguished Psychologist of the Year award, the APA Minority Fellowship Award, Dalmas Taylor Award for Outstanding Research Contribution, APA Graduate Students Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award the APA Division 45 Charles and Shirley Thomas Award for mentoring/contributions to African American students/community, and the Winter Roundtable Janet E. Helms Mentoring Award. She enjoys teaching, life-long learning and fighting for social justice.
Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, ABPP
Rosie Phillips Davis, Ph.D. ABPP, Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Memphis, earned her doctorate from The Ohio State University. 2019 President of the American Psychological Association, she served on the APA Finance Committee, APA Board of Directors, the American Psychological Foundation Board, and as past President of the Society of Counseling Psychology (17). She served on several editorial boards, including currently on the Journal of Career Assessment; has authored numerous articles, book chapters and co-edited two books. Her awards include the Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship, Elder by the National Multicultural Conference and Summit (of which she is a Co-Founder) and Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice for APA Award. She had two funds named in her honor at the University of Memphis: The Rosie Phillips Bingham Book Scholarship and the Dr. Rosie Phillips Bingham Emergency Student Fund.