Michele Gelfand New Honorary Fellow

Citation read at the 2018 Guelph Congress by Patricia Greenfield, chair of the selection committee: On behalf of the Awards Committee – myself, Prof Paul Bain, and Prof. Ayse Uskul – I am delighted to announce that the 2018 honorary fellow is Professor Michele Gelfand of the University of Maryland. Prof. Gelfand was nominated by…

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New Facebook Group

The IACCP now has two Facebook pages: “International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)” – for all IACCP members “IACCP Next Generation” – Sponsored by the IACCP Youth Group Click HERE to check out the new facebook group for IACCP! Join and help us add content, please! To join: Go to the group page, click on…

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Kwok Leung Passes Away in Hong Kong

Former IACCP President, eminent social scientist, and friend, Kwok Leung (Ê¢Å˶∫) passed away on May 25 in Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong after a two and half month long illness. A private funeral for family and close relatives will be held in Hong Kong. Kwok was 57 years old and leaves behind his wife, Yumi,…

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Husband of Former Secretary-General Josie Naidoo Passes Away

Dr. James Leslie, husband of IACCP Secretary-General Dr. Josie Naidoo (1994-1996), passed away in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on May 29, 2015. Jim was a physicist at the University of Waterloo. Harry Triandis escorted Josie to the altar in her 1964 wedding to Jim, as Josie’s parents were unable to travel from apartheid South Africa at…

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Culture & Psychology School Convenes in Japanese Alps

The 2016 IACCP Culture & Psychology School convened in the mountains north of Nagoya for three and a half days of intense instruction and discussion of theory and methods. The school was organized by Ron Fischer with the help of a committee appointed by IACCP and featured three prominent culturalists as instructors: Matt Easterbrook, University…

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1000 Delegates Converge on Nagoya Congress

The largest conference in IACCP history begins on July 30 as about 1000 people open its 23rd Congress in Nagoya, Japan. The first keynote of the conference will be given by Edward Diener, ‚ÄúA Cross-Cultural View of Well-Being.‚Äù

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2018 Election Results

The election of officers and regional representatives is complete. Thanks to all members who voted in this election. Officer Results The new President-Elect is Colleen Ward of New Zealand. Saba Safdar, Canada, was re-elected to a second term as Deputy Secretary-General. (The Secretary-General, Marta Fulop, was not up for election this year. The Treasurer and…

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