Ramsay Liem, Ph.D.,

Professor

Ph.D.: University of Rochester, 1970.

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Research Interests

Social processes and psychological well-being (e.g., economic change, unemployment and mental health); cultural psychology (e.g., ethnic identity of Asian Americans, culture and the emotions; culture and mental health; human rights and mental health.


Representative Publications

Liem, R. (expected, 1999). Community psychology and the new immigrants. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of Community Psychology. N.Y.: Plenum Publishing Co.

Liem, R. (1998). Psychology and the teaching of Asian American Studies. In L. Hirabayashi (Ed), Teaching Asian America. N.Y.: Rowman & Littlefield Pubs.

Liem, R. (1997). Shame and guilt among first and second generation Asian Americans and European Americans. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 28, 365-392.

Liem, R. & Liem, J. (1996). Mental health and unemployment: the making and unmaking of casualties. In B. Lykes, A. Banuazizi, R. Liem, & M. Morris (Eds), Myths about the Powerless: Contesting Social Inequalities. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Lykes, B. & Liem, R. (1990). Human rights and mental health in the United States: Lessons from Latin America. Journal of Social Issues, 46 151-165.

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Prof. Ramsay Liem
Department of Psychology
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3807.

tel: (617) 552-4108
fax: (617) 552-0523
email: liem@bc.edu