Stephen Fox, PhD
Author, Composer, Researcher
Stephen Fox, PhD
Author, Composer, Researcher
My Work
Author
Composer/musician
Researcher
I've written as a journalist and in academia.
My most extensive work so far is
Culture and Psychology
SAGE Publications, Inc.
Look for my next book,
Facing death across cultures: Health and mortality in a diverse world
in spring 2025.
Researcher
Composer/musician
Researcher
My current research is on death and dying across cultures. I also continue my research into arts practice and well-being. As a grant writer and program evaluator, I am most interested in projects that draw on traditional culture. I use my academic training to help design programs with clear outcomes and measurable goals, which increases l
My current research is on death and dying across cultures. I also continue my research into arts practice and well-being. As a grant writer and program evaluator, I am most interested in projects that draw on traditional culture. I use my academic training to help design programs with clear outcomes and measurable goals, which increases likelihood of grant funding.
Iʻll be presentaing at the anual conference of the International Council on Music and Dance in Wellington, Aotearoa (NZ) in January, 2025
Composer/musician
Composer/musician
Composer/musician
You'll find my music in about 25 films of various length, mostly produced in Hawai'i. I've collaborated musically with artists from a number of cultures and am usually happiest mixing cultures and styles. I began playing piano a long time ago and am most comfortable on keyboards, flutes, and santur/hammered dulcimer.
Hereʻs a piece I did
You'll find my music in about 25 films of various length, mostly produced in Hawai'i. I've collaborated musically with artists from a number of cultures and am usually happiest mixing cultures and styles. I began playing piano a long time ago and am most comfortable on keyboards, flutes, and santur/hammered dulcimer.
Hereʻs a piece I did for the close of a bio about choreographer Donald McHayle: https://youtu.be/G40Kk3uTeeY
And hereʻs one from a doc about Mauna Kea, on constant showing a Volcanoes National Parkʻs visitor center: https://youtu.be/p8wdhUnOvvI
Bio and Information
Who I am
Stephen Fox, PhD holds a Doctorate in Cross-Cultural Psychology from Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand and master's degrees in psychology and social work from University of Hawaii at Manoa. His primary research studies how participation in traditional ethnocultural arts such as hula and kapa haka affects psychological well-being. Fox lectures on psychology, conflict resolution, and world music in the University of Hawai‘i system and consults as a grant writer and program designer/evaluator. He is the author of the SAGE Publications text Culture and Psychology (2020). Fox also is a musician and composer with multiple film and television credits. He has composed over 20 musical scores for film and may be the world's only psycho-ethnomusicologist. That's psychological ethnomusicology, not, um... never mind..
New book!
My next book publishes in February 2025. Topic is culture and mortality/critical care across cultures. Hereʻs the Cambridge site.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/facing-death-across-cultures/47E51E6405CC3A57ED62F9C72AED0ED4
Contact, projects, & sites
Contact, projects, & sites
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I'm on Instagram as @stephenfoxphd
I am starting a Substack at https://substack.com/refer/stephenfox.1
On Mastodon, I'm @drfox on the @mastodon.nz server
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I have established legal status to provide counseling! I currently must describe myself as a clinical social work intern. Email me to schedule appointments.
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