Microaggression and the Mitigation of Psychological Harm: Four Social Workers’ Exposition For Care of Clients, Students, and Faculty Who Suffer ‘A Thousand Little Cuts’ by Vanessa Hunn, Ph.D. hunnv1@nku.edu Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Social Work & Leadership Northern Kentucky University Dana Harley, Ph.D. harleyd1@nku.edu Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Social Work & Leadership Northern Kentucky University Willie Elliott, D.Min elliott@nku.edu Associate Professor and B.S.W. Field Director, Department of Counseling, Social Work & Leadership Northern Kentucky University & James P. Canfield, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Counseling, Social Work & Leadership Northern Kentucky University 41 The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol.7, no.9, April 2015