Support Ed's PhD Walk

For the past six years, I have labored through my search for Dr. Garnes. Now, with 6 months left in my doctoral training, I find myself in need of your support. Due to a financial aid error, a tuition and fees balance just may force me to drop out of school. If you are able, please donate to my mission and/or tell a friend.

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Peace & Sweet Tea,

Ed Garnes, Jr.

Praise for Ed

Ed Garnes is a leader equipped with the courage, resilience, and dedication to take us to the next level.- Dr. Joe White, Godfather of Black Psychology

Here is the significance of my dear brother Ed Garnes, Jr. and Sweet Tea Ethics. There is no other group in Atlanta that can bring together such engaged, high quality, and substantial dialogue about the crucial issues facing not just the black community, but also American society. He writes well, works hard and revels in the life of the mind. Thank God for brother Ed Garnes, Jr.- Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary

About Ed

Ed Garnes, MA, is currently a Doctoral Psychology Intern at the University of California Berkeley. Garnes is a Doctoral Candidate from the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK), where he has served as a Graduate Diversity Enhancement Fellow, Chancellor’s Fellow, and Communication Dept. Guest Lecturer. He has also worked as a mentor/tutor at UTK’s Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. His practicum and internships include individual, family, career, and group experiences at Pellissippi State Community College and Cornerstone of Recovery. Garnes was most recently a tenure track Instructor of Psychology at Pellissippi State and his social justice practicum How to Eat Chicken Wings, Battle Injustice and Graduate On Time was implemented as part of Pellissippi State’s diversity strategic plan.

Garnes' research and clinical interests include gendered racism towards Black men, racial perceptions of protest, career development among athletes, multicultural and social justice issues, mental health promotion and community outreach, and racial and ethnic identity development. His current dissertation, How Black Can A Brother Be , seeks to determine the impact of negative racial experiences on college satisfaction, resilience, assimilation, and mental health of Black men (athletes & non-athletes) at predominantly white institutions.

For his work in the areas of hip hop, Black identity, manhood, and popular culture, Garnes has appeared on the cover of Young Black Entrepreneur Magazine, in Black Enterprise Magazine, and on CNN’s Headline News, Sirius Radio, CBS Radio, and allhiphop.com. He is featured in the documentary film series Elementary Genocide and can also be seen in the BET documentary Killer Curves, which examines hip hop’s musical influences on Black women’s body image. His national tour Sweet Tea Ethics has featured famed brothers Dr. Cornel West and Clifton West as well as Grammy Award Winning Artist/Activist Killer Mike.