Scholar-in-Residence

Evan Auguste, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a major area of focus in forensic psychology at Fordham University in 2022. Auguste is a 2014 graduate of Middlebury College. 

His identities as a Haitian-African American man have informed his work on examining how the U.S.’s history of anti-Blackness has shaped psychological realities both in and outside of the country’s borders. He is the director of the A.S.I.L.I. Collective, a research group whose work focuses broadly on addressing the mental health consequences of structural anti-Blackness through the lens of Black liberation psychology. Their research involves community participatory, qualitative, and quantitative methods to examine the effects of disparate exposure to justice-contact for Black adolescents and intergenerational traumas for Haitian people. They also focus on developing and piloting anti-­carceral and community based health interventions, such as the Association of Black Psychologists' Sawubona Healing Circles to promote healing from an African-centered framework. Our advocacy involves connecting with local, national, and international coalitions to promote policy, radical movement, and community change. He is currently the chair for the Sawubona Healing Circle Program, on the board for the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, and on the leadership team for In Cultured Company

Most recently, Evan edited the volume The Carceral State, Forensic Psychology, and Black Resistance: “Let Them Not Be Forgotten”, which outlines the theoretical and ethical commitments for forensic psychologists in the struggle for Black liberation and details areas of focus for practice and research.

B. Andi Lee, Ph.D. (she/her) is a postdoctoral psychological associate under the supervision of Dr. Euna Oh in Los Angeles serving Global Majority individuals, couples, and families. She recently completed her predoctoral internship at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and doctoral degree in Clinical-Community Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Andi’s research aims to challenge systemic racism, foster wellness, and promote the humanity of Global Majority members by centering their lived experiences and expertise in belonging, healing, and liberation.” 

For her dissertation, Andi developed a grounded theory framework and scale of racial-ethnic-cultural (REC) belonging for Global Majority members, The iBelong Scale. The grounded theory framework was published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. The iBelong Scale was published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and was selected as an APA Editor's Choice article. Her dissertation was awarded the Arthur Nezu Diversity Dissertation Award by the American Board of Professional Psychology in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the field of professional psychology and diversity and/or multiculturalism. Some of her hopes and dreams for her work with REC belonging are to use the framework and scale in research with and psychotherapeutic interventions for Global Majority members. 

Andi's research also includes Global Majority healing research methods, decolonial psychological sciences, and liberation psychology in therapy and in training. Her clinical work aligns well with her research -- having worked in counseling centers, academic medical settings, and community mental health clinics, her passions lie in working with LGBTQIA+ Global Majority clients healing from racial trauma. Outside of work, she enjoys organizing with comrades for global liberation and disability justice, dancing, and practicing gentle parenting with her toddler, cat, and dog.

Dr. Jardin Dogan-Dixon is a licensed psychologist who currently works in a federal correctional setting. She graduated from the counseling psychology doctoral program at the University of Kentucky in 2022. Her intersectionality-informed research has a three- pronged focus: 1) Black identity, racial trauma, and mental health; 2) Black sexualities, sexual pleasure, and intimate relationships; and 3) drug and incarceration-related health disparities. The objective of her research agenda is to demonstrate how racial trauma can lead to adverse health outcomes, an overreliance on maladaptive coping strategies, and relationship dissolution that hinders powerful and protective community-building among Black populations. To date, Dr. Dogan-Dixon has published thirty-three (33) scholarly manuscripts, and her work has been supported by a predoctoral fellowship with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), University of Kentucky Center for Health Equity, and Active Minds. She has a commitment to treating race-related stress and racial trauma via a multifaceted prevention and intervention approach of research, clinical practice, and community work. Thus, her clinical experiences have taken place in college counseling centers, racial trauma clinics, and criminal justice settings. She recently completed her predoctoral internship at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Moving beyond academic research paywalls, Dr. Dogan-Dixon facilitates mental health and racial trauma workshops for local communities and anti-racism trainings for national organizations. Her work has been featured in media news outlets including NBCLX, Women’s Health, Vice, Bustle, and PsyCom. Dr. Dogan-Dixon also created her Instagram platform @blkfolxtherapy to increase access to culturally-relevant mental health education and heighten the visibility of Black mental health professionals.

Ultimately, Dr. Dogan-Dixon has goals of reducing mental health barriers and stigmas, improving access to identity-affirming therapy, and providing Black Americans with tools to improve their mental, sexual, and relational well-being to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. In her spare time, Dr. Dogan-Dixon enjoys weightlifting, traveling, and calligraphy.

Terrill O. Taylor is a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of North Dakota, and a predoctoral intern at the Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His areas of research focus on issues of race and racism, with specific emphasis on intersectionality, racial disparities in systems of justice, anti-Black racism, and restorative justice.

He developed the Restorative Justice Attitudes Scale, a measure designed to investigate individuals’ support for reconciliation and healing processes, which was published in The Counseling Psychologist. He has since used the measure to analyze how race and racism influence individuals’ decision-making when interfaced with systems of justice. It is his intent to develop intervention and prevention mechanisms that will have an impact on dismantling all forms of racism and oppression that restrict Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) from living authentic, healthy, and meaningful lives.

Terrill’s research has received national recognition. His dissertation entitled, Does Race Matter? An Experimental Vignette Study on Harm Severity, College Student Discipline, and Restorative Justice was selected as winner of the 2022 Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation award on behalf of the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs. Terrill also received the APA Division 45 2022 Outstanding Student Research Award, and he was also the 2020 recipient of the Barbara Smith & Jewell E. Horvat Graduate Student Award for Research on Queer Individuals of Color. In addition, Terrill received an Outstanding Dedication to Social Justice and Liberation in Counseling Psychology Award from the Student Affiliates of Seventeen (APA Division 17). In his spare time, Terrill enjoys traveling and spending time with his friends and family.