Dr. Adisa Ajamu | Psychologist and Director of the Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research (CBCRR)
Greetings! It is an honor and privilege to serve the UC Irvine community as the Director of the Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research (CBCRR).
I have served on the faculties of San Francisco State University in the Department of Black Studies and Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of African American Studies as well as in a number capacities with the American Psychological Association. I have trained in the following areas of developmental psychology, health psychology and the social, ethnic, and cultural relativity of social science with an emphasis on African cultures and behavior change.
My outreach efforts include collaborations with and advocacy for the African American/Black community and serving as the Director for the Center for Black Cultures, Resources, and Research (CBCRR).
I genuinely look forward to the possibility of working with you! Peace and Blessings.
Contact Info: email: aajamu@uci.edu | phone number: 949-824-7196
Drop-In Hours: please refer below
Niobe Duke | Program Coordinator of the Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research (CBCRR)
Greetings! It is an honor and privilege to serve the UC Irvine community as the Program Coordinator of the Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research (CBCRR).
I am an alumnus of UCI, Class of 2018 with a B.A. Economics. Among my many roles as a student leader on campus, I have served in the following capacities: Special Assistant for Financial Affairs at the Center for Black Cultures, Resources and Research at UC Irvine; Outreach Student Coordinator for SOAR at UC Irvine; and IRISE Student Coordinator at UC Irvine. Within these leadership roles, I was able to focus on underserved underrepresented, low-income, first-year, and first-generation students by designing, developing, and implementing educational programs and events. My role encompassed program planning while serving as a liaison and resource for Black student organizations and other centers on campus. I have worked closely with student organizations and taught seminars that promoted leadership training, but also supported student-initiated outreach projects, fostering leadership development and empowerment, and addressed educational access needs of underrepresented and underserved students. My goal is to strengthen the Black community on campus while bringing a breadth and depth of student service and student programming experience.
I also serve as the Vice-President of the Black Faculty and Staff Association at UC Irvine developing programs and events to establish a consistent, positive, and respectful rapport with the Black community on campus.
I am a member of the most illustrious sorority in the world ~~ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Contact Info: email: nduke@uci.edu | phone number: 949-824-4475
Drop-In Hours: please refer below