Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

Abstract

Autobiographical memory serves as a reflective and meta-reflective guide in the search for authenticity. The author meta-reflects on her experiences providing academic instruction in a capstone seminar in Black Psychology in a predominantly white, elite, and private college and her sojourn through her contemporary experiences. Students’ comments in general reflected paradigmic shifts, and expanded epistemological understanding of historical and sociocultural variables on behaviors of African-Americans and peoples of African descent. My transparent goal is to raise critical consciousness about the becoming agents of social change on micro and/or macro levels. Students’ commentaries reflect successful outcomes.