SUNY New Paltz will welcome Rosie Phillips Davis to campus on April 1 to deliver the spring 2019 Distinguished Speaker Series Address, titled “Deep Poverty: More Hope; Less Blame.”
Davis, the current president of the American Psychological Association, will discuss her Presidential Initiative to use psychological science as a catalyst to address issues of deep poverty and bring about positive structural change.
She will identify a number of causes and effects of deep poverty, defined as situations where a household’s annual income falls below 50 percent of the poverty line.
She will also give an overview of new initiatives being designed and implemented by psychologists to re-frame negative attitudes toward poverty, garner political support for an effective safety net and help partner organizations promote and implement evidence-based antipoverty programs and policies.
Davis’s talk will take place on Monday, April 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100 on the SUNY New Paltz campus. A book signing and desert reception will follow the lecture.
All are welcome to attend. Tickets are $10, and advance purchase is recommended. Tickets can be purchased online via this link or by calling the Box Office at (845) 257–3880.
There is no charge for current SUNY New Paltz students who present school ID, though there is a limited quantity of free tickets for students.
For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit http://www.newpaltz.edu/speakerseries/.
About Rosie Phillips Davis
Rosie Phillips Davis, Ph.D., ABPP, is a professor of counseling psychology at the University of Memphis, where she has worked for more than 30 years. Her scholarship has focused on the power of inclusion, multicultural vocational psychology, ethics and living well in a diverse society.
The fifth of 12 children, Davis was born to sharecroppers in Mississippi who, in search of a better life, moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when she was a young child. She was the first person in her family to attend college and earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and education at Elmhurst College, and a master’s degree in counseling & guidance and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from The Ohio State University.
About the Distinguished Speaker Series
Launched in 2008, the Distinguished Speaker Series hosts speakers twice annually in order to connect SUNY New Paltz alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members with highly accomplished alumni, authors, policy makers, leaders, scientists, media experts, business people and other luminaries.
The Distinguished Speaker Series is made possible by the SUNY New Paltz Foundation, Inc., with support from the following sponsors: Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa, Henry’s at the Farm, Campus Auxiliary Services, M&T Bank, Sodexo and Rondout Savings Bank.
