Uwe P. Gielen

Uwe P. Gielen (b. August 5, 1940 in Berlin, Germany) is a German-born American psychologist whose focus is upon international and cross-cultural psychology. He is currently professor emeritus of Psychology and the Executive Director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Biography

Gielen obtained his MA in Psychology from Wake Forest University and his PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University. He taught at the City University of New York from 1973 to 1980 and then was the chairman of the St. Francis College Psychology department from 1980 until 1990 and taught concurrently and otherwise at St . Francis from 1980 until 2012.

Gielen is a widely published editor and author, having edited, co-edited or co-authored some twenty-six volumes and nine special editions of journals. Among his numerous titles he is the co-editor with Dinesh Sharma of "The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century", and with Grant Rich and Harold Takooshian of "Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology". He has served as the president of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, the International Council of Psychologists, and the International Psychology Division (52) of the American Psychological Association.

Among his most recent publications is the article "Internationalizing Undergraduate Psychology Education: Trends, Techniques, and Technologies" in Vol. 71, No. 2 of American Psychologist co-authored with Scott Plous, Grant Rich and Harold Takooshian.

Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology

Gielen is the executive director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology at St. Francis College which.. "sponsors research and publications in international and cross-cultural psychology"... A current project of the institute is "Growing up Chinese in New York City", wherein a research team headed by Gielen, Ting Lei and Jonathan Palumbo is undertaking to survey the "acculturation of 14-33 year old male and female Chinese-Americans residing in New York City".