Dr. Marshall Mkononi Lee received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He is a Yoruba Priest initiated through the Lukumi tradition of Cuba. He has worked as a Psychotherapist and/or taught at a number of universities, including the University of Michigan, City College of New York, Baruch College (CUNY), Long Island University, Rutgers University, Xavier University in New Orleans, and Tulane University. Dr. Lee was a clinician and an administrator in a large mental Health Clinic in Harlem and a staff psychologist for an outpatient clinic in a hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He had an active private practice in Harlem and Gramercy Park in New York City.
He is the author of numerous articles dealing with issues related to African American culture and psychology. He has been written about and/or published in Black Issues in Higher Education, Jet, Essence, The Crisis, and Ebony Man. Dr. Lee has also lived and taught for three years in Tanzania, East Africa. His insights and perceptiveness into the issues related to contemporary African America have developed as a result of his active involvement in politics and culture spanning the last thirty years. Dr. Lee can be reached at drlee@newafricankeys.com.