Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Stephen Asatsa — CV

A consolidated summary of academic positions, education, research portfolio, fellowships, publications and public-scholarship activities. The full PDF version is available for download below.

Dr. Stephen Asatsa

Current Positions

  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, United States International University-Africa (USIU-A).
  • Founding Director, Centre for Indigenous Research Laboratory (CIR-Lab).
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Durham University.
  • Research Affiliate, Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), Yale University.

Education

  • PhD, Psychology — United States International University-Africa.
  • Master's, Counselling Psychology — United States International University-Africa.
  • Bachelor's, Psychology — Kenyan university partner institution.
  • Continuing professional development in thanatology, cross-cultural research methods and palliative care.

Research Programmes

  • Indigenous psychology & African knowledge systems.
  • Decolonization of psychology training and assessment.
  • Thanatology, bereavement and palliative-care psychology.
  • Cultural evolution of emotion and well-being.
  • Substance use, recovery and faith-based coping.

Selected Honors

  • Durham University Visiting Research Fellowship.
  • HRAF (Yale) Research Affiliate.
  • ISSBD Early-Career Fellowship.
  • ICDSS Fellowship.
  • Multiple competitive university and foundation grants.

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