Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	Ezemenari Obasi
Degree	Ph.D., Ohio State University
Position	Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology, Brain & Cognitive Science
Office	275-E, Life Sciences II
Phone	(618) 453-3559
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	obasi@siu.edu
Biosketch	Ezemenari M. Obasi is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology program, and cross-appointed in the Brain & Cognitive Science program. He received a B.S. in Physics at the University of California-Irvine, received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at The Ohio State University, and completed his pre-doctoral internship at Harvard Medical School: McLean Hospital . His clinical experiences have included a college counseling center, VA medical center, maximum security prison, and psychiatric hospital. Dr. Obasi's research interests broadly include cross-cultural psychology (with an emphasis on African psychology), substance abuse, health disparities, and psychological assessment. He is constructing an experimental laboratory that takes advantage of modern technology to examine the complex intersection of several variables he is studying (cultural identity; health disparities; health seeking attitudes/behaviors; indigenous healing practices; scale construction; and cultural, genetic, psychological, and environmental factors contributing to alcohol abuse and its impact on human behavior). He is the past national President of the Student Circle of the Association of Black Psychologists. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Black Psychology. He is the past Student Representative and a past member of the Mentoring Committee of the APA Div 17 Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity. He is a past recipient of the APA Div 17 Barbara A. Kirk Award for outstanding student initiated research. For more information, see his research and personal websites: http://hwemudua.psychology.siu.edu http://www.obasi.org
Research Interests	Substance Use/Abuse (Alcohol/EtOH) Social Neuroscience Biomarkers Health Disparities Cross Cultural Psychology (emphasis on African/African American psychology)
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles & Book Chapters: Chwalisz, K., Obasi, E. M. (in press). Health promotion and disease prevention. In S. Brown & B. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (4th ed). New York, NY: Wiley. Walker, R. L., Wingate, L., Obasi, E. M. , & Joiner, T. E. (in press). An empirical investigation of acculturative stress and ethnic identity as moderators for depression and suicidal ideation in African American and European American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Flores, L. Y., & Obasi, E. M. (2005). Mentors' influence on Mexican American students' career and educational development. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 33 (3), 146-164. Myers, L. J., Obasi, E. M. , Jefferson, M., Anderson , M., Godfrey, T., & Purnell, J. (2005). Building multicultural competence around indigenous healing practices. In M. Constantine & D. W. Sue (Eds.), Strategies for building multicultural competence in mental health and educational settings. New York , NY: John Wiley & Sons. Myers, L. J., Young, A., Obasi, E. M. , & Speight, S. (2003). Guidelines for treating persons of African descent. Psychological treatment of ethnic minority populations . Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests. Washington, D.C.: Association of Black Psychologists. Flores, L. Y., Spanierman, L. B., & Obasi, E. M. (2003). Ethical and professional issues in career assessment with diverse racial and ethnic groups. Journal of Career Assessment, 11(1), 76-95. Flores, L. Y., & Obasi, E. M. (2003). Positive psychological assessment in an increasingly diverse world. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychological measurement: A handbook of models and measures. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.
Teaching:	Undergraduate Psychology Course: Psychology of the African/African American Experience (Psyc 340/BAS 340) Graduate Courses: Cross-Cultural Psychology (Psyc 553) Group Psychotherapy (Psyc 538) Counseling Practicum (Psyc 594F)