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Instructor of Psychology | Creighton University
Patrick Saint-Jean was born in Haiti, he attended Université Victor Ségalen de Bordeaux and graduated with an honor scholarship, then he was granted a second full scholarship from the French government for postgraduate research in Paris IV–Sorbonne. After graduation, he started graduate school at École Lacanienne de Psychanalyse. He trained as an Analyst and Clinical Psychologist with a Specialization in Trauma and Personality traits. For the next 10 years, he worked and studied in Congo, Kinshasa; Florence, Italy; Katalua, Brazil; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and Mexico City, Mexico, where he completed his Doctorate in Psychoanalysis and psychology at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Saint-Jean then taught at the same institution, while working at Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social. He also presented a second dissertation on Intergenerational Trauma. Saint-Jean’s research focused on The analogy of Words as a Path to Freedom and Pathology to the Boundary to the Innocent. Dr. Saint-Jean then moved to the USA on a fellowship from the School of Social Science at the University of Chicago as his post-doctorate research where he presented a second doctoral thesis on Race and Trauma in 2014, then he decided to join the Society of Jesus.
Dr. Saint-Jean is a well-known international speaker. He wrote several academic papers and a substantial number of popular articles and published several books that intersect: Race, Racism Ignatian spirituality, and Prayers. His forthcoming book with Broadleaf is The Spirituality of Transformation, Joy, and Justice, (Broadleaf Fall 2023). Dr. Saint-Jean is in the stage of the formation known as Regency, a period of focus on apostolic work. In his free time, he enjoys writing and reading about race, racism, and Ignatian spirituality. Dr. Saint-Jean is fluent in eight languages, and he reads and writes Latin, German, and Zoulou. For more information, please visit his profile here.
