Article archive / December 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 4. Source pages: 15.
Dr. Marva Lewis will present the first presentation of a series of workshops on “Diversity: Healing from the Trauma of Slavery,” hosted by the Louisiana Psychological Association this January.
The webinar online presentation will be held by the LPA Online Academy on Friday, January 25, 2013, from 9 am to 11 am.
Dr. Lewis is Associate Professor in Socio- cultural Psychology at the Tulane School of Social Work. She is also on the adjunct faculty for the Tulane Department of Psychology.
The theme of the January Webinar will be “Nappy-Haired Ghosts in the Nursery.” This workshop focuses on understanding how legacies of slavery, colorism, the valuing of light skin and straight hair may impact the earliest caregiver child attachment relation- ships.
Participants will learn to use a clinical tool for assessment and intervention. Dr. Lewis presents evidence from over a decade of research using the tool with African American women.
Dr. Lewis' research focuses on the development of culturally valid research methods and measures of racism-based stress during pregnancy, Colorism in African American families, and parental acceptance or rejection of children. She conducts basic research on racism- based stress as an unrecognized factor in racial disparities in perinatal infant outcomes in African American women.
She also works in applied research using narrative therapy techniques and measures to strengthen African American family intergenerational relationships based on issues of Colorism as a legacy of the historical trauma of slavery.
She has also directed her efforts to the development of an evidenced- based tool for use by individuals, organizations, and groups on the topic of Diversity, Privilege and Oppression.
Dr. Marva Lewis (Courtesy photo)
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