He did his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University in areas of social, clinical, health and cross cultural psychology with a focus on mindfulness. He works in areas of social and cross cultural psychology. He is a frequently published author and poet with numerous conference presentations. In addition to teaching at Harvard, he has also taught at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, the University of Toronto, Western Washington University ,the University of British Columbia, City University of Seattle, Athabasca University and a num (en)