Kevin Washington is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies Department at San Francisco State University. Additionally he is a dynamic speaker, author, researcher/consultant and cofounder of Restoring Ancestral Memories (RAM) Enterprises, LLC, a motivational and empowerment consultancy firm. His knowledge into the condition of Afrikan people of the Diaspora has allowed him to serve as a behavioral consultant for Essence Magazine, Black Entertainment Television (BET), MayaTech Corporation, Mississippi and Maryland Fatherhood Initiative, International Black Buyers and Manufacturers Conference (IBBMEC) as well as many other organizations. He is a profound scholar who is devoted to assisting people to step into their divine right to be and to become more powerful.

Kevin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Grambling State University (GSU) in Grambling, Louisiana. He attained a Masters of Science Degree in Educational Psychology as well as a doctoral degree from Texas A&M University in Counseling Psychology. He has researched educational and mental issues pertinent to ethnically and culturally diverse populations in general and Afrikan Americans specifically for most of his professional life. His exploration into multicultural mental health issues afforded him the opportunity to serve as a Clinical Coordinator for the Institute for Behavioral Change and Research, Inc. (IBCR) as well as the Center for Life Enrichment (CLE) in Washington, DC. Kevin’s extensive knowledge base has allowed him teach at several institutions of higher education including Grambling State University, University of Nebraska, Howard University, Morgan State University, University of the District of Columbia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Prairie View A&M University and Rollins College.

As a Fulbright-Hays scholar Kevin researched the impact of socializing institutions on the healing or restructuring of post-apartheid South Afrika. Additionally, he researched traditional healing systems in South Afrika and Ghana, West Afrika. He has recently served as a consulting psychologist for Helping Children Grow, Inc., a foster care agency and Progressive Life Center, Inc. located in Washington, DC. Kevin serves on the Board of Licensure, Certification and Proficiency Program in Afrikan/Black Psychology for the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi). His research relative to therapeutic (healing) paradigms for working with ethnically and culturally diverse populations with an emphasis on Afrikan American families, relationships, and men is an intricate part of the work for ABPsi. The major thrust of the paradigms is to ensure that methods of healing are consistent with the essence and desires of diverse populations. His Afrikan Centered therapeutic model has been implemented in the Prosocial Family Therapy Project that provided in-home family therapy. He writes about Afrikan healing paradigm in a compendium entitled, To Heal a People: Afrikan Scholars Defining a New Reality. Kevin’s works- in- progress include two books entitled, The Resurrection of Black Love: Empowering Black Relationships to Succeed and Illuminated Greatness: Restoring the Warrior Spirit in Black Men.