Dr. Ja A. Jahannes is a psychologist whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Journal of Ethnic Studies, Vital Speeches, the Journal of the National Medical Association, Upscale, Ebony, the Black Scholar, Encore, Class, Black Issues in Higher Education and the Saturday Review. He served as Associate Vice President for Development and member of faculty at Lincoln University (PA); Visiting Professor at Haile Selassie University, (now The University of Ethiopia) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Chair of the Departments of Professional Studies and Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda; Dean of the School of Education at Hampton University, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Savannah State University. He received a B. A. degree with honors from Lincoln University (PA), two Master's degrees from Hampton University and a Ph.D. degree in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Delaware. Dr. Jahannes has lectured in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. Dr. Jahannes has been a pioneering scholar educator in psychology. He has led an exciting career in psychology, expanding his knowledge base and introducing new courses and concepts. In addition to the areas in which he was trained, Dr. Jahannes has developed study programs in African Psychology and African American Psychology – two overlooked and vital areas of world psychology. He also wrote cutting edge articles in Media Psychology (coining that term), “transescence” in middle school-aged children, systems approaches in psychological development in public schools, and in the psychology of the oppressed. He is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences, and workshop presenter in areas of psychology.