Scholar In Residence

The Institute for the Study of Race and Culture (ISRC) is pleased to introduce the Scholar-in-Residence program designed to support the development of early career scholars. This virtual residency is designed to provide mentorship and support for an early career scholar who work focuses on psychological aspects of race, racism and racial trauma, disruption and elimination of racism, and anti-racist practice in mental health and education.

Virtual Scholar in Residence Program

We are excited to introduce our Scholar-in-Residence,听Dr. Evan Augustine, who has been appointed for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Dr. Evan Augustine

Dr. Evan Augustine

Assistant Professor of Psychology • he/his

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.听

His identities as a Haitian-African American man have informed his work on examining how the U.S.鈥檚 history of anti-Blackness has shaped psychological realities both in and outside of the country鈥檚 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-颅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听The Carceral State, Forensic Psychology, and Black Resistance: 鈥淟et Them Not Be Forgotten鈥�, which听outlines the theoretical and ethical commitments for forensic psychologists in the struggle for Black liberation and details areas of focus for practice and research.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.听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.听

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听disability justice, dancing, and practicing gentle parenting with her toddler, cat, and dog.

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