Full-time Core Faculty
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Kamilah Woodson, PhD, California School of Professional Psychology, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator Phone: 202.865.0611 Research Interests: Health related risk behaviors (substance abuse & risky sexual behaviors), exposure to violence; mental health disparities, and issues related to internalized racism (as a function of hair texture and skin color). Dr. Woodson is currently conducting a study on HIV prevention and drug use in African-American college women. |
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Angela Ferguson, PhD, University of Maryland - College Park, Associate Professor Phone: 202.806.6015 Research Interests: Intersections of identity from a racial, gender, and sexual orientation perspective; multiple forms of oppression and self-concept/psychological well-being; cross-cultural resilience factors in the process of recovery from traumatic injury; women's leadership styles. |
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Frederick D. Harper, PhD, Florida State University, Professor Phone: 202.806.6685 Research Interests: International and cross-cultural counseling; substance abuse and African-Americans; psychophysical outcomes of jogging; personality measures (POI); psychospirituality, theory construction (Transcendent Counseling). |
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Aaron Stills, PhD, Indiana State University, Associate Professor and Department Chair Phone: 202.806.5057 Research Interests: Counseling and therapy with youth; group counseling and psychotherapy, and multicultural counseling. Dr. Stills is former President of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, and he is current principal investigator of the "Passport-To-Work Program," a major grant project involving urban Washington DC youth. |
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Ivory A. Toldson, PhD, Temple University, Associate Professor Phone: 202.806.6410 Research Interests: Co-occurring disorders; criminal and police psychology; urban issues in counseling; African American men in the criminal justice system; and psychometric assessment. |
Note: Faculty members from the Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies Department, Department of Psychology and adjunct professors teach required and elective courses in the Program. Faculty in the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies sometimes advise dissertations and serve on dissertation committees. Psychologists from the Howard University Counseling Center are sometimes involved in the supervision of field training in both individual and group counseling and psychotherapy.