Oral History and a Transcript for an Interview with Alvin Poussaint, Perspectives of Change

Oral History and a Transcript for an Interview with Alvin Poussaint, Perspectives of Change

Diversity and Inclusion

Perspectives of Change: The Story of Civil Rights, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to Education at HMS and HSDM

Alvin F. Poussaint is Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Director of the Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Images are used with permission for Perspectives of Change: The Story of Civil Rights, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to Education at HMS and HSDM.

An oral history and transcript of an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Alvin Poussaint is available to researchers in person at the Center for the History of Medicine after 28 February 2025.

Images courtesy of Alvin Poussaint and the Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership. Image of Dr. Poussaint from Dimensions project is courtesy of Jennifer Waddel Photography.

25 February 2025

Ilacqua, Joan (interviewer)

Poussaint, Alvin (interviewee)

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