Regan Gurung

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Regan A. R. Gurung
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Gurung in 2017
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Regan A.R. Gurung

(1969-08-09) August 9, 1969 (age 54)
NationalityAmerican, Indian
Alma mater University of Washington, PhD, 1996
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Regan A. R. Gurung (born August 9, 1969) is an American psychologist and award-winning author. [1]

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Gurung has served as president of Psi Chi, the founding co-editor of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology published by the American Psychological Association, and co-chair of the APA's Introductory Psychology Initiative. [2] He has received numerous awards and honors for his contribution to social and pedagogical psychology, authoring more than a dozen educational books and publishing over 120 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. [3] [4] [5] [6]

History

Gurung was born in Bombay, India. He moved to the United States at an early age.

At the origin of his educational itinerary, Gurung attended and received his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1991 at the liberal arts-based Carleton College in Minnesota. He later earned his Master's and PhD in social and personality psychology from the University of Washington in Seattle during the mid-1990s. Since completing his doctoral studies, he assumed the role of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health at UCLA in 1996. During the early 2000s, Gurung worked as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, ultimately becoming the chair at the university's Department of Psychology and later the associate dean of the Liberal Arts & Sciences. [7]

As of 2019, he currently serves as a professor of psychology, associate vice provost and the executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the psychology program at Oregon State University. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] He is also the founding co-editor of the APA's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology journal.

Recognition

Since his tenure began amid teaching at numerous American universities, Gurung has authored and released more than 120 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored 15 books, and amassed mass media attention. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] He has also been the subject of several honors and awards by the leading initiatives and organizational bodies in the social sciences. Gurung also appeared in a TEDx Talk. [21] [22] [23] [24]

Honors

Awards

Books

YearTitlePublisher ISBN Note
2005Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach Cengage Learning 978-0495600794
2009Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity Across the CurriculumStylus 978-1579222802
2011An EasyGuide to APA Style SAGE Publications 978-1544323725 Winner, SAGE Textbook Excellence Award, 2022
2014Multicultural Approaches to Health and Wellness in AmericaABC-CLIO 978-1440803505
2016An Evidence-based Guide to College and University Teaching Routledge 978-1000486919
2018Health Psychology: Well-Being in a Diverse World SAGE Publications 978-1506392356
2021Thriving in Academia: Building a Career at a Teaching-Focused Institution American Psychological Association 978-1433836398
2021A Pocket Guide to Online Teaching Routledge 978-1000369854
2022Everyday Applications of Psychological Science Routledge 978-1000602456
2023Study Like a Champ: The Psychology-based Guide to "Grade A" Study Habits American Psychological Association 978-1433840173 [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

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