Carroy Ferguson

Carroy U. Ferguson made history in 2006 as the first African American and first person of color to be President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. Since then, he has been President or Co-President for an unprecedented number of years. He is also an Associate Editor of the national and international Journal of Humanistic Psychology. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College, is a tenured Full Professor and Past Dean, College of Public and Community Service at University of Massachusetts-Boston, is a co-founder of Massachusett's historic Commonwealth Diversity Fellows Program, is a co-founder of two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc. and Associates in Human Understanding), is a human relations, multicultural, and organizational development consultant and workshop facilitator, is a clinical practitioner, and is a published author of books, articles, and other writings on various topics. His research interests include a focus on the evolution of consciousness, human relations, race relations, and multicultural perspectives.