Conference

Keynote Address: Dr. Terrence Roberts

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Abstract

Dr. Terrence Roberts was born in Little Rock, Ark. in 1941. He was one of nine students blocked from entering Little Rock's Central High School in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus joined local whites in resisting integration by dispatching the National Guard to block black students from entering the school. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to protect the students. Following the closing of Little Rock's schools during the 1958–59 school year, Dr. Roberts completed his senior year at Los Angeles High School in Los Angeles, Calif.

Dr. Roberts graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from California State University, Los Angeles. He received his master's degree in social welfare from UCLA and his Ph.D. in psychology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is currently chair for the master's in psychology program at Antioch University in Los Angeles and has his private psychology practice in Pasadena, Calif. In addition, he is CEO of the management consulting firm, Terrence Roberts & Associates.