V.K. Kool
Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
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Selected Books and Book Chapters Published
Selected books
- Gandhi and the psychology of nonviolence: scientific roots and development, volume 1. 2020. Macmillan Palgrave, USA/ UK. (with Rita Agrawal)
- Gandhi and the psychology of nonviolence: applications across psychological science, volume 2. 2020. Macmillan Palgrave, USA/ UK. (with Rita Agrawal)
- Gandhi's Wisdom. A new book contract signed with Macmillan Palgrave for publication slated at the end of 2021.
- Psychology of Technology. Springer Publ., USA. 2017 (with Rita Agrawal)
- Psychology of Nonviolence and Aggression. Macmillan Palgrave, USA/ UK. 2008. For a review of this book, see American Psychological Association’s Peace Division journal: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 14, 341-142.
- Applied Social Psychology: A Global Perspective. Atlantic. 2006. (with Rita Agrawal)
- Nonviolence: Social and Psychological Issues. University Press of America. 1993.
- Perspectives on Nonviolence. Springer Verlag. 1990.
- Authoritarianism Across Cultures. Himalaya Publ., India. 1983. (with John Ray of University of New South Wales, Australia)
Selected book chapters
- Gandhi, modern psychology and wellbeing: Lessons from satyagrah. In Global Psychologies, edited by Moodley and Fernando, published by Macmillan Palgrave, 2017.(With Rita Agrawal.)
- From empathy to altruism: Is there an evolutionary basis of nonviolence. In Nonkilling Psychology, edited by Christie and Pim. Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii, 2011. (With Rita Agrawal)
- The psychology of nonkilling. In Toward a Nonkilling Paradigm, edited by Pim. Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii, 2009. (with Rita Agrawal)
- The Nonviolence Test. Originally, it was published in the book, Handbook of Psychological and Social Instruments (1984). Translated into several languages, this test is now available (2016) on web, http://www.nonviolencetest.net, for use at no cost.
- On using experimental designs. In Essays in Research Methodology edited by D. Hegde. Springer Publ., 2015. (with Rita Agrawal)
- Chapter 27 in Attention and Performance, Volume 8. Edited by R. S. Nickerson and published by Erlbaum, NJ, USA. 1980.Based on my Princeton Symposium lecture, 1978.
- Two chapters In Practical Aspects of Memory. Edited by Morris and coworkers and published by John Wiley, 1988.
Selected honors and awards
- American Psychological Association’s Peace Division Project Proposal Award in global competition, 2015.
- Fulbright Specialist award, 2011 -2015 (five years).
- Fulbright Senior Scholar award, 2005-06.
- Goodell Research and Creativity Award, SUNYIT, 2006.
- Served the Editorial Board of American Psychological Association’s Peace Division journal, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, for seven years (1994 – 2001).
- Guest Editor, Gandhi Marg journal, Spring 2014–a peer reviewed internationally acclaimed journal on nonviolence in which leading scholars from University of Notre Dame, Williams College, Boston University and others contributed. I also contributed an article in this journal: Whither Skinner’s science of behavior, his analysis of Gandhi and the aftermath.
- Selected for speaking at the conference at Stanford University, May 7, 2016 and later a book signing event was hosted for the invited speakers.
- Selected for speaking at the Einstein Forum, Berlin Germany, February 3-4, 2012
- Selected for delivering lectures on Peace Psychology at Hacettepe University in Turkey, December 20-22, 2012.