Seth Surgan

Contact Info

Office: Sullivan 241D

Education

Ph.D. – Clark University

MA – Clark University

BA – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Area of Specialization

Dr. Surgan’s area of specialization is cultural-developmental psychology with an emphasis on identity construction, the dynamics of meaning-making, and the role of symbols in organizing psychological and social processes.

Scholarly Activity

Associate Editor of the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences.

Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Dialogical Science.

Publications

Abbey, E.A., & Surgan, S.E. (eds.). (2009). Developing methods in psychology. Edison, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Surgan, S. (2008). Digging up thought's skeleton: Exploring the process of associogenesis. Paper presented to the 5th International Conference on the Dialogical Self. Cambridge, UK.

Surgan, S. (2007). Conceptualizing hybridization: Otherness and identity in immigration narratives. Paper presented to the 12th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Toronto, Canada.

Surgan, S.E., & de Lima, S.G. (2003). Integrating indexicals in simian semiotics: Symbolic development and culture. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 24 (3-4), 317-338.

Surgan, S. (2001). Is random error useful for developmental psychology? Forum qualitative sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative social research, 2, 3. Available at:

http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm.