Susan James

Susan James, Ph.D. is leading two ORA Research Grants, including Integrating Global South Knowledge Systems into Organizations in the Global North, as well as a project to understand the narratives of both traditional and modern technologies—including sacred practices and ritual—that exist within community-based projects within the larger ORA community. She is a member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and co-chair of the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies specialization of the M.A./Ph.D. program in Depth Psychology. Her work has focused on structural violence, transnational African spiritualities as resistance and innovation, visual design methodologies and research communication strategies. Her journal publications include American Journal of Community Psychology, Violence Against Women, and Women and Therapy.