Building the Future of Academic I/O
The Foundation is a separate initiative from Membership & Community. It exists to build programs, platforms, and pathways that strengthen academic systems, and to invite the community to help build them.
Dream Building Academy and the HBCU I/O Psychology Task Force are Foundation initiatives. They are not included with membership; each is a distinct initiative with its own roadmap and community.
Dream Building Academy
A 10-week virtual Future Leader & Career Readiness pilot for high-school students in grades 9 to 12, building leadership, career readiness, and AI literacy, with priority for BIPOC youth, first-generation students, and under-resourced learners.
Registration opening soon · Dates coming soon
A Separate Future Platform
Dream Building Academy is the first step toward a larger, conditional platform for cohort learning, mentorship, and AI-guided pathways, built with the community and dependent on funding and validation.
A Field-Building Collaboration
A collaboration between Blacks in I/O Psychology and The Academic I/O expanding awareness, access, and future pathways in I/O psychology for HBCU students and institutions.
HBCU I/O Psychology Task Force
Phase 1 reached 327 registrants across three webinars, with students from 16 HBCUs and 68 universities, and 96+ people joined the Task Force. Phase 2 continues with the Back to the Yard Initiative, research development, and the HBCU Champion Network.
Help Build the Foundation
Foundation initiatives are co-built with the community. Here are four ways to join in.