Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D

2005 Solomon Carter Fuller Award Recipient

Lecture Title: The Treatment of African American Clients and Families

Dr. Boyd-Franklin, an African American psychologist, holds the position of professor at Rutgers University in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. Presently, she co-directs the Rutgers/Somerset Counseling Program alongside Dr. Brenna Bry.

She has authored five books, including Black Families in Therapy: A MultiSystems Approach, and served as an editor for Children, Families, and HIV/AIDS (Guilford Press, 1995). Her recent publications include Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School and Community Interventions co-authored with Dr. Brenna Bry, and Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons, co-authored with Dr. A.J. Franklin.

Dr. Boyd-Franklin is renowned as an international lecturer and author, focusing on topics such as ethnicity and family therapy, African American family treatment, extended family dynamics, spirituality, home-based family therapy, group therapy for Black women, HIV/AIDS, parent and family support groups, community empowerment, and the Multisystems Model.

Recognized for her exceptional contributions, Dr. Boyd-Franklin has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Phillips Graduate Institute. She has also received awards from prestigious organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the Association of Black Psychologists, and the American Family Therapy Academy. In 2005, she was honored with the Solomon Carter Fuller Award for her impactful multilevel community interventions.