Must We Drown in the Wake? Notes on Addressing Racism in Psychoanalytic Institutes

About this episode

The episode discusses addressing racism within psychoanalytic institutes through the insights of Tracy Morgan and Ashis Roy.

Tracy Morgan is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC seeing individuals, couples and groups. She is a member of the faculty at CMPS, a founding member of Das Unbehagen and the founding editor of the award winning podcast New Books in Psychoanalysis. She has published on a variety of subjects ranging from Gay and African American history, social movement theory, and psychoanalysis. Her most recent publication, Must We Drown in the Wake? Notes on Addressing Racism at Psychoanalytic Institutes was recently published in the journal Group. And the essay was nominated for a Gradiva Award for best article in the field in 2025. Ashis Roy, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and scholar affiliated with the Indian Psychoanalytical Society (Kolkata) and the International Psychoanalytical Association (London). His clinical practice serves adults, young adults, and couples, informed by over a decade of pedagogical and institutional leadership. Previously, as a faculty member at the Centre of Psychotherapy and Clinical Research, Ambedkar University, Dr. Roy was instrumental in institutional development and the clinical training of psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Currently, he serves on the faculty…

People in this episode

Host: Marshall Poe

Guests: Tracy Morgan, Ashis Roy

Topics covered

• racism in psychoanalysis
• psychoanalytic institutes
• cultural psychoanalysis
• clinical practice
• social movement theory

Keywords

• psychoanalysis
• racism
• clinical practice
• cultural contexts
• social movements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CMPS, Das Unbehagen, Indian Psychoanalytical Society, International Psychoanalytical Association, China-American Psychoanalytic Alliance

Books & works: Must We Drown in the Wake? Notes on Addressing Racism at Psychoanalytic Institutes, New Books in Psychoanalysis

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