Dr. Dana K. Dennard

“In the African-American culture being “thick†is in,†said Dr. Dana Dennard, a FAMU psychology professor.
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“Behind most eating disorders there is a conflict that has not been resolved and these conflicts normally involve a parent,†said Dennard.

"The majority of people are more or less stirred away from cultural identity," said Dana Dennard, adjunct psychology professor at FAMU.
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"I don't think the college environment provides that kind education," Dennard said.
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"My generation failed to create the education to deal with those situations," Dennard explained.
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"Black people are trained to let other groups run the world so that will have a place to work in the slave market later," Dennard explains."You have people who are more concerned with finding a job instead of creating our own experience.Because you're under the rulership of other people, you're forced to make modifications."

Dennard suggests that the sacrifices we've made over time to balance our black selves in a predominantly white society have disconnected us from our natural way of relating to other blacks.

"We don't use our own ways anymore," he says.

Violence has a tendency to spread in a neverending cycle, said panelist Dana Dennard, a clinical psychologist.

"Hurt people carry hurt around and then when they encounter other people, hurt people hurt people," he said.

Panelist Joe Thomas, supervisor of the Walker-Ford Community Center, warned the youths to be careful about what activities they engage in.

"If you've got a criminal background record, you're not going to get a job," he said.

Dana and Sharon are clinical psychologists who opened Amen-Ra's in 1990 to serve as a "mental intervention" and community center.
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As a psychologist of African descent, we're committed to the ails of our community," Dana said.
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Dana Dennard, background, said books like those pictured are a source of black enlightenment.

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"Marriage is an ongoing process, a growth process," says Dr. Dana K. Dennard, a clinical psychologist who is assistant professor of psychology at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee.He adds that as years go by, relationships change.
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"Harmonious couples must maintain shared values and compatibleinteractive styles, Dr. Dennard emphasizes.

Ames-Dennard and her husband, psychologist Dana Dennard, have owned and operated the African-centered Amen-Ra Bookshop and Gallery in Tallahassee for over a decade.

Dana Dennard, an adjunct psychology professor at Florida A&M University, recently gathered with members of Student Alliance for Cultural Development in Perry-Paige Auditorium for the release of his new movie, "21 Doors of Legba's Dreams."

The movie features original poems by Dennard and poet Black Girl.
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Dennard was interested in how black people who knew nothing about African mythology or methodology could dream about the topic.After Thanksgiving about two years ago, his family wanted to watch the Tyler Perry plays.After watching, Dennard took his cue from Perry, witnessing how much his family enjoyed the plays.

"I thought it was very intelligent how Tyler Perry was able to put his ideas on video," Dennard says.
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If anyone with any type of technical skills is interested in helping Dennard with his second film, he invites them to contact him through Amen-Ra's Bookshop, located at 1326 South Adams St. You can also call the bookshop at 681-6228.

Dana Dennard, who is an adjunct psychology professor at Florida A&M, says that the class, Math Power!, gave their own children the chance to see their mom at work as a teacher for the first time."They came home and said, 'I didn't know my mom could teach math.' It was a really big deal to them," he says.

The kids have also benefited from the Dennards' university life.Dana Dennard proudly tells of the day that Nefetari, then 9, sat in on one of his classes and eagerly raised her hand to answer questions, much to the astonishment of his 20-year-old students.And because Sakkara's science lab resources are limited, the Dennards are always looking for ways to leverage their college affiliation.One day they arranged for a class of nine children, including Nefetari and Nzinga, to sit in on a college anatomy class where they were dissecting frogs.

Even academic conferences are turned into family trips."The kids have a front-and-center view of what's going on in the world," says Ames-Denard.Not that the kids are always happy to be so heavily involved in their parents' work lives.
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"They are getting exposure to a certain way of handling the responsibility of being a human being and, for the girls, a different way of being a woman," says Dana Dennard."I have no doubt that as they grow up, they will see their roles as women as very active roles."With so much work, it might seem that there is no time for goofing off.

Dana Dennard, who is an adjunct psychology professor at Florida A&M, says that the class, Math Power!, gave their own children the chance to see their mom at work as a teacher for the first time."They came home and said, 'I didn't know my mom could teach math.' It was a really big deal to them," he says.

The kids have also benefited from the Dennards' university life.Dana Dennard proudly tells of the day that Nefetari, then 9, sat in on one of his classes and eagerly raised her hand to answer questions, much to the astonishment of his 20-year-old students.And because Sakkara's science lab resources are limited, the Dennards are always looking for ways to leverage their college affiliation.One day they arranged for a class of nine children, including Nefetari and Nzinga, to sit in on a college anatomy class where they were dissecting frogs.

Even academic conferences are turned into family trips."The kids have a front-and-center view of what's going on in the world," says Ames-Denard.Not that the kids are always happy to be so heavily involved in their parents' work lives.
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"They are getting exposure to a certain way of handling the responsibility of being a human being and, for the girls, a different way of being a woman," says Dana Dennard."I have no doubt that as they grow up, they will see their roles as women as very active roles."With so much work, it might seem that there is no time for goofing off.

Dana Dennard, who is an adjunct psychology professor at Florida A&M, says that the class, Math Power!, gave their own children the chance to see their mom at work as a teacher for the first time."They came home and said, 'I didn't know my mom could teach math.' It was a really big deal to them," he says.

The kids have also benefited from the Dennards' university life.Dana Dennard proudly tells of the day that Nefetari, then 9, sat in on one of his classes and eagerly raised her hand to answer questions, much to the astonishment of his 20-year-old students.And because Sakkara's science lab resources are limited, the Dennards are always looking for ways to leverage their college affiliation.One day they arranged for a class of nine children, including Nefetari and Nzinga, to sit in on a college anatomy class where they were dissecting frogs.

Even academic conferences are turned into family trips."The kids have a front-and-center view of what's going on in the world," says Ames-Denard.Not that the kids are always happy to be so heavily involved in their parents' work lives.
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"They are getting exposure to a certain way of handling the responsibility of being a human being and, for the girls, a different way of being a woman," says Dana Dennard."I have no doubt that as they grow up, they will see their roles as women as very active roles."With so much work, it might seem that there is no time for goofing off.