Fast Connect 27

FAST-CONNECT No 27
Highlights
Students – ECPs – Senior Psychologists
of Division 52
CRAIG SHEALY Ph.D.
Craig Shealy, Ph.D. is a professor of graduate psychology at James Madison University (JMU) and the executive director of the
International Beliefs and Values Institute (www.ibavi.org). He received his Ph.D. from Auburn University in 1992 and is a
licensed clinical psychologist in Virginia. Dr. Shealy combines his many roles to focus on a range of research, teaching, and
service activities that include (but are not restricted to) global education and internalization of programs and curricula at the
undergraduate and graduate levels as well as the research implications and practice applications of assessing beliefs and
values vis-à-vis Equilintegration Theory, the EI Self, and the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI)
(http://www.springerpub.com/making-sense-of-beliefs-and-values.html). Within APA's Division 52 (International), he chairs
the Curriculum and Training Committee. As executive director of the IBAVI, Dr. Shealy is involved in a range of national and
international scholarly, educational, and service projects. He coordinates the Madison International Learning Community at
JMU, in which US and International students and faculty reside together to learn through experiential and classroom-based
activities that promote global citizenship. Dr. Shealy also serves as co-editor, with Dr. Bullock of Going Global: How Psychology
and Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need (forthcoming, APA Books). Most recently, he is spearheading a three-year
research-to-practice summit series entitled, Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self, which has strong representation by US
and international psychologists, and focuses on transformative teaching, training, and learning, both locally and globally
( http://www.jmu.edu/summitseries/).
(Interviewed by Devi Bhutan PsyD, Div52 ECP Member)
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DEVI BHUYAN, Psy.D.
Dr. Devi Bhuyan completed her bachelor's and master's in psychology in Bombay, India. Following her master's, she worked in
the field of domestic violence treatment. She completed her PsyD from James Madison University in Virginia, USA and is
currently working at the Menninger Institute in Texas doing psychotherapy with young adults. She has strong beliefs in
mental health from a healing perspective. During our conversation about international psychology, Dr. Bhuyan pointed out
the strong impact culture has on a person's beliefs and perspectives. Also, she noted that many times the "western"
viewpoint becomes dominant in psychology; but psychologists are starting to realize the need for understanding from a
multicultural point of view. When asked about the rape situation in India, she finds it encouraging that the men in India are
becoming progressive and supporting female empowerment. There is still work for psychologists to achieve in India, with
many prejudices yet to overcome. She is very interested in activism, how socio-political structures impact people, and
multiculturalism.
(Interviewed by Deepti Pradhan MSc, Div52 Student Member)
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DEEPTI PRADHAN, MSc.
Deepti Pradhan is an international psychology PhD candidate in her fourth year at the Chicago School of Professional
Psychology, Washington DC campus. Her research focuses upon the impact of educational films on attitudes and behaviors
within a Kenyan refugee program. Growing up in Bhopal, India, Deepti "had a wonderful childhood, and a big family in
India." Educationally, she completed a bachelor's in psychology in India, Bhopal (2006) and a master's in the U.K. at the
University of Wales, Bangor. When I asked her about internationalizing psychology, she replied, "We need to understand how
cultures evolve, and how such changes are affecting our values and beliefs, and affecting us as human beings. By keeping pace
with this, we all can understand and serve society better." Regarding the future, Deepti noted: "I am very positive and hopeful
about the future, definitely. Psychology is becoming a real subject around the world. There is great work to be done and is
already taking place." I left our interview feeling encouraged about the potential and prospects for the next generation of
global psychologists.
(Interviewed by Craig Sheal PhD, Senior Member of Div52)
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