Back to School Broadcast: Informing Our Schools With Black Psychology

Join us for our BACK TO SCHOOL BROADCAST on Wednesday, September 1st @ 6pm EST for an informative conversation with noted scholar, lecturer and author, Dr. Na’im Akbar, discussing his work in Black Psychology. Dr. Akbar’s scholarship in this area has led to numerous honors including the Distinguished Psychologist Award from the National Association of Black Psychologists; Honorary Doctorates of Human Letters from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Lincoln University as well as commemorative Days named in his honor in a half dozen major American cities and a Development Chief in Ghana, West Africa. Dr. Akbar has served on the Boards of Directors of several important civic and professional organizations, including the Board of the National Association of Black Psychologists to which he was elected president in 1987. In 2008 after twenty-eight years, he retired from the psychology faculty at Florida State University, to devote full time as President of his private consulting and publishing company, Mind Productions and Associates. 

He has received world renown for the important books that he has written, especially his widely read books New Visions for Black Men and Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery. He has been sought as an expert on numerous national television talk shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tavis Smiley’s Annual State of Black America, the Geraldo Show and many others. Significant articles about him have appeared in many national and international newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, and Essence Magazine. Akbar has been lauded for his eloquence and expertise at Conferences on five continents and he is recognized as one of the great Thinkers and Orators of our time. He identifies himself as most notably, the father of three highly successful adult children and four young grandchildren.