Student Representative 2nd Year
Emmanuel-Sathya Gray
Term Dates
2024-2026
Professional Bio
In training as a Community Psychologist, my two focus areas include (1) finding radical/transformative solutions to human problems, and (2) increasing the accessibility and inclusiveness of research and education. In order to find radical/transformative solutions, this requires collaborative work that seeks to address the root sources of problems. To this end, I work with students and professionals to improve the educational and training experiences of students, to break away from hegemonic (controlling) habits in mentorship and teaching, and foster more generative, creative, and cooperative environments for learning and research. Relatedly, I also focus on building a skillset that will aid me in increasing the accessibility and inclusiveness of research and education. These skills include participatory research methods, website and wiki-building for greater dissemination, local archiving projects, and teaching in a manner which takes into account a variety of learning styles and ways of accessing resources. My long-term career dream includes fostering spaces where people with multiple marginalised identities can draw upon their unique intersectional perspectives to generate knowledge about themselves, their communities, and the experience of being human. Currently, I have a Master’s in Community Psychology, and I am pursuing a Doctorate at the University of Cincinnati.
CP and Me
A type of knowing (epistemology)
my shoes
they are hard to imagine
when they are not your feet
that fill them.
some things are like a dream
they fill your reality
and dissipate upon waking.
water cant describe the moon
with ripples
one has to know the nature of light
to see what is reflected.
one has to know the nature of walking
to see where I move
and understand the value
of what protects the soles of my feet.
if a person could put themselves in my shoes
then I would not stand
so
alone
It is for them that I strive
to show the nature of things indescribable
the value of those who walk alone
so that we might
see what is reflected
in our minds
when we encounter one another
in a dream.
for it is said
“I am because we are”
and
“that which is twisted endures.”