Beyond Weird: Psychobiography in Times of Transcultural and Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg. She is a Semester at Sea Alumni (SASFA22) and a Board member of the International Academy of Intercultural Research. Further, she is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Positive Psychology) and for the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. She holds Doctoral degrees in Psychology, Management and Cultural Anthropology and her Venia Legendi is in Psychology with focus on Work, Organisational and Cultural Psychology. Her research areas include transcultural mental health, salutogenesis, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, shame and love, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, and psychobiography.

Roelf van Niekerk (PhD) is a clinical and industrial psychologist and a registered master human resources professional. He is Professorand Director, School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resources, at Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He has also worked, among others, at St. John's University, Nelson Mandela University, Rhodes University, and is a member of the American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa, Health Professions Council of South Africa, and so on. He has published more than 30 research articles or chapters in peer reviewed publications.

Paul Fouché (PhD), is full Professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is a registered counselling psychologist and NRF rated C3 researcher. He has worked earlier at Vista University and Nelson Mandela Universities. He is a member of the Psychological Society for South Africa and has research interests in the areas of clinical health psychology, health and illness measures, psycho-education, psychological Intervention, and related fields. He has published many articles and several book chapters in journals or edited volumes.

Joseph G. Ponterotto is Professor and Chair at the Division of Psychological & Educational Services, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York. He is a licensed psychologist and mental health counselor. He is coordinator of the M.S.Ed. Program in School Counseling at Fordham. He has been a member of task forces in various APA committees and is a member of 4 APA divisions as well as two sub-associations of the American Counseling Association, and a member of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology. He has edited or coedited and authored 14 volumes, including several handbooks, on multicultural assessment and counseling, and psychobiography.

Claude-Hélène Mayer 是約翰內斯堡大學工業心理學和組織心理學系的教授。她是Semester at Sea校友（SASFA22）和國際跨文化研究學院的董事會成員。此外，她還是《心理學前沿》（積極心理學）和《國際跨文化管理學》的副編輯。她擁有心理學、管理學和文化人類學的博士學位，並且她的Venia Legendi專注於工作、組織和文化心理學。她的研究領域包括跨文化心理健康、健康生成學、跨文化衝突管理和調解、女性領導、羞恥和愛、第四次工業革命以及心理傳記。

Roelf van Niekerk（博士）是臨床和工業心理學家，也是註冊的人力資源專業碩士。他是南非納爾遜·曼德拉大學工業心理學和人力資源學院的教授兼主任。他還曾在聖約翰大學、納爾遜·曼德拉大學和羅德斯大學等地工作，並且是美國心理學會、南非工業和組織心理學會、南非健康專業委員會等組織的成員。他在同行評審的出版物上發表了30多篇研究文章或章節。

Paul Fouché（博士）是南非布隆方丹自由邦大學人文學院心理學系的正教授。他是註冊的輔導心理學家和NRF評級C3的研究員。他曾在Vista大學和納爾遜·曼德拉大學工作。他是南非心理學協會的成員，並且在臨床健康心理學、健康和疾病測量、心理教育、心理干預等領域有研究興趣。他在期刊或編輯的專著中發表了許多文章和幾篇書籍章節。

Joseph G. Ponterotto 是紐約林肯中心福特漢姆大學教育研究生院心理與教育服務部門的教授和主任。他是註冊心理學家和心理健康輔導師。他是福特漢姆大學學校輔導M.S.Ed.課程的協調員。他曾是美國心理學會各個委員會的工作小組成員，並且是4個APA分會以及美國輔導協會的兩個分會的成員，也是美國應用和預防心理學協會的成員。他編輯或合編並撰寫了14本書籍，包括關於多元文化評估和輔導以及心理傳記的手冊。