Grant J. Rich received his Ph.D. in Psychology: Human Development from the University of Chicago. His work focuses on optimal cross-cultural human development and international positive psychology, including resilience and posttraumatic growth. Dr. Rich is senior editor of eight books, including Pathfinders in International Psychology (2015), Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology (2017), Human Strengths and Resilience: Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives (2018), Teaching Psychology Around the World, Volume 4 (2018), Teaching Psychology Around the World, Volume 5 (2020), Psychology in Southeast Asia: Sociocultural, clinical and health perspectives (2020), and Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean (2022). A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Dr. Rich has taught at institutions around the globe, recently in Alaska, Cambodia, and India. Since 2013, he has served on the faculty of Walden University. Dr. Rich has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles/book chapters in top journals including American Psychologist, Humanistic Psychologist, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Journal of Positive Psychology, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, and Professional Psychology. A board-certified massage therapist (NCBTMB), he is editor of the academic book of quantitative research Massage Therapy: The Evidence for Practice (2002, Elsevier) and served a term as NCBTMB National Board Member (2018-2019). A licensed social worker, he has served on medical missions internationally. He serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals, including PLOS One, and APA’s journals Traumatology and Peace & Conflict. He currently is lead editor another book in contract, The International Handbook of Media Psychology (co-edited with past APA President Frank Farley and Krishna Kumar). Dr. Rich is President-Elect of two APA divisions, the Society for Media Psychology and Technology, and the Society for Peace, Conflict, & Violence.