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Dinesh Sharma is a marketing science consultant with a Doctorate in Psychology from Harvard. He is a senior fellow at Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research, St Francis College, NYC, and a regular columnist for Asia Times Online.
Some of his recent articles and opinions have also appeared in Wall Street Journal Online, Little India, Wonkette.com, Free Lance-Star, Far Eastern Economic Review, Middle East Times, Middle East Online, Epoch Times, Biotech Law Review, Health Affairs, Media Monitors, DC Chronicles, Fredricksburg.com, MyCentralJersey.com, International Psychology Bulletin, and other scientific journals.
He is the author of the following books:
Human Technogenesis: Cultural Pathways through the Information Age (2004);
Childhood, Family and Sociocultural Change in India (2003);
Socioemotional Development Across Cultures (1998).
He has recently completed a "cultural biography" of the 44th President of the US, titled "Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of A Global President" (Praeger-ABC/CLIO, Sept 2011).
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 First Family's Global Reach (3 comments)
Notes on the first family's global reach in terms of family history, kinship and lineage.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 India's Renewed Tryst with Destiny
A book review of "Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation" (Nilekani, 2009).
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Post-Obama World: Can America Close the Achievement Gap? (1 comments)
Obama, Ogbu, and the achievement gap is examined, involving involuntary minorities, education, and the new African immigrants.
Monday, August 4, 2008 Obama and the Balinese Cockfight
Obama's upbringing in Indonesia is examined within the context of the current political theater and the Balinese cockfight.
Sunday, June 22, 2008 Is Obama the New Progressive Avatar? (12 comments)
This article looks at Obama's early upbringing, background and current appeal to progressives to better understand his candidacy within a global context.
Sunday, June 22, 2008 Voices from His White Working Class Family (3 comments)
This article deals with Obama's working class problem by looking at his White Working Class family from Kansas and Hawaii.
