Positive Psychology - International Student Edition: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

About Charles Richard SnyderJennifer Teramoto PedrottiShane J. Lopez

Shane J. Lopez PhD (deceased) was a Gallup Senior Scientist and Research Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute. Dr. Lopez published more than 100 articles and chapters and 10 books in addition to Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths. These include Making Hope Happen his first trade book; The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (with C. R. Snyder); Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures (with C. R. Snyder); Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People; The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology; and The Psychology of Courage: Modern Research on an Ancient Virtue (with Cynthia Pury). Dr. Lopez was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the International Positive Psychology Association. A professor at the University of Kansas in both the Schools of Education and Business for more than a decade he passed away on July 23 2016. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti PhD is associate dean for diversity and curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts and professor in the Department of Psychology and Child Development at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo where she has been teaching positive psychology with a multicultural focus for over 10 years. She is also serving in an interim role as the associate vice president for Academic Initiatives for the Office of University Diversity and Inclusion also at Cal Poly. She is the lead editor on a volume entitled Perspectives on the Intersection of Multiculturalism and Positive Psychology (with Lisa M. Edwards) and often speaks on the topic of including cultural context in positive psychological discussions including as a keynote speaker at the Asian Pacific Conference on Applied Positive Psychology in Hong Kong and in presentations at conferences including those of the American Psychological Association and the International Positive Psychology Association. Additionally Dr. Teramoto Pedrotti is the lead author on a second textbook for undergraduate students Multicultural Psychology: Self Society and Social Change (with Denise A. Isom). She has contributed to many different volumes throughout her career such as The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology Positive Psychological Interventions Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology and the Handbook of Multicultural Counseling. In addition her work has appeared in multiple journals including the Journal of Counseling Psychology Journal of Positive Psychology and Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Recently she was part of the prestigious Emerging Leaders Program 2022 Cohort via the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. In her current role she encourages students staff and faculty daily to use their strengths to make change toward a more equitable and inclusive campus.   C. R. Snyder PhD (deceased) was the Wright Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas Lawrence. Internationally known for his work at the interface of clinical social personality and health psychology his theories pertained to how people react to personal feedback the human need for uniqueness the ubiquitous drive to excuse transgressions and most recently the hope motive. He received 31 research awards and 27 teaching awards at the university state and national levels. In 2005 he received an honorary doctorate from Indiana Wesleyan University. Snyder appeared many times on national American television shows and he was a regular contributor to National Public Radio. His scholarly work on the human need for uniqueness received the rare recognition of being the subject matter of an entire Sunday cartoon sequence by Garry Trudeau. All of these accomplishments were packaged in a graying and self-effacing absent-minded professor who said of himself If you dont laugh at yourself you have missed the biggest joke of all!