Our People

Background Kenichi Ito is an Assistant professor in the School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Research Interests My research investigates the interaction between culture and humans. Specific topic includes face perception, friendships, consumption, and pro-environmental behaviors.

Affiliation Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. +98-9143080767 ; +98-41-33392092 ; Zarean@tabrizu.ac.ir ; zareanpsy2020@gmail.com Director, Yasham Psychology & Counseling Center+98-41-35564359; +98-9307716914; www.yashamcenter.com Education PhD in Clinical Psychology from Shahid…

Background Thipnapa has a Bachelor degree in Communication Arts from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and a Master and a Doctoral degree in Applied Social Psychology from the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, USA. She currently teaches courses…

Affiliations Visiting professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea Background Now I’m a visiting professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea. I’ve received my master’s degree at Sungkyunkwan University, then got my Ph.D. at Washington State University in the United States. I’m…

Allan B. I. Bernardo Bernardo is Distinguished University Professor and University Fellow at De La Salle University in the Philippines. He obtained his PhD (Psychology) from Yale University in 1992. His research interests include lay theories of culture and intergroup…

Past President Emeritus Professor Department of Psychology, Counselling and Therapy, School of Psychology and Public Health Email e.kashima@latrobe.edu.au Background Emi Kashima is a cultural psychologist based in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she received her PhD from the University…

Past President   Hoon-Seok Choi is Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Seoul, Korea. He received his Doctoral Degree in Social Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001. Before taking the faculty position…

    Itesh Sachdev, born and raised in Kenya as a multilingual vegetarian, received his formal education in Kenya, UK & Canada.  Following his doctorate in social psychology, his professional academic career has been at the University of London (UK)…

Professor James Liu passed away on August 11, 2024. The AASP published an obituary written by Professor Sik Hung Ng, FRSNZ (President of AASP from 2007-2009). To honor James’ legacy and contributions in advancing knowledge in psychology and wellbeing in…

  Li Liu was a Professor of Social Psychology at Beijing Normal University, China. He passed away due to illness on October 29, 2025, while serving as AASP President.  Professor Liu was born in November 1962 in Hailar, Inner Mongolia.…