The Psychology Section Presents Barack Obama as a Global Leader

Speakers

Uwe P. Gielen, PhD

IICCP, St. Francis College

Uwe P. Gielen (PhD in Social Psychology, Harvard University) is the founder and executive director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology at St. Francis College in New York. He is the editor of some twenty cross-culturally oriented books including (with Jefferson Fish and Juris Draguns) Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing (2004) and (with Roy Moodley and Rosa Wu) Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy in an International Context (2013). He also serves as the coeditor of The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century. Having lectured in 33 countries on topics related to international psychology, he has served as president of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, the International Council of Psychologists, and the International Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. He is also a former chair of the NYAS Psychology Section and a fellow of the Academy.

Dinesh Sharma, PhD

SUNY-Binghamton, IICCP, St. Francis College

Dinesh Sharma (PhD in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University) is the author of Barack Obama in Hawai'i and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President, which was rated as the Top 10 Black History Book for 2012 by the American Library Association. He is the author and editor of six books including The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century (Mar. 2014) and Psychoanalysis, Culture and Religion (Jan. 2014). He is a regular columnist for Asia Times Online, The Global Intelligence, and contributor to Al Jazeera English, Eastern Eye, News Blaze, and many other news websites. Currently, he is Associate Research Professor (Hon.) at the Institute for Global Studies, State University of New York- Binghamton, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research in New York, and a host and producer at Princeton TV, New Jersey.