Anderson J. Franklin
Clinical Psychology
Social Personality Psychology
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Dr.Anderson J. Franklin is a Professor in the Clinical and Social Personality
Psychology Programs at The Graduate School and City College of the City
University of New York. My research interests focus broadly upon resilience
and psychological well-beingof African Americans, especially African American
men. Part of this work includes validation of an original index measuring
psychological well-being in collaboration with the Program of Research
on Black Americans at ISR, University of Michigan. My clinical work along
with understanding resilience among people of African descent has also
led to developing a theory on invisibility syndrome which is viewed as
the subjective experience of disregard of one's presence and personal
identity when in racialized contexts and confronting the burden of gender
and racial stigma. Qualitative research methods have been a major interest
and forms the approach of an ongoing study on resilience and survival
of black elders across the life span. He teaches courses on Ethnicity
and Mental Health, Resilience and Psychological Well-being, and Qualitative
Research Interviewing. Dr. Franklin is currently President of the Society
for the Psychological Study of Ethnic and Minority Issues, Division 45
of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Franklin was a delegate
for the American Psychological Association to the 2001 UN World Conference
Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. He was Past Chair and still current
member of the Advisory Committee to the APA Minority Fellowship Program.
He recently received the Kurt Lewin Award with Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin
from the New York State Psychological Association for their book on African
American adolescents. He received the Janet Helms Award for Mentoring
and Scholarship in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University;
Outstanding Contribution from the National Association of Black Social
Workers, American Psychological Association, and recognition as a "Distinguished
Psychologist" by The Association of Black Psychologists. He is co-author
of a book with Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Boys Into Men: Raising our African
American teenage sons published by Dutton. Some of his other publications
include :Invisibility syndrome: A clinical model towards understanding
the effects of racism upon African American males in American Journal
of Orthopsychiatry, with Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin. Invisibility Syndrome
and Racial Identity Development in Psychotherapy with African American
Men in the Counseling Psychologist; Treating Anger in African American
Men in W.S. Pollack & R. F. Levant, New Psychotherapy for Men (Wiley);
"Therapeutic support groups for African American men" in L.
Davis book titled African American Males: A Practice Guide (Sage Publications),
and The Invisibility Syndrome, in The Family Therapy Networker which is
the subject of his forthcoming book.
Anderson J. Franklin, Ph.D.
President
Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
Division 45, American Psychological Association