The Black Scholar Speaker Series – Dr. Angeline Dukes (Affinity Session)
February 23, 2022
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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Download iCal FileThe Affinity Session provides the opportunity for Black students, staff, and faculty to come together in community with each other and the visiting scholar to collectively reflect on their realities of being Black and in the field of psychology.
Date posted
Feb 9, 2022
Date updated
Jun 28, 2022
Speakers
Dr. Angeline Dukes | PhD
Angeline Dukes is the daughter of Haitian and Trinidadian immigrants and a first-generation college graduate. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Biology from the Historically Black College/University(HBCU), Fisk University, in 2017. She completed her final year as PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Christie Fowler at the University of California, Irvine. As an addiction neuroscientist, her research seeks to assess the long-term effects of adolescent nicotine and cannabinoid exposure. Aside from research, she is passionate about the support and mentorship of underrepresented people in the sciences. As such, Angeline is the Founder and President of Black In Neuro. Black In Neuro is an international grassroots organization dedicated to amplifying, providing resources to, and cultivating a supportive community for Black scholars in neuroscience-related fields. (Dissertation Defended: June 2022)