Summary
My lifelong career goals are: (1) to generate scientific knowledge of human nature by studying culture and emotion; (2) to fill in the gaps between academic/industrial disciplines and promote collective, cumulative, and open science; and (3) to apply scientific knowledge to solve problems at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
Education
- M.A. in Social Psychology, San Francisco State University
- B.A. in Psychology and Physical Education, Southern Utah University
Recent publications
- Kusano K., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2020). Multi-level modelling of time-series cross-sectional data reveals the dynamic interaction between ecological threats and democratic development. Royal Society Open Science, 7: 191804.
- Kemmelmeier, M., & Kusano, K. (2018). Intercultural competence: Teaching it is worthwhile. In C. L. Frisby & W. T. O’Donohue (Eds.), Cultural competence in applied psychology: Theory, science, practice, and evaluation (pp. 621-649). City: Publisher. (available upon request)
- Kusano, K., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2018). Ecology of freedom: Competitive tests of the role of pathogens, climate, and natural disasters in the development of socio-political freedom. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 954. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00954