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Grant J. Rich is a psychologist, scholar, and professor at Walden University [1]. He is best known as an authority on international and cultural psychology, and has authored/edited ten books, and over 150 journal articles and book chapters, many on this topic [2].

Early Life and Education

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Dr. Rich graduated from Oberlin College and received his PhD in psychology at the University of Chicago [3]. At Chicago he was a student of the famed social psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi known for his work in positive psychology and on flow, a peak experience motivational state associated with creativity and well-being.

Career

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Dr. Rich has served as President of APA's Society for Media Psychology and Technology [4] and co-edited the Handbook of Media Psychology [5] . Dr. Rich received the 2023 Frances Mullen Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Psychology (ICP: International Council of Psychologists) [6]. He twice received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship [2] focusing on research in the Maya Worlds and the Tropical Atlantic and he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America for his accomplishments [3]. Dr. Rich is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) [7] and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) [8] [1] . He has lived and taught in Alaska, Cambodia, and India [2], and has served on the Board of the International Council of Psychology Educators (ICOPE) [9]. Dr. Rich was a candidate for APA President in 2024 [10]; the APA (American Psychological Association) is the largest organization of psychologists in the USA with over 145,000 members [11].

References

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  1. ^ a b "Grant Rich | Walden University". www.waldenu.edu.
  2. ^ a b c "Grant J. Rich". rich.socialpsychology.org.
  3. ^ a b "Marquis Biography Online - Login". mbo.marquiswhoswho.com.
  4. ^ https://www.apadivisions.org/division-46/about/leadership/president
  5. ^ Rich, Grant J.; Kumar, V. K.; Farley, Frank H., eds. (2024). Handbook of Media Psychology. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56537-3. ISBN 978-3-031-56536-6 – via link.springer.com.
  6. ^ "Frances Mullen Award, International Council of Psychologists".
  7. ^ https://www.apa.org/members/your-membership/fellows
  8. ^ "APS Fellows". member.psychologicalscience.org.
  9. ^ "ICOPE Inc". Psychological Literacy.
  10. ^ https://www.apa.org/about/governance/elections/president-elect-candidates
  11. ^ {www.apa.org}

Further Reading

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Rich, G. (Ed.). (2002). Massage therapy: The evidence for practice. N.Y.: Mosby/Elsevier. [1]

Rich, G., & Gielen, U. (Eds.). (2015). Pathfinders in international psychology. Charlotte, NC: IAP- Information Age Publishing. (foreword by Past APA President Florence Denmark).[2]

Rich, G., Gielen, U., & Takooshian, H. (Eds.). (2017). Internationalizing the teaching of psychology. (forewords by Jaan Valsiner, David Myers, and Saths Cooper). Charlotte, NC: IAP- Information Age Publishing. [3]

Rich, G., Padilla-Lopez, A., de Souza, L. K., Zinkiewicz, L., Taylor, J., & Jaafar, J. L. (Eds.). (2018). Teaching psychology around the world (Volume 4). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [4]

Rich, G., & Sirikantraporn, S. (Eds.). (2018). Human strengths and resilience: Developmental, cross- cultural, and international perspectives (foreword by Chris Stout). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. [5]

Rich, G., Ebersöhn, L., Morrissey, S., Padilla-Lopez, A., & Taylor, J. (Eds.). (2020). Teaching psychology around the world (Volume 5). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [6]

Rich, G., Jaafar, J. L., & Barron, D. (Eds.). (2020). Psychology in Southeast Asia: Sociocultural, clinical and health perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge. [7]

Rich, G., & Ramkumar, N. A. (Eds.). (2022). Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean. Springer. (foreword by APA President Frank Worrell) [8]

Rich, G., Kuriansky, J., Gielen, U., & Kaplin, D. (Eds.). (2023). Psychosocial experiences and adjustment of migrants: Coming to the USA. (foreword by APA Past President Antonio Puente) Elsevier/Academic Press. [9]

Rich, G., Kumar, K., & Farley, F. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook of media psychology: The science and the practice. Springer. (foreword by Danny Wedding). [10]

  1. ^ NCTMB, Grant Jewell Rich PhD (April 12, 2002). Massage Therapy: The Evidence for Practice. Mosby Ltd. ISBN 0723432171.
  2. ^ "IAP || Book || Pathfinders in International Psychology". www.infoagepub.com.
  3. ^ "IAP || Book || Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology". www.infoagepub.com.
  4. ^ "Teaching Psychology around the World (Volume 4) - Cambridge Scholars Publishing". www.cambridgescholars.com.
  5. ^ Human Strengths and Resilience: Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives – via rowman.com.
  6. ^ "Teaching Psychology around the World: Volume 5 - Cambridge Scholars Publishing". www.cambridgescholars.com.
  7. ^ "Psychology in Southeast Asia: Sociocultural, Clinical, and Health Perspectives". Routledge & CRC Press.
  8. ^ Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean. International and Cultural Psychology. 2022. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87763-7. ISBN 978-3-030-87762-0 – via link.springer.com.
  9. ^ Rich, Grant J.; Kuriansky, Judy; Gielen, Uwe P.; Kaplin, Daniel (26 July 2023). Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants - 1st Edition | Elsevier Shop. Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0-12-823794-6. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Rich, Grant J.; Kumar, V. K.; Farley, Frank H., eds. (2024). Handbook of Media Psychology. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56537-3. ISBN 978-3-031-56536-6 – via link.springer.com.
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