About the Author: Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. He is Jack Reilly Professor of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. He has taught at several universities in the United States and internationally and has conducted observational and survey studies around the world on father involvement and childhood development in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Thailand.
Dr. Roopnarine was a consultant to the Roving Caregiver Program implemented in several Caribbean countries and assisted in revising the Guyanese national early childhood curriculum. He was Fulbright scholar to The University of the West Indies, was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Nehru Chair at M. S. Baroda University, Gujarat, India, is the editor of the journal Fathering, and has published extensively in the areas of family relationships, childhood development, and early childhood education across cultures.
His recent volumes include International Perspectives on Children's Play (with Patte, Johnson, and Kuschner) and Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles, and Diverse Practices of Dads.
Derek Chadee, PhD, received his doctorate from the Department of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI). He is a professor of social psychology in the Department of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. He is also director of the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at UWI.
Dr. Chadee has edited several volumes, including Theories in Social Psychology and Social Psychological Dynamics (with Aleksandra Kostic). He has written several articles on the social psychology of fear of crime trying to bridge criminological issues with social psychological theories. His current research interests are fear of crime, HIV/AIDS stigmatization, and antecedents of emotions.
Dr. Chadee was a Fulbright scholar at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
