Publications and presentations

Ashby, K. M. (October, 2021). Afrofutures: Before and Beyond. Art exhibition and panel presentation at the Davis Gallery at Hobart, Willam, & Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Ashby, K. M. (August, 2021). Injustice, Race, & Recovery. Workshop presented at The National Education Association’s Center for Social Justice’s Summer Justice Series. Zoom Conference.

van Leer, K.F., Ashby, K.M., Bhattacharyya, S., McGillen, G.G., & Simmons, C.M. (2021). When Students Listen: A Co-Constructed Autoethnography of Graduate Student Activists Eradicating Racism in Higher Education. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 12(3), 1-23. Retrieved Day/Month/Year, from (http://www.gjcpp.org/).

Ashby, K. M. (2021, May). Racial Healing Guided Meditation. Presented at the Mental Health Treatment in a Time of Civil Unrest: Conference for Mental Health Professionals in Southeastern PA. Zoom Conference.

Ashby, K. M. (March, 2021). Art exhibition at Speculative Futures, Present Imaginations; The Confluence: Octavia E. Butler at the Intersection of Cultural Critique and Climate Collapse, Conference for the Octavia E. Butler Society. Zoom Conference by St. Catherine University.

Ashby, K. M. (2021, March). Afrofuturism. Workshop for Snowden International School. Zoom Conference.

Ashby, K. M. & Diaz, D. (2021, January). Thriving in 2021: Virtual Vision Board Event. Facilitated community art workshop for Black Mental Wellness. Zoom Conference.

Ashby, K. M. (2020, December). Black Women College Students’ Use of Mental Health Services and Coping Methods for Emotional Support. Dissertation. ProQuest.

Ashby, K. M. (2020, May). Letter writing and collage workshop at Aiyana’s Dreams: Black Lives Matter Philly’s commemoration of Aiyana Stanley-Jones and other Black girls harmed by state violence. Zoom Conference.

Ashbhy, K. M. & Diaz, D. (2020, March). Collage workshop at Black women’s Ubuntu: “I am because you are” Collage workshop. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (2020, February) Mental Health Panelist at The Gift of Gab Podcast. Philadelphia, PA

Ashby, K. M. (December, 2019). Art exhibition at SCH Alumni Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M., Taylor, E., & O’Brien, E. (2019, November). Panel presentation at Therapy Center of Philadelphia’s Clinical Connections 7th Annual Fundraiser and CEU Event: Healing While Healing, From Talk to Walk (Discourse on how to safeguard our clinical work from Implicit Bias and Racial Inequality). Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (November, 2019). Cultivating collaboration in activism & civic engagement. Keynote Address at Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND) Service Leaders Summit 2019. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (October, 2019). Art exhibition at West Philly First Friday, Indie-Life Media Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (July, 2019). Magic at the margins. Solo art exhibition at Studio 34. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (June, 2019). Art exhibition at Bodega Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M., Montanez, L., Dee, D., Burns, A., & Smalls, K. (2019, June). Mental health and body positivity (Fighting depression, anxiety, emotional distress, and self-love hurdles through a holistic approach and mental health stigma as a Latina & WOC). Panel presentation at the Glow Wellness Tour. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M., Rivera, Y., Diaz, B., Coppes, V., & Collen, J. (2019, June). Survivors: Destigmatizing abuse, and healing how our culture & society deal with survivors of domestic & sexual violence; Steps to help the healing process in a holistic way. Panel presentation at the Glow Wellness Tour. Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (2019, March). Social Justice 201. Presentation at the Granger Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M. (2019, March). Fighting mental dementors: Social justice informed perspectives on coping with mental illness as activists. Presentation at the Granger Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA.

Ashby, K. M., Shadravan, S., Malencon, S. N., Vinson, S., & Crawford-Roberts, A. (2018, October). Race from our past: How the history of psychiatry creates a present legacy of racism in clinical practice. Presentation at the American Psychiatric Association IPS: Mental Health Services Conference, Chicago, IL.

Ashby, K. M. (2018, May). Mental Health and Self Care. Workshop at Hyde Square Task Force Youth Community Development Center, Boston, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Fauci, J., & Sepuvelda, J. (2018, May). Intersectionality and Mental Health. Panel presentation at AWARE Day, Newton South High School, Newton, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Collins, D. L., Helms, J. E. & Manlove, J. (2018, April). Race Talk: Evaluating a College Interracial Discussion Group on Race. The Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.

Ashby, K. M., Douyon, C., Manosalves, K., & Sena, A. (2017). Demanding a Seat at the Table: Personal Narratives from Four Women of Color. In A. Oyewole (Ed.), Black lives have always mattered, a collection of essays, poems and personal narratives. New York, NY: 2Leaf Press.

Ashby, K. M., Daigle, A., Huang, H., & King, C. (2017, March). Anti-racist Student Activism: A Toolkit to Ignite Institutional Transformation. Presentation at the 2017 Alumni of Color Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Bhattacharyya, S., Scheer, J. & Fauci, J. (2017, March). Boston College Psychology Graduate Students. Panel presentation at AWARE Day, Newton South High School, Newton, MA.

Ashby, K. M. (2017, March). Psychology and the Arts. Careers in the Visual and Performing Arts College Exploration Mentoring Program. Workshop at Hyde Square Task Force Youth Community Development Center, Boston, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Douyon, C., Manosalves, K., & Sena, A. (2017, February). A Seat at the Table with Four Women: Solange Knowles, Music, and Black Female Invisibility. Roundtable discussion at the 34th Annual

Ashby, K. M. & Ford, C. (2016, September) One School, One Question: Race and Policing. Panel discussion at Newton South High School, Newton, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Bhattacharyya, S., Olle, C., Ferreira, K., Glaze, S., & Speilvogel, B. (2016, August). Anti-racist Activism on College Campuses: A Toolkit to Engage Institutional Transformation. Presentation at the 2016 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Ashby, K. M., Wilson, E., Joyner, E., Weber, A., & Helms, J. E. (2016, August). Undervalued, disregarded, & stereotyped: The invisibility of Black girls. Poster presentation at the 2016 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Ashby, K. M. & Barry, J. (2015, December). Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Structural Racism in Scholarship. Workshop. Personal Collection of (K. Ashby), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Ashby, K. M., Collins, D. L., Helms, J. E. & Manlove, J. (2015, August). Race Talk: Evaluating an Interracial Discussion Group on Race. Presentation at the 2015 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Ashby, K. M., Collins, D. L., Manlove, J., & Helms, J. E. (2015, August). Race Talk: Evaluating an Interracial Discussion Group on Race. Poster at the 2015 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Collins, D. L., Ashby, K. M., Helms, J. E., & Manlove, J. (2015, February). Directing the Dialogue: Training Interracial Dialogue Facilitators. Symposium at the Winter Roundtable Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. 

Torkleson, N. C., Helms, J. E., Wilson, E. S., Ashby, K. M. (2014, November). Seeking self: Intersecting influences on racial identity. Presentation at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, Chicago, IL.

Canada, D. & Ashby, K. (2014, October). Culture, Identity, and Well-being. Presentation at the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center Community Research Program, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Collins, D. L. & Ashby, K. M. (2014, October). I can go there: Discussions on Race and their Influence Among College Students. Poster presented at the Diversity Challenge Conference, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Bhattacharyya, S., Ashby, K. M., & Goodman, L. (2014). Social justice beyond the classroom: Responding to the marathon bombing’s Islamophobic aftermath. The Counseling Psychologist. doi:10.1177/0011000014551420

 Ashby, K. M., Collins, D. L., & Franklin, A. J. (2014, August). Listening to Black male voices: A qualitative analysis of Black male identity in a group therapy context. Poster presented at the 2014 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C

 Collins, D. L., Ashby, K. M. & Franklin, A. J. (2014, August). Uncovering Black Male Perspectives on Racial Tensions. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C

 Ashby, K. M. & Bhattacharyya, S. (2014, March). Student voices on community advocacy training in counseling. Presentation at The Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Bhattacharyya, S. & Ashby, K. M., (2014, March). Counseling out of the box: Engaging college communities in social justice. Presentation at The Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 Bhattacharyya, S. & Ashby, K. M., & Kozan, S. (2014, February). Responding to social injustice in an Islamophobic climate: A contextual intervention using allyship and intergroup dialogue. Presentation at the Winter Roundtable Conference. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

 Collins, D. L., Ashby, K. M., Landman, S., & Franklin, A. J. (2013, August). How do Black men talk about race? A qualitative analysis of a therapeutic support group. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Ashby, K. M. & Zhou, D. (2013, April). The Microaggressions Project. Workshop presented at Students Working For Asian & Asian American Growth (SWAAAG) Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Ashby, K. M. & Reinbergs, E. (2013, March). Prioritizing mental health in social justice education. Workshop presented at the New York Conference of Radical Educators, New York, NY.

 Ashby, K. M., Lu, V., Zhou, D., & Ahmad, N. J. (2013, February). The Microaggressions Project. Workshop presented at the East Coast Asian American Student Union (EECASU) Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Torkleson, N. C., Helms, J. E., Wilson, E. S., & Ashby, K. M. (2013, February). It’s complicated: Self-reported influences on multiracial identity. Presentation at the Winter Roundtable Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

 Torkleson, N. C., Helms, J. E., Wilson, E. S., & Ashby, K. M. (2013, January). The impact of phenotype and contextual variables on multiracial identity development. Poster presented at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Houston, TX.

 Ashby, K. M., Zhou, D., & Ahmad, N. J. (2012, May). The Microaggressions Project. Presentation at the New York City Asian American Student Conference, New York University, New York, NY.

 Ashby, K. M. (2011, May). This is me: Strength of identification amongst those with multiple social identities. Presentation at the Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.