Grant J. Rich

Grant J. Rich (Ph.D., Psychology, University of Chicago) is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), of the American Psychological Association (APA), and five of APA’s divisions including D1 (General), D2 (Teaching), D46 (Media and Technology), D48 (Peace, Conflict, and Violence), and D52 (International). Dr. Rich has extensive experience in managing organizations and projects; for instance, he served D48 successfully for three years as its APA Convention Program Chair (2020-2022), and, for four years, was Editor of D52’s substantial quarterly International Psychology Bulletin (IPB), receiving its President’s Award for Extraordinary Service. Among other honors, he received the Academic Service Award, American University of Phnom Penh and twice was a NEH Fellow (in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, and in the Tropical Atlantic). He is 2023 recipient of the Frances Mullen Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Psychology (ICP: International Council of Psychologists).

Dr. Rich has published over 100 peer reviewed journal articles/book chapters/encyclopedia entries in leading journals including American Psychologist, Journal of Positive Psychology, Humanistic Psychologist, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Oxford Bibliographies, the Caribbean Journal of Psychology, and Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. He is the senior editor of ten academic books, including Pathfinders in International Psychology (IAP, 2015), Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology (2017), Human Strengths and Resilience: Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives (Rowman/Lexington, 2018), Teaching Psychology Around the World, Volume 4 (2018) and 5 (2020), Psychology in Southeast Asia: Sociocultural, Clinical and Health Perspectives (Routledge, 2020), Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean (Springer, 2022), Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA (Elsevier, 2023), and Handbook of Media Psychology and Technology- The Science and the Practice (Springer, in press 2024), co-edited with Krishna Kumar and past APA President Frank Farley. Dr. Rich has over twenty years of experience teaching courses in psychology, research design and methods, and mathematics to both undergraduate and doctoral students and has taught at institutions around the globe, recently in Alaska, Cambodia (AUPP), and India (Ashoka U.), and as clinical psychology faculty at Saybrook University. Dr. Rich is a leader in online and global education, and serves as Senior Contributing Faculty at Walden University. He frequently teaches courses with cultural and international emphases, including those on disaster, crisis, trauma, and child and lifespan development.

Dr. Rich serves on several editorial boards, including APA’s journals Traumatology and Peace & Conflict. He has also published over 100 book reviews and offered more than 110 professional presentations in the USA and internationally, including APA, AERA, AAA, APS, IAAP, and ICP, along with numerous international conferences ranging from Africa, Australia, and Europe to Mexico and the Caribbean to the Middle East. Dr Rich maintains a strong interest in behavioral health technologies, including prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) and their precursors, and how such technologies may best be utilized for optimal service provision, such as in rural and international settings. A board-certified massage therapist (NCBTMB), he is the editor of an academic book of quantitative research “Massage Therapy: The Evidence for Practice" (2002) and served a term as a National Board Member of the NCBTMB (2018-2019). A licensed social worker, he has served on medical missions internationally and traveled to over 33 nations.