Donald V Brown Jr
New York City, NY | Toronto, ON
Donald V. Brown, Jr., PhD
Donald V. Brown, Jr. is an assistant professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada. Specifically, he is a member of the Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology program. Prior to this role he was an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.
His research interests include sociology of knowledge production and scientific practice(s), social identity development and maintenance over the lifespan, intersectionality as theory and method, and critical theory development/application to the discipline of social psychology. More broadly Donald is concerned with questions of social categorization and its scientific, societal, and personal consequences. His dissertation project focused on the scientific practices of experimental social psychologists, specifically those engaged in the science of social identity, was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
He has previously worked on research projects for the CUNY LGBTQ Poverty Initiative; The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (APA Div 5); and the Columbia Law School Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies, under the leadership of Kimberlé W. Crenshaw. From 2010 to 2017, in addition to academic pursuits, he served as a higher education professional at New York University—most recently as associate director of student services for the School of Global Public Health. He holds a Master's in psychology, a Master’s in higher and postsecondary education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor's in neuroscience.