Dr. Danny Wedding retired from the American University of Antigua, a Caribbean medical school, where he was Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science & Neuroscience. He previously served four years as the Associate Dean for Management and International Programs with the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. Although based at the San Francisco campus, he was responsible for psychology training programs in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mexico City. Danny has also worked in a variety of roles or the American University of the Caribbean in Sint Maarten.
Danny spent two decades teaching for the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine where he was Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH). He has also served on the faculty of three other medical schools: East Tennessee State University, Marshall University, and the American University of the Caribbean (Sint Maarten).
Danny was the 2008-2009 Fulbright Yonsei Distinguished Scholar at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. A previous Fulbright was spent studying Buddhism and teaching psychotherapy to psychiatry residents at the Chiang Mai University School of Medicine (Thailand). Danny is a retired Captain in the U. S. Navy Reserves, and he spent two years working for the U.S. Congress.
Danny has published a dozen books; his books include the 11th edition of Current Psychotherapies and the 5th edition of Movies and Mental Illness. He recently published the 6th edition Behavior and Medicine, a widely used medical school textbook. He was the longtime editor of PsycCRITIQUES, APA’s weekly journal of book and film reviews, and he edits the Society of Clinical Psychology book series titled Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence Based Practice.
Service to the American Psychological Association has been an important part of Danny’s life, and he has been a member of APA Council, the Board of Professional Affairs, and the Publications and Communications Board. He also served two terms on the Committee on International Relations in Psychology.
Danny is now retired, but he still enjoys consultation, travel, lecturing, writing and editing. He is married to Karen Harrington, a retired development director, and he is the father of two sons, Joshua and Jeremiah, who live in Saint Louis, Missouri. When not traveling, Danny and Karen can be found at their home in West Linn, Oregon.