Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu is a psychologist with a doctorate from Harvard University, with training also in yoga, meditation, and Chinese medicine. He was a tenured professor in Tokyo from 1989-2005, and has been faculty at Stanford from 2002-2005 and 2008- present. His publishing record includes books in Japan and U.S. He is the author of two books, Multicultural Encounters (Teachers College Press) and When Half is Whole (Stanford University Press). He has also published edited volumes in English, numerous scholarly journal articles, as well as magazine, newspaper articles.