July 7, 2011

I'm just getting ready to leave. Only a few more days. I'm anxious and excited, anxious about being away so long; excited about being in Rwanda and doing the work.

Vincent Sezibera has sent out an official notice about my arrival, and I'm pasting it below. Having an official notice is like seeing an article or a poem in print; it makes it real.

Dear Dean,

I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Clinical Psychology is welcoming and hosting a Fulbright US Scholar from July 15, 2011 through end December 2011, Prof. Carl Auerbach. He arrives Kigali July 14, 2011.

Prof. Carl Auerbach, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University, New York, US. He is the co-director, with Dr. Louise Silverstein, of the Yeshiva University Fatherhood Project, and the director of the Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Program of Clinical Psychology. At the University he teaches courses in Psychology of Trauma, Qualitative Research Methodology, History and Systems of Psychology, and Self Psychology. In addition to his teaching activities, he supervises graduate students research and does clinical supervision. Dr. Auerbach received his B.A. in Physics at Reed College in 1963, and his PhD in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

Prof. Auerbach’s research interest is in the psychology of trauma with a particular emphasis on collective trauma, and he has published extensively in these areas. In addition to his publication of research articles he is the co-author of a textbook in qualitative research methodology, and a textbook in Psychological Statistics.

Prof. Auerbach looks forward to a long term collaboration with the National University of Rwanda, and learning from the faculty and students at the National University of Rwanda, particularly the Department of Clinical Psychology.

At the Department, Prof. Auerbach will contibute to the following academic activities, not limited to :

- - Teachings (undergraduate and post-graduates programmes) : Advanced Psychopathology (Traumas and outcomes), Research methodology : Qualitative methods, Further issues in Psychotherapy

- Research : Joint Projects development and funding, Seminars on Trauma and Resilience

- Curriculum development : Advice on existing teaching programmes and develop new ones : Clinical Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychology

- Mentorish : Syllabus versus Module based teachings, MsC and PhD students supervision

- Twining the Department of Clinical Psychology with US sisters institutions developing the above mentioned programmes.

Being a prestigious academic position from the Fulbright Fellowship, the department is delighted to host the honored guest and senior scholar, Prof. Carl Auerbach. Therefore, would you join the department in welcoming the Fulbrighter.


Kind regards,
Vincent
Fulbright Scholar