In the Spotlight: Dinesh Sharma

DINESH SHARMA - THE AUTHOR OF BARACK OBAMA IN HAWAII AND INDONESIA: THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL PRESIDENT / CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND MARKETING CONSULTANT Associate Research Professor (Hon.) Institute for Global Cultural Studies, Dinesh Sharma is the author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President, which was rated as the Top 10 Black History Book for 2012 by the American Library Association. He is a regular columnist for Asia Times Online, The Global Intelligence, and a contributor to Al Jazeera English, Eastern Eye, News Blaze and many other news websites. Currently, he is an Associate Research Professor (Hon.) at the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton; Senior Fellow at the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research, New York; and a Host and Producer at Princeton TV. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer in EU, Asia and Africa. He has consulted in the healthcare industry for almost ten years for Fortune 500 clients, while he authored or edited six books and hundreds of articles (peer-reviewed, scientific, and journalistic). He earned a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University and Doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University.