To close out Black History Month, African American Studies is proud to host nationally and internationally renowned researcher and educator, Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy, on the Puget Sound campus. Dr. DeGruy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication, a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW), a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Social Work Research. She authored the book entitled “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing”, which addresses the residual impacts of trauma on African Descendants in the Americas. Her talk will address Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), and how it lays the groundwork for understanding how the past has influenced the present, opening up the discussion of how we can eliminate non-productive attitudes, beliefs and behaviors developed to cope and survive the traumatic periods of capture, transport, enslavement, Jim Crow, and current day racial terrorism. 

A book signing with Dr. DeGruy will immediately follow the event in the basement level of Kilworth from 7:30-8 p.m.

Doors open at 6pm; Event starts at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

The event is in partnership with African American Studies, ASUPS Lectures, the Race and Pedagogy Institute. Special thanks to the Puget Sound Bookstore for providing book sales on-site before and after the conclusion of the event.