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Nan
M. Sussman
Nan
M. Sussman , an experimental social psychologist and cross-cultural
specialist, earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of
Kansas. She completed post-doctoral work, serving as a Professional
Associate, at the East-West Center’s Culture Learning Institute
in Honolulu. In 1985, she was selected as a Senior Fulbright
Research Scholar to Japan where she taught at Keio University,
conducted research, and designed and delivered cultural training
programs.
Dr.
Sussman has taught at undergraduate level at the University
of Pittsburgh and George Washington University and at the
graduate level at American University. She has also lectured
at several Japanese universities, the American University
of Rome, the University of the Philippines, Tribuvan University
in Nepal, Shanghai University in China, and the Chinese University
of Hong Kong. In 1982, she joined The City University of New
York and currently is an Associate Professor of Psychology
at the College of Staten Island and Associate Professor in
the I/O Psychology doctoral program at the CUNY Graduate School
and University Center.
Her
research interests focus on culture and behavior including
the areas of cultural adaptation and repatriation of employees
in international assignments, cross-cultural training, selection
of personnel for overseas assignments, culture and social
cognition/attribution. She has published research articles
in many journals including the Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology , Personality and Social Psychology
Review, the International Journal of Intercultural
Relations , and the Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology
.
In
1983, Dr. Sussman founded Global Strategies, an international
human resources management consulting firm. She has provided
services to many international organizations including the
World Bank, the US Department of State, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals,
and A T & T.
Email:
sussman@mail.csi.cuny.edu
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