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Cereta Elizabeth Perry (February 5, 1919 – April 29, 2010) was an African-American humanistic psychologist.

Early life
Perry was the daughter of George Perry and Rosa P. Lee and had a brother named Earl Alphonso Perry. She was raised in Washington, DC.

Career
Perry taught in DC Public Schools, Maryland Public Schools, Howard University, and the Merrill-Palmer Institute.

Perry had a strong interest in humanistic psychology.

Clark Moustakas and Cereta Perry taught together at Merrill-Palmer in at least 1971-1972.

Clark Moustakas and Cereta Perry developed a close friendship while faculty members at the Merrill-Palmer Institutes in Detroit. Together, Moustakas and Perry established the Merrill-Palmer Institutes' Enhancing Human Potential (EHP) Certification and the M.A. degree in Humanistic and Clinical Psychology.

In 1977, Perry completed her PhD from the Humanistic Psychology Institute.

In response to the closure of the Merrill Palmer Institute in 1980, she co-founded the Center for Humanistic Studies Graduate School across the street along with Clark Moustakas, Diane Blau, and Bruce Douglass.

She taught at the Union Institute and supervised many PhD dissertations from at least 1987-2005.

Character
Perry was known for her wisdom and her efforts to uncover superficiality and defensiveness. She was also noted by her students her "love, encouragement, and patience", her "strength and conviction". Her students repeatedly regarded her as inspirational.

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Photographs

 * 1972, with Clark Moustakas
 * 1974
 * May 1991, with Clark Moustakas at Center for Humanistic Studies Alumni Retreat

Category:1919 births Category:2010 deaths Category:African-American psychologists Category:American women psychologists Category:Humanistic psychologists