Georgetown College. Georgetown University.

Dr. Fathali Moghaddam's colorful book covers decorate the hall of the Department of Psychology in White-Gravenor. (Photo: Roland Dimaya)

By Dayo Akinwande

As an internationally known and widely travelled psychologist with a career spanning three decades, three continents, and three professorships, Dr. Fathali Moghaddam has also committed his thoughts and theories to paper—be it with fellow scholars, his pupils, or all by himself. Here are a few examples of his most recent work:

The Self and Others: Positioning Individuals and Groups in Personal, Political, and Cultural Contexts
With Ron Harre
(Praeger, 2003)
Supported by an army of top scholars in the positional theory field, Dr. Moghaddam contributes to this cross-disciplinary study of relations between the self and other individuals, the self and groups, and the self and context. This book is ideal for those looking for a discourse that intertwines psychology, linguistics, and microsociology to achieve a well-detailed account of human social relations on a global scale.

The Psychology of Rights and Duties: Empirical Contributions and Normative Commentaries
With Norman Finkel
(American Psychological Association, 2004)
This book attempts to address a long-neglected line of research: people’s understanding of rights and duties. Dr. Moghaddam and fellow Georgetown Psychology professor Dr. Norman Finkel make a strong case for renewed attention from psychologists to the relationship between the two, investigating how morality is transformed into action by presenting empirical research.

Great Ideas in Psychology: A Cultural and Historical Introduction
(One World Publications, 2005)
A book that functions more as a portal for beginners, it deals with the key ideas of some of the most important psychologists of the day, drawing from a critical assessment of classic great ideas in psychology to do so.

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