Academic Presentations
Getting It Together
Dr. Butterfly is a thought leader who presents papers, lectures, workshops, symposia and events at universities and conferences.
Mbongi: A Village Gathering at the Intersection of African-Centered Psychology and Humanistic Existential Psychology @ Saybrook University
2023
Gatekeepers @ Black Psychology Project @ CIIS
Introduction to Spirituality, Nature, Communal Order Workshop Presenter Emerging Black Clinicians Fellowship California Institute of Integral Studies
Gatekeepers: Black Males Decolonize Contemporary Art “28 Days of Blackness” Workshop Presenter Black Psychology Project California Institute of Integral Studies
2022
Let’s Talk: Reuniting Black LGBTQ+ People and African-Centered Thought Mbongi Plenary Panelist 53rd Conference of the Association of Black Psychologists
Survival Kit Workshop @ Conference of International Expressive Arts Therapists Association
2021
Just For Us: Men of African Descent Decolonize Same-Sex Desire Through Arts-Based Alchemy Doctoral Dissertation Saybrook University
2020
Cross-Cultural and Multi-Cultural Psychologies Guest Panelist California Institute of Integral Studies
2019
Survival Kit: An Expressive Arts Process for Personal and Social Alchemy Video and Music Presentation + Workshop 13th Conference of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
2018
Survival Kit: African-Centered Neo-Shamanism as Systemic Cultural Intervention Video Presentation+ Lecture Winston-Salem State University
Survival Kit Multimedia Presentation @ Winston-Salem State Univeristy
Contemporary Neo-Shamanism as Pathway to Multidimensional Healing through Expressive Arts Symposium + Lecture (Organizer) 126th Conference of the American Psychological Association
Gatekeepers: An African-Centered Model of Cultural Agency for African-American Men who Practice Same-Sex Desire Paper Presentation 50th Anniversary Conference of the Association of Black Psychologists
What’s That on the Mat? Lucumí as Multidimensional Gateway to Psycho-Spiritual Healing and Sexual Acceptance
Ritual + Paper Presentation Black Psychology as a Professional Gateway Project California Institute of Integral Studies
2017
“Crossing to Safety:” African Spirituality as Pop Music Intervention Paper Presentation Saybrook University
Mbongi: A Village Gathering at the Intersection of African-Centered Psychology and Humanistic Existential Psychology
Symposium (Organizer + Co-Moderator) Saybrook University
Contemporary Neo-Shamanism Symposium @ Conference of American Psychological Association
Forum Theater Workshop: Immigration Workshop Saybrook University
Women, Performance Art + Social Movements Workshop + Lecture U.C. Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Black Psychology as a Professional Gateway Project @ Conference of Association of Black Psychologists
The Butterfly Effect II: Leading Toward Liberation Event (Co-Organizer) + Discussion Saybrook University
2016
Performance Art Workshop + Lecture Saint Mary’s College of California
2015
The Butterfly Effect: The Art + Performance of Social Transformation Event (Co-Organizer) + Workshop Saybrook University
2014
Deep Democracy: Young Black Men Build Community Through Creativity Lecture Presentation Saybrook University
2011
Symbolic Process @ Arts + Consciousness Program
Critique and the Creative Process Course Teaching Assistant Berkeley City College
Symbolic Process Course Teaching Assistant Arts + Consciousness Program John F. Kennedy University
Gender and the Body Politic Course Teaching Assistant Arts + Consciousness Program John F. Kennedy University
2010
Everybody, Everybody: A Dance Workshop for Everyday People Workshop Presenter Arts + Consciousness Program John F. Kennedy University
The Butterfly Effect: The Art + Performance of Social Transformation @ Saybrook University