Awakening Psychology’s Moral Imagination
The Awakening Psychology’s Moral Imagination project aims to transform the field of psychology by broadening the discipline to become more conversant in the ethical questions at the heart of the human condition. Led by Boston College’s Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics in partnership with the Kern Family Foundation, the project seeks to deepen access to the language of virtue character development, integrate the humanities into clinical training and practice, and cultivate dense networks of clinicians, faculty, and students across partner institutions. To achieve broad scale, the initiative will launch the Flourish multimedia platform, support a cohort of Kern Doctoral Fellows, establish a robust partnership with Harper's Magazine, and host high-visibility cultural events to invigorate the moral imagination of both practitioners and the public.
The Flourish Platform
The Flourish platform will be a multimedia hub designed to scale the psychological humanities movement. It offers subscription-based mini-courses, professional certificates, and a Teaching Commons for faculty resources, alongside free public lectures and content.
Lily of Eire Art and Culture Festival
The annual Festival will be held at Manhattan's Sheen Center to unite artists, therapists, and scholars in reimagining psychological discourse. The three-day event features collaborative film, artistic, and musical presentations alongside continuing education units for attending practitioners.
International Art and Character Conferences
Held annually at different international locations, this annual gathering brings together scholars, practitioners, and artists to reimagine how art informs the cultivation of human character and potential.
Harper's Magazine Collaboration
Over the next three years, Harper's Magazine will run six pieces “Psychological Humanities Essays" which are specially curated to speak to pressing concerns within our the psychological humanities community.
Fellows Program
Comprised of Psychological Humanities Fellows and Cultural Imagination Fellows, this robust community of scholars, practitioners, and cultural luminaries will help to forge the future of the psychological humanities movement.
Kern Doctoral Fellows
Designate scholarships for Kern Fellows within the Clinical Psychology PsyD program at Boston College. These fellowships will be for individuals dedicated to working on character-based research.
Core Team
Executive Director
Director of Academics & Operations
Director of Strategic Projects and External Relations
Assistant Director of Programming, Marketing, and Events
Assistant Director of Finance and Operations
Graduate Assistant
