Member at Large – APA Convention

Term Dates

2022-2024

Professional Bio

Dawn X Henderson, Ph.D. Mom, Director of Participatory Research at Village of Wisdom – Dream Toolkit. Dr. X leads Village of Wisdom’s community-directed research putting Black parents at the center of creating knowledge. She’s brilliant with words and graphic design. She’s always pushing to be deliberate in using liberatory words because words create worlds. She worked in K-12 and higher education institutions for a combined 21 years; She has spent a significant portion of her scholarship dedicated to highlighting the ways young people and the adults who serve them model resistance and healing in response to oppressive systems. Her portfolio includes 1) designing programs and workshops to advance inclusive mentoring, research, and teaching; 2) working and leading cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams; and 3) solidifying partnerships that strengthen university and community partnerships.

CP and Me

I entered the field of Community Psychology with a tacit knowledge of interconnectedness and with a value orientation toward social justice and my individual and collective healing. Community Psychology provides the frameworks to name how social systems operate and function, to see places of synergy and discordance. I see my role as a Black-bodied community psychologist central to expanding the field as an embodied practice and as a discipline that engages community voices in driving systems change. I bring these practices into my research, my teaching, and into the personal.