Harold Takooshian
Harold Takooshian has been a member of the faculty at Fordham University since 1975, having begun his college teaching career at age 23. He has taught in both the U.S. and in South America. He was named a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the USSR in 1987-88, and to Russia (fall of 2013) at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
Dr. Takooshian is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and has served as a national officer or President of Psi Chi (1993-2000), President of APA Divisions of International Psychology (2003) and General Psychology (2007), chair of the New York group of SPSSI, and a representative of APA to the United Nations. In 2010 Psi Chi honored Dr. Takooshian with the Florence L. Denmark National Faculty Advisor Award:
http://www.socialpsychology.org/upload/view/81926/award_psichi.pdf
Dr. Takooshian's research interests focus on applied social/personality psychology, industrial psychology, applied psychometrics, attitude survey research methods, urban psychology, ethnicity and feminism, cross-cultural psychology, and student excellence. He is known for his encouragement of students' independent research, having sponsored over 200 student publications or conference publications.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Gender Psychology
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Organizational Behavior
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Research Methods, Assessment
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Stanley Milgram: Teacher and Friend
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Professors Harold Takooshian of Fordham University and Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University remember Stanley Milgram, their brilliant friend and teacher.
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9:43 Stanley Milgram: Teacher and Friend
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Professors Harold Takooshian of Fordham University and Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University remember Stanley Milgram, their brilliant friend and teacher.
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53:56 Psychology in New York: Its Fascinating History
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- Award- Psi Chi
- Memory Book — Takooshian
- Webinar: The Remarkable Origins of the APA International Division 52 (July 25, 2022)
- PCUN Book Series on International Psychology
- Fordham_FIRST_2014
- Kitty Genovese Forum -March 2014
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Kitty Genovese_2014
- Linked publication: Takooshian, H., Bedrosian, D., Cecero, J.J., Chancer, L., Karmen, A., Rasenberger, J., Rosenthal, A.M., Sliwa, C., Skoller, C.E., & Stephen, J. (2005). Remembering Catherine "Kitty" Genovese: A public forum. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 14, 63-77.
- Linked publication: Takooshian, H., & O'Connor, P. J. (1984). When apathy leads to tragedy: Two Fordham professors examine "Bad Samaritanism." Social Action & the Law, 10(1), 26-27.
- ABSA_2013
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SURVEYS_Global
- Linked publication: Takooshian, H., Mrinal, N., & Mrinal, U. (1999). Research methods for studies in the field. In L. L. Adler & U. P. Gielen (Eds.), Cross-cultural topics in psychology (2nd ed., pp. 29-46). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
- Linked course: Psychological Testing
- Linked course: Social Psychology
- Linked course: Urban Psychology
- NYC_Oct 27, 2013
- Psi Chi best practices 2013
- Grant Rich Book
Journal Articles:
- Guzewicz, T. D., & Takooshian, H. (1992). Development of a short-form scale of public attitudes toward homelessness. Journal of Social Distress & the Homeless, 1(1), 67-79.
- Reynolds, R. I., & Takooshian, H. (1988). Where were you August 8, 1985? Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 26(1), 23-25.
- Rieber, R. W., Takooshian, H., & Iglesias, H. (2002). The case of Sybil in the teaching of psychology. Journal of Social Distress & the Homeless, 11(4), 355-360.
- Takooshian, H. (2005). Reviewing 100 years of cross-national work on intelligence. PsycCRITIQUES, 50(12).
- Takooshian, H. (2003). Counseling psychology's wide new horizons. The Counseling Psychologist, 31(4), 420-426.
- Takooshian, H. A., & Stuart, C. R. (1983). Ethnicity and feminism among American women: Opposing social trends? International Journal of Group Tensions, 13, 100-105.
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Takooshian, H., Bedrosian, D., Cecero, J.J., Chancer, L., Karmen, A., Rasenberger, J., Rosenthal, A.M., Sliwa, C., Skoller, C.E., & Stephen, J. (2005). Remembering Catherine "Kitty" Genovese: A public forum. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 14, 63-77.
- Linked file: Kitty Genovese_2014
- Takooshian, H., & Newman, S. (1998). Recognizing excellent psychology students. International Journal of Psychology, 367-369.
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Takooshian, H., & O'Connor, P. J. (1984). When apathy leads to tragedy: Two Fordham professors examine "Bad Samaritanism." Social Action & the Law, 10(1), 26-27.
- Linked file: Kitty Genovese_2014
- Takooshian, H., & Rieber, R. W. (1996). Political correctness and social distress in academe: What's old, what's new, what's right and what's left? Journal of Social Distress & the Homeless, 5(2), 99-109.
Other Publications:
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Takooshian, H., Mrinal, N., & Mrinal, U. (1999). Research methods for studies in the field. In L. L. Adler & U. P. Gielen (Eds.), Cross-cultural topics in psychology (2nd ed., pp. 29-46). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
- Linked file: SURVEYS_Global
- Takooshian, H., & Trusov, V. P. (1992). Post-Soviet psychology. In U. P. Gielen, & L. L. Adler (Eds.), Psychology in international perspective: 50 years of the International Council of Psychologists (pp. 54-69). Lisse, Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers.
- Takooshian, H., & Verdi, W. M. (1995). Assessment of attitudes toward terrorism. In L. L. Adler, & F. L. Denmark (Eds.), Violence and the prevention of violence (pp. 33-43). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Industrial Psychology
- Advanced Library Research
- Computers in Social Science
- Culture and Community
- Forensic Psychology
- History and Systems of Psychology
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- Introduction to Research
- Law and Psychology
- Management
- Personality
- Personnel Psychology
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Psychological Testing
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- Psychology in Criminal Justice
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Social Psychology
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Urban Psychology
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Harold Takooshian
Department of Psychology
113 West 60th Street
Fordham University
New York, New York 10023
United States of America
- Phone: (212) 636-6393