Unsettling Psychology
Toward Decolonial Research, Practice, and Healing
Join the Pakistani Graduate Student Organization (PakGSO) and the UMBC Psychology Department for an engaging afternoon of community, reflection, and dialogue on reimagining psychology through culturally grounded and socially conscious perspectives.
The panel discussion will feature South Asian scholars and practitioners whose work centers equity, culture, and decolonial approaches to research, practice, and healing.
Panelists
Dr. Nouf Bazaz, Ph.D., LCPC
Assistant Professor of Counseling at Hood College and Co-Founder of the HEAL
Refugee Health & Asylum Collaborative. Dr. Bazaz specializes in
trauma-informed and expressive arts therapy and conducts forensic psychological
evaluations for refugee and asylum-seeking populations.
Dr. Durriya Meer
Clinician and educator whose integrative work draws on psychodynamic,
multicultural, and feminist frameworks. Dr. Meer's practice focuses on trauma,
intersecting identities, and the experiences of international, Asian/Asian
American, and Muslim students.
Associate Professor of Psychology at UMass Lowell and Chair of the Greeley Peace Scholar Program. Dr. Dutta's activist scholarship centers decolonial psychology, community-based resistance, and critical qualitative methods that challenge structural and everyday violence.
Schedule
- 12:00 – 12:15 p.m. | Registration
- 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. | Lunch and Informal Conversation
- 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
For questions, please contact at pgso@umbc.edu.