UMass Boston

Black liberation psychology, African-centered psychology, forensic psychology, juvenile justice, trauma/PTSD, adolescent development, racial identity, decarcerating mental health care, structural and interpersonal anti-Blackness

PhD, Fordham University

• Weinberger, E. C., Cruise, K. R., Auguste, E. E., & Samuels, J. K. (2022). The Structured Trauma-Related Experiences and Symptoms Screener (STRESS): Assessing factor structure and clinical utility in a juvenile justice sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.
• Galán, C. A., Auguste, E. E., Smith, N. A., & Meza, J. I. (2022). An Intersectional‐Contextual Approach to Racial Trauma Exposure Risk and Coping Among Black Youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32(2), 583-595.
• Auguste, E. E., Cruise, K. R., & Jimenez, M. C. (2021). The effects of microaggressions on depression in young adults of color: Investigating the impact of traumatic event exposures and trauma reactions. Journal of traumatic stress, 34(5), 985-994.
• Auguste, E., & Griffin, B. M. (2020). Towards an eternity: Celebrating the Association of Black Psychologists’ 50th anniversary. Psychology from the Margins, 2(1), 1-10.
• Auguste, E., & Rasmussen, A. (2019). Vodou's role in Haitian mental health. Global Mental Health, 6, e25-e25.
• Seixas, A. A., Auguste, E., Butler, M., James, C., Newsome, V., Auguste, E., ... & Jean-Louis, G. (2017). Differences in short and long sleep durations between blacks and whites attributed to emotional distress: analysis of the National Health Interview Survey in the United States. Sleep Health, 3(1), 28-34.

This lab focuses on addressing the mental health consequences of structural anti-Blackness through the lens of Black liberation psychology. Currently, our research involves community participatory, qualitative, and quantitative methods to examine the effects of disparate exposure to justice-contact and community violence for Black adolescents and state-induced migratory traumas for Haitian people. We also focus on developing and piloting anti-carceral and community based health interventions, such as the Association of Black Psychologists’ Sawubona Healing Circles to promote healing from an African-centered framework. Our advocacy involves connecting with local, national, and international coalitions to promote policy and community change.