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James
Nelson
James Nelson, Associate Professor of Psychology,
Psychology Department
Professor
James M. Nelson (B.A. Eastern Washington University, M.Div.
Fuller Theological Seminary, M.S. & Ph.D. Washington State
University) is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor
of Psychology. He has been a faculty member at VU since
1987 and has served as director of graduate counseling programs
and chair of the psychology department. In 1990 he began
a major research project with colleagues in China, focusing
on the study of cultural differences in depression and personality.
In addition to this research, Dr. Nelson's background includes
two stints as Director of the VU Hangzhou China program and
a year as a visiting scholar in the National Research Center
for Asian-American Mental Health at the University of California,
Los Angeles. Last fall he lead the first VU group visit
to Tibet. He teaches courses in cross-cultural psychology
and the comparative psychology of Christianity and Buddhism.
He also does
occasional work as a photographer, specializing in photography
of religious sites and architecture.
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