John W. Berry

For the American librarian, see John W. Berry (librarian).

John W. Berry is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Queen's University.[1] He can be seen as one of the main establishers of the field of acculturation psychology. Berry has been described as a person that "has led, if not defined, contemporary approaches to acculturation."[2]

One of Berry's son is a teacher at Markham District High School in Markham, ON.

According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited up to 3000 times.[3] One of his well-known theories is the four-fold model of acculturation strategies, involving the strategies of Assimilation, Separation, Integration and Marginalization.

Main publications

References

  1. "Department of Psychology - John Berry". Queensu.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  2. Ward, C.(2008) Thinking outside the Berry boxes: New perspectives on identity, acculturation and intercultural relations. "International Journal of Intercultural Relations", 32(2), 105-114.
  3. http://scholar.google.no/scholar?hl=en&q=berry+jw&btnG= |accessdate=2012-12-06
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