In the Lion’S Mouth: Hope and Heartbreak in Humanitarian Assistance

Lewis Aptekar received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is currently Professor of Counselor Education at San Jose State University. Among his academic awards are two Fulbright scholarships (Colombia and Swaziland) and a Senior Fulbright Scholar award (Honduras). Aptekar has been Nehru Visiting Professor (University of Baroda, India); has held a Kellogg Foundation/Partners of the Americas Fellowship in International Development, a Rotarian International Ambassadorship (Zambia), and a scholarly residency at the Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center (Italy). He is past President of the Society of Cross-cultural Research; and is on the editorial board of Child Abuse and Neglect, Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS (SAHARA), and the Journal of Psychology in Africa. Aptekar has received research grants from the National Science Foundation to study street children in Kenya, and from the Natural Hazards and Research Applications Center to study post traumatic responses after natural disasters. His books include Street Children of Cali (Duke University Press, 1988) and Environmental Disasters in Global Perspective (G. K. Hall/Macmillan, 1994).