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Dr. Ayo Gooden, Keynote Speaker

"When Spiders Unite They Can Tie Up a Lion:  

Empowering Black Women" 

Sponsored by the  James Madison University

Office of the President

Through the ages, Black women have been pillars of strength-and yet almost invisible.  We have been so busy taking care of others, we frequently neglect ourselves and find others blocking our sun.  How does the academy fit into our dreams, lives and goals?  What is the role of Black women in the academy and beyond the “ivory towers?”

Dr. Ayo Marie Gooden, Brief Narrative
 
 
Dr. Gooden is a licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania and board Certified African Centered/Black Psychologist (ABPBC), Diplomat and Fellow.  Serving as former faculty at The Lincoln University, Cheyney University and University of Louisville and administrator at The Lincoln University she brings wisdom and personal commitment to the betterment of Africana persons.  She attended Lincoln University as an undergraduate with graduate studies in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She is a former president of the Kentuckiana and Delaware Valley Association of Black Psychologists.
 
Dr. Gooden maintains a full-time private practice focusing on "wellness" instead of illness.  Values the specific cultural and ethnic background of individuals and incorporates this information into her therapy and consulting.  She hosts a weekly radio show "Don't Get It Twisted" on WCHE 1520 AM.
Other information:
 

 

Author-

  • A Single Bracelet Does Not Jingle:  Empowering Afrikan Men and Women for Success.   A Guide to Finding Your Ideal Mate and Making It Last.  Ma’at University Press, 1994.

  •  Does Milk Do A Body Good?, Health is Wealth, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp 1-2, Lincoln University Pennsylvania.

  • African Americans, European Americans, and Pathological Stereotypes: An African-Centered Perspective.  Williams, M. T., Gooden, A. M., & Davis, D. (2012). In  Psychology of Culture, G. R. Hayes & M. H. Bryant, eds., Nova Science Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1-62257-274-8.

 

Researcher

  • Dissertation:  Distinguishing Suicide from Parasuicide among African Americans

  • Thesis: Black Suicide: Prodromal Signs Using the Psychological Autopsy

 

Consultant and Public Speaker:

*Parenting

*How to get into college and succeed

*Contributions of Blacks to world civilizations

*Finding the right mate and ending unhealthy relationships

*Cultural awareness, sensitivity, competency, and responsiveness (countering racism)

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