Projects and Initiatives

Cura Psychologia: Cultivating a More Virtuous Psychological Science

The Cura Psychologia Project fosters a collaborative network of 18 faculty ambassadors from six Jesuit Catholic Universities鈥攎d传媒国产剧 College, the College of the Holy Cross, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Loyola Marymount University, and Seattle University鈥攖o inspire transformative change within their psychology departments. This initiative aims to broaden psychology's scope at Jesuit institutions, focusing on character virtue formation, ethical reasoning, and moral discernment.

Psychology & the Other Conference

The Psychology & the Other Conference is an annual event that revitalizes psychology through interdisciplinary dialogue with philosophy, theology, and the humanities. Established in 2011, it unites diverse perspectives from clinicians, academics, philosophers, theologians, and more, focusing on human identity, suffering, and potential. The conference uniquely pairs speakers from various disciplines to encourage innovative discussions.

Date:

January 8-9, 2027

Location:

Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Santiago, Chile

Tower Bridge in London from Northeastern's campus
David Goodman speaking at Psychology and the Other
Northeastern's campus in London

Faith Fiction and Flourishing Colloquium

A Colloquium on Literature and the Life Well Lived


Date

Thursday, November 6 -
Friday, November 7, 2025


Location

md传媒国产剧 College Campus


Program

The program will be available mid-October 2025.

At a time when cultural forces seem to be conspiring against slow, attentive engagement with and enjoyment of the poetic arts, it is imperative that those who seek to cultivate a society in which individuals and communities can renew our commitment to the value of literature. Participants in this two-day colloquium will be invited to examine not only how a healthy literary culture contributes to human flourishing but how such a culture might be realized in a world that has largely lost its capacities for wonder, enchantment, and the artfulness of the spiritual living.听

Participants

Jeronimo Ayesta Lopez
Jeronimo Ayesta Lopez
Suzanne Berne
Suzanne Berne
Laura Captari
Laura Captari
John D. Caputo
John D. Caputo
Kristen Case
Kristen Case
Matthew Clemente
Matthew Clemente
Katherine Cooper Wyma
Katherine Cooper Wyma
Catherine Enwright
Catherine Enwright
Gregory Floyd
Gregory Floyd
Peter Fritz
Peter Fritz
Mark Freeman
Mark Freeman
David Goodman
David Goodman
Antonio Taiga Guterres
Antonio Taiga Guterres
Amy Hodges Hamilton
Amy Hodges Hamilton
William Hendel
William Hendel
Anthony Isacco
Anthony Isacco
Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney
Emily Kent
Emily Kent
James P. Madrox
James P. Madrox
J. Haskell Murray
J. Haskell Murray
Adam Neder
Adam Neder
Marylou Pagano
Marylou Pagano
Sofia Rietti
Sofia Rietti
Rachel Teubner
Rachel Teubner
Carl Waitz
Carl Waitz
Christopher Yates
Christopher Yates
Jayme M. Yeo
Jayme M. Yeo

Sponsors

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Department of Formative Education

Morrissey College of Arts and Science Logo

English and Creative Writing Department

The Human Flourishing Program
The Albert & Jessie Danielsen Institute Logo
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The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Logo

At University of Birmingham

Belmont University Logo
Saint Mary's University Logo
Institute for Advance Studies in Culture Logo

At University of Virginia

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Psychological Humanities & Ethics Research Group

Made up of academics, clinicians, researchers, and students, the Center for Psychological & Humanities Ethics Research Group is a multidisciplinary community of learners that听meets weekly during the academic听year to听produce scholarship, conference听presentations, and shared听research opportunities for persons invested in the fundamental questions of human life. Projects range from theoretical analyses in moral philosophy to clinical research in psychology, aimed at addressing contemporary ethical challenges in healthcare, education, and society at large.

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Core Team

David Goodman
David Goodman
Co-Leader
M. Mookie C. Manalili
M. Mookie C. Manalili
Co-Leader

Members

Matthew Clemente
Matthew Clemente
md传媒国产剧 College
Justin M. Karter
Justin M. Karter
Private Practice & md传媒国产剧 College Counseling Services
Sofia Rietti
Sofia Rietti
md传媒国产剧 College
William J. Hendel
William J. Hendel
md传媒国产剧 College
A. Taiga Guterres
A. Taiga Guterres
md传媒国产剧 College
Karley Peterson Guterres
Karley Peterson Guterres
md传媒国产剧 College
Sophia Shieh
Sophia Shieh
Northwestern University
Noah William McManus
Noah William McManus
md传媒国产剧 College
Ross Gormley
Ross Gormley
md传媒国产剧 College
Lydia Li
Lydia Li
md传媒国产剧 University
Johnny Koczela
Johnny Koczela
md传媒国产剧 College
Andrew Stojkovich
Andrew Stojkovich
md传媒国产剧 University
Ella Caruso
Ella Caruso
md传媒国产剧 College
Wenqing (Shelly) Xue
Wenqing (Shelly) Xue
md传媒国产剧 College
Psychological Humanities and Ethics lab members bowling
Lab members presenting at Division 24 in Pittsburgh, PA
Lab members at Division 24 in Pittsburgh, PA

Psychological Humanities Minor

Interested in deepening your insights into the human condition by exploring themes of suffering, identity, potential, and the pursuit of the good life? Join the Psychological Humanities Minor program today.

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Overview

Explore the intersection of psychology and humanities by delving into thought-provoking questions about suffering, identity, potential, healing, meaning-making, character formation, and the pursuit of the good life, gaining a unique perspective that goes beyond traditional psychological science.

The minor is designed to broaden students鈥 understanding of psychology and the closely related ethical, spiritual, and existential dimensions of human life.

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Philip Cushman Research and Educational Fund

Philip Cushman, a moral and political luminary in the field of psychology, died on August 22, 2022, the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

A beloved teacher, scholar, and clinician, Phil is remembered for his听rich analysis of how the self has been conceptualized in the field of psychology, along with his historical and critical exploration of the moral and political horizons of psychotherapy.

With the establishment of this endowed Fund, created to honor Phil and foster his moral imagination for the field of psychology, we will continue this critically important work for generations to come.

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About the Fund

Through Philip Cushman鈥檚 teaching, research, mentorship, and practice, he called for a rigorous interrogation of the relationship between our configurations of self and the socioeconomic and political realities which they frequently reflect and reinforce. He called for psychology to develop the capacity to more closely consider fundamental human questions of justice and morality in its descriptions of human identity and its treatments for psychological suffering. Phil鈥檚 passion for teaching had everything to do with his belief that future generations must receive the type of investment, care, and challenge which would enable them to rise above being 鈥渕aintainers of the status quo.鈥 For good to be done in this world, particularly through the field of psychology, we must be engaged in a multigenerational project that upsets the complacency of and complicity of this helping profession and calls it to a deeper and greater standard.听

2025 Student Fellows

My scholarship seeks to understand purpose as a culturally-situated construct鈥攐ne shaped by experiences and encountered in profoundly different ways depending on one鈥檚 social location and inner world...
Brenna Lincoln , md传媒国产剧 College, PhD (2026)

Brenna Lincoln
Brenna Lincoln
2025 Philip Cushman Scholarship Recipient

Kate Stone
Kate Stone
2025 Philip Cushman Scholarship Recipient
Philip Cushman changed the questions I ask of psychology鈥攁nd of myself. It gave language to something I felt to be deeply true the moment I encountered his work: that cultural and economic forces embedded in daily life give rise to a form of selfhood divorced from the relational nature of humanity...
Kate Stone , md传媒国产剧 College, BA (2025)

Philip Cushman Lecture Archive

Orna Guralnik: Love and Ideology
Orna Guralnik: Love and Ideology
October 16, 2024
7:00-8:30pm

Former Philip Cushman Student Scholars

Sophia Shieh
Sophia Shieh
2024 Philip Cushman Scholarship Recipient
Lydia Li
Lydia Li
2024 Philip Cushman Scholarship Recipient
Wenqing (Shelly) Xue
Wenqing (Shelly) Xue
2024 Philip Cushman Scholarship Recipient

Additional Information

In honor of Phil鈥檚 memory, the members of the Cushman family established the Philip Cushman Research and Educational Fund. Housed in the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics at md传媒国产剧 College, the Fund fosters the work to which Phil dedicated his life. Aiming at significant impact upon clinical training programs, academic departments, and the formation of a next generation of clinicians, the Fund supports academic scholarship and develops offerings which examine the moral, socioeconomic, and political questions at play within the field of psychology.

The goal of the Fund is to carry forward Phil鈥檚 commitment to theoretical, interdisciplinary, and moral inquiry through public facing offerings and student-oriented training programs. Several examples include the Center hosting an annual Philip Cushman Lecture, offering public lectures and workshops engaging areas of inquiry aligned with Phil鈥檚 aims, supporting students on an interdisciplinary research team dedicated to scholarship kindred to Phil鈥檚 work, and funding the dissemination of students鈥 research at conferences which are impactful upon the field of psychology. We anticipate these activities and offerings will reach a minimum of 8,000 students per year, carrying forward the concerns that Phil explored in his scholarship, teaching, and practice.

Division 24 Spring Meeting 2023

md传媒国产剧 College was honored to host the annual Spring Meeting of the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (STPP 鈥 APA Division 24) in 2023. This gathering brought together scholars, practitioners, and students to build community and exchange ideas around the theory, practice, and reimagining of psychology as both a discipline and a force for social change. 鈥婽he conference's presidential theme was 鈥淐onstructing the Psychological Humanities.鈥

Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology

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Theology and Ministry Library
Theology and Ministry Library
Statue in chapel
Theology and Ministry Library
Theology and Ministry Library

2024 Annual Meeting for the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP)听was thrilled to host their annual meeting in 2024 at md传媒国产剧 College.听The society invited scholars, practitioners, and students to contribute to a vibrant discussion that challenges the status quo and reimagines psychological knowledge. The field of psychology stands at a critical juncture, where the imperative to reflect on and address its historical underpinnings in racism and colonialism is undeniable. The conference encouraged submissions that engage critically with psychology's racist and colonial past, offer reflexive qualitative research, and propose paradigms or methods that foreground knowledge from historically underrepresented or marginalized communities.

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Conference At a Glance


Date

Friday, June 14 -
Sunday, June 16, 2024


Location

md传媒国产剧 College Campus


Registration

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SQIP 2023 Conference
SQIP 2023 Conference
SQIP 2023 Conference

Hosting Art: A Guestbook Project Collaboration

is an original online video series created and hosted by Diana Boros, which is supported by a joint venture of the听听and the Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics at md传媒国产剧 College. Hosting Art employs the medium of dialogue to bring together the greatest minds making, promoting, theorizing about, and educating about, public and social practice art today.

Specifically, the series focuses on discussions about the transformative capacities of art-the ability of art to encourage critique and introspection-and accordingly, the value of art in society and democracy. It explores how artistic communication and collaboration can create and deepen ties between people and within communities, and how socially engaged, or social practice, projects can serve as vehicles for 鈥渉osting鈥 interactions, dialogues, and relationships. This project aims to become a resource for all those interested in these ideas by creating a collection of conversations that each tackle different dimensions of the complex relationship between art and political life.

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Diana Boros is Department Chair and Associate Professor of Political Theory at St. Mary鈥檚 College of Maryland, a public liberal arts institution and the national public honors college. Previously, she worked for the United States Senate, as well as for several senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns, and was also teaching professor of political science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

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Hosting Earth: A Guestbook Project Collaboration

The initiative brings听together a group of psychologically sophisticated thinkers to speak on the topic of the psyche鈥檚 relation to the earth and how we both consciously and unconsciously play guest and host to the world in which we live. From Marjolein Oele鈥檚 reflections on the dirt at our feet to Sean McGrath鈥檚 speculations on the future of our species, from James Morely鈥檚 humanistic ecology to Donna Orange鈥檚 unearthing of our most inhuman practices, from Ed Casey鈥檚 artistic hospitality to Matthew Clemente's aesthetical musings, these dialogues are rife with insight, openness, imagination, and hope.

2022-2023 Conference Highlights

Ecological Hospitality

Poetics of the Earth

Ecologies of Wisdom

Psychologies of Earth

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