Kaitlin Smith

Research Interests: History of mind sciences, including psychology, psychiatry, and social work; social epistemology; agnotology; Critical Black Studies; decolonial and multicultural psychologies including Black Psychology; conceptions of intelligence, creativity, and sensitivity; critical studies of healing, illness, and love; philosophy of history; and contemplative, place-based, decolonial, and somatic pedagogies in the history of science.

Kaitlin Smith iKaitlin Smith (she/her) is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History of Science where her dissertation reconstructs the history of the field of Black Psychology and probes its implications for the history of knowledge. This research agenda is informed by Kaitlin’s past training and work as a psychotherapist as well as a facilitator of original community programs informed by psychotherapeutic training.

For a more detailed overview of Kaitlin’s body of work as well as updates surrounding her active projects, visit Kailin Smith's Personal Website linked below.

Previous Degrees:

B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Black Studies, Swarthmore College
M.S.W., Clinical Social Work, Smith College