Dinesh Sharma

Dinesh Sharma is an entrepreneur, social scientist and author with a Doctorate in Psychology & Human Development from Harvard University. He is Director and Chief Research Officer at Steam Works Studio, an education tech start-up based in Princeton, NJ, where he is building the latest STEAM learning solutions for young people. He is a consultant at FIRST (Fordham Institute for Research Service and Teaching) and adjunct professor at NYU. He also served as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Psychology and Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. He was an Associate Research Professor at the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton; an Adjunct Professor in Organizational Psychology at Fordham University; senior fellow at Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research, NYC; and a columnist for Asia Times Online, Al Jazeera English and The Global Intelligence among other syndicated publications.

His biography of the 44th President of the US, titled "Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President", was rated as the Top 10 Books of Black History for 2012 by the American Library Association, Book List Online. His next book, "The Global Obama", was published by Routledge Press, and received Honorable Mention as a Black History book by the African American Literary Book Club. His book on Hillary Clinton, "The Global Hillary", was published by Routledge Press in June 2016, and received critical acclaim.

His recent articles and opinions have appeared in the New Republic, UPI, AP, Real Clear Politics, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal Online, Wonkette.com, Free Lance-Star, Far Eastern Economic Review, Middle East Times, Middle East Online, Epoch Times, Biotech Law Review, Health Affairs, Media Monitors, DC Chronicles, Fredricksburg.com, MyCentralJersey.com, International Psychology Bulletin, and other scientific journals. As an author, Sharma has been profiled locally and internationally in L'Echo, DeStandaard, Luxembourg Wort, 352 Lux Magazine, The Eastern Eye, Asian Affairs, Cincinnatti Herald, The Skanner, West Windsor Plainsboro News, Princeton Packet and many other newspapers.

On TV and Cable news, Sharma has been favorably reviewed on Politics Tonight (WGN News), Urban Update (WHDH Boston), City Line WABC Boston, KITV Hawaii, Bay Sunday San Francisco, and many other shows. On Radio, he has been featured on Conversations on the Coast in San Francisco, Reality Check FM-4 Vienna, South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) and numerous other talk shows.

Finally, Dr. Sharma has been a consultant in the healthcare industry for major pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device (e.g., Forest, Wyeth, NDC Health, IMS Health, IRI and others) clients for almost ten years. He lives near Princeton, NJ, with his wife and two children.