Professor Emeritus
Ken Keith is professor emeritus of psychological sciences. He was a full-time member
of the faculty from 1999-2012, and served as department chair from 1999-2007. He is
author or editor of more than 160 scientific and professional publications. His books
include:
-Doctor Hodgkin and Me: A Cancer Survivor’s Notebook (2021)
-Letters from Japan: Four Seasons in the Land of the Rising Sun (2020)
-Lives and Legacies of People with Intellectual Disability (2020, with Heather E.
Keith)
-Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes & Perspectives (2 nd ed.,
2019)
-Culture Across the Curriculum: A Psychology Teacher’s Handbook (2018)
-The Worth Expert Guide to Scientific Literacy: Thinking Like a
Psychological Scientist (2017, with B. C. Beins)
-Cross-Cultural Quality of Life: Enhancing the Lives of People with
Intellectual Disability (2016, with R. L. Schalock)
-Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology (3 vols.; 2013)
-Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New
Moral Community (2013, with Heather E. Keith)
-Student Handbook to Psychology: History, Perspectives, and Applications (2012)
-Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives (2011)
-Promoting Student Engagement (2011, with R. L. Miller et al.)
-Crystal Radio: A Voice from This Good Earth (2009)
-Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Quality of Life (2000, with R. L. Schalock)
Ken is a past president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and is a Fellow of
the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and
the Western Psychological Association. He has received numerous awards for teaching
and for service to people with intellectual disability. At USD he served on many
committees, and as president of the academic assembly. He is currently a member of
the board of advisors of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at the
University of Akron and editor of the Cambridge University Press book series, Elements
of Psychology and Culture. He continues to be active as an author and consultant to
psychology programs and the Educational Testing Service. Ken makes his home In
Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife Connie.