Personality Theories: A Global View

About Eric Shiraev

Eric B. Shiraev is a professor and researcher at George Mason University. He received his PhD in political psychology from St Petersburg University Russia and completed a post-doctoral program at University of California Los Angeles. He has extensive teaching and research experience at a number of distinguished universities both in the United States and abroad. Shiraev is the author co-author and/or co-editor of fourteen books and numerous publications in the fields of cross-cultural psychology political psychology and comparative studies. In addition to his teaching and scholarly pursuits he also writes opinion essays for think-tanks nongovernment organizations and the media. Shiraevs research interests include: history of science comparative history of psychology cross-cultural psychology historical theories of abnormal behavior political psychology folk beliefs scientific foundations of spirituality and psychology of social adjustment and immigration.