B.A., Middlebury College (2014, Psychology)
M.A., Fordham University (2018, Clinical Psychology)
Ph.D. Fordham University (2022, Clinical Psychology, Forensic Major Area Study)
Evan Auguste, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Scholar-in-Residence at Boston College’s Institute for the Study of Race and Culture. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a major area of focus in forensic psychology at Fordham University in 2022. Auguste is a 2014 graduate of Middlebury College.
His identities as a Haitian-African American man have informed his work on examining how the U.S.’s history of anti-Blackness has shaped psychological realities both in and outside of the country’s borders. Dr. Auguste recently published the edited volume The Carceral State, Forensic Psychology, and Black Resistance: “Let Them Not Be Forgotten” to offer psychological tools and praxis to resist state violence and co-create community justice. He is currently the chair for the Sawubona Healing Circle Program, on the board for the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, and on the leadership team for In Cultured Company.
The Association of Black Psychologists, Inc
American Psychology-Law Society
International Association of Forensic Mental Health
Auguste, E., Carrenard, N., Gelin, S., Gharib, R., Lalane, K., Luma, S., Nalule, E., Sebowa, M. (2025). And victory is certain: Uncovering African consciousness to resist mentacide. Journal of Africana Studies.
Anyiwo, N., Palmer, G., Auguste, E., Ortega-Williams, A., H.O.L.L.A. (in press). “None but ourselves can free our mind”: Towards a theory of Collective Black Consciousness. American Psychologist.
Grills, C., Aird, E., Auguste, E., Adibu, F., Bethea, S., Endale, T., Haggins, K., Mendenhall, R., Newland, L. Z., Primm, A., & Spates, K. (2025). Recreating the circle: A collective vision for radical African healing in community. American Psychologist, 80(4), 589–602. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001419
Auguste, E. (Ed.) (2025). The carceral state, forensic psychology, and Black resistance: "Let them not be forgotten". Springer Nature Switzerland.
Edwin Nichols Foundation for Cultural Competence in Leadership Grant Award 2025
Awarded by the Edwin J. Nichols Foundation for Cultural Competence Leadership
Restorative Justice Commission Faculty Fellowship Grant 2023
Awarded by the William Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture
Association of Black Psychologists’ Leadership Development Institute Fellow 2023
Awarded by the Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations
The President’s Service Award 2021
Awarded by the Association of Black Psychologists
He is the director of the A.S.I.L.I. Collective, a research group whose work focuses broadly on addressing the mental health consequences of structural anti-Blackness through the lens of Black liberation psychology. Their research involves community participatory, qualitative, and quantitative methods to examine the effects of disparate exposure to justice-contact on Black youth and intergenerational traumas on Haitian people. They 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, radical movement, and community change.