Carroy Cuf Ferguson, PhD

Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson, has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College. He has been President or Co-President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology for many years, making history in 2006 as the first African American and first person of color to be President of this national Association since its founding in 1962 by world-renown psychologists in the field like Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. He is a tenured Full Professor of Psychology and former Dean at University of Massachusetts-Boston, currently serves as Human Services Program Director and Human Service Internship Coordinator, is a co-founder of two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc. and Associates in Human Understanding), is a cofounder of Massachusetts’ historic Commonwealth Diversity Fellows Program, has been a clinical practitioner for over 35+ years, is a member of a number of boards, is a human relations, multicultural, and organizational development consultant, and workshop facilitator, is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and is a published author of books, articles, and other writings (e.g., Evolving The Human Race Game: A Spiritual and Soul-Centered Perspective; A New Perspective on Race and Color: Research on An Inner vs An Outer Orientation To Anti-Black Dispositions; Transitions in Consciousness from an African American Perspective: Original Essays in Psycho-Historical Context;  and Innovative Approaches to Education and Community Service: Models and Strategies for Change and Empowerment).