{"id":318073,"date":"2026-07-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=318073"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:14:57","slug":"a-man-of-peace-tribute-to-tony-marsella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/07\/a-man-of-peace-tribute-to-tony-marsella\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Man of Peace&#8211;Tribute to Tony Marsella&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\">The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence (Division 48 of the American Psychological Association) hosted this webinar \u2014 <em>\u201cA Man of Peace: A Tribute to Tony Marsella&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 on 18 Nov 2025. Our speakers were Susana Helm, Ann Marie Yamada, Kathleen Malley-Morrison, and Dharm P. S. Bhawuk. Anthony (Tony) Marsella was a distinguished peace psychologist and transformative academic leader. His groundbreaking work challenged long-standing Western psychological paradigms, emphasizing the critical importance of cultural context in understanding human behavior. Tony passed away in 2024, on 10 Nov.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;A Man of Peace A Tribute to Tony Marsella&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avPSPr4lZR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. (12 Sep 1940-10 Nov 2024), was a member of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a><em>, a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii\u2019s Manoa Campus in Honolulu-Hawaii, and past director of the World Health Organization Psychiatric Research Center in Honolulu. \u00a0He used to be known internationally as a pioneer figure in the study of culture and psychopathology who challenged the ethnocentrism and racial biases of many assumptions, theories, and practices in psychology and psychiatry. In more recent years, he had been writing and lecturing on peace and social justice. He published 21 books and more than 300 articles, tech reports, and popular commentaries. His<\/em> TMS<em> articles may be accessed<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/author\/?a=Anthony%20J.%20Marsella\" ><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>. RIP<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>TRANSCEND VIDEOS <\/em>STAY POSTED FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE BEING ARCHIVED<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony (Tony) Marsella was a distinguished peace psychologist and transformative academic leader. His groundbreaking work challenged long-standing Western psychological paradigms, emphasizing the critical importance of cultural context in understanding human behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[431],"tags":[3411,443,826,281,2203],"class_list":["post-318073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-videos","tag-anthony-marsella","tag-culture-of-peace","tag-peace-studies","tag-psychology","tag-university-of-hawaii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318073"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318077,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318073\/revisions\/318077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}