Elected the first woman president of the IACCP in 1990, Çigdem
Kagitçibasi has held offices in the Association since 1982.
By organizing the Eighth International Congress of the International
Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology in 1986, editing the
proceedings book of the Congress, serving as Associate Editor
of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and as Co-Editor
of the 1997 Cross-Cultural Psychology Handbook, Dr. Kagitçibasi
has provided leadership to cross-cultural research and to IACCP
as an organization. She was the coordinator of the Advanced Research
Training Seminar in 1994-96 and was elected Vice-President of
the International Union of Psychological Sciences in 1996. Dr.
Kagitçibasi is a recognized leader of international psychology,
particularly of non-western perspectives, and she was recognized
by an award of the American Psychological Association in 1993
for her distinguished contributions to the International Advancement
of Psychology. Dr. Kagitçibasi has been the President of
the Turkish Psychological Association and was appointed as one
of the 10 founding members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences
in 1993.
Dr. Kagitçibasi continues to be an inspired teacher and a role model for students entering the field of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Her research has led to understanding human development, interpersonal relations, and their variations across cultures and their antecedents. Dr. Kagitçibasi's work on the interfaces of self-family-culture has led to greater understanding of the sociocultural environment of the family. She has synthesized empirical and theoretical research, and she has remained a forceful advocate for a socially relevant psychology of societal development.
August 6, 1998