Dr. Pedersen has distinguished and prolific career as a counselor educator specializing in intercultural and multicultural issues, and his significant influence on the growth and direction of multicultural counseling. He is an intercultural trainer; an organizational consultant; and a pioneering researcher in cross-cultural psychology. Broadly educated in Asian Studies, comparative religion, theology, and philosophy, as well as counseling psychology, he has worked as a researcher, teacher, and consultant in Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Dr. Pedersen has authored or edited 45 books, 100 articles, 82 chapters, and 22 monographs on aspects of multicultural/cross cultural counseling and international communication.
His body of work includes such classic books as:
- Counseling Across Cultures (a textbook in its sixth edition, with Draguns, Lonner and Trimble),
- Critical Incidents in International Counseling (with Arthur),
- Handbook for Developing Multicultural Awareness (with Ishiyama, fourth edition),
- Preventing Prejudice (with Ponterotto and Utsey, second edition),
- Understanding Multicultural Malaysia (with Abdullah),
- Progress in Asian Social Psychology: Conceptual and Empirical Contributions (with Yang, Hwang, and Daibo),
- Counseling Refugees: A Psychosocial Approach to Innovative Multicultural Interventions (with Bemak and Cheung),
- Handbook for Developing Multicultural Awareness (third edition),
- Hidden Messages in Culture-Centered Counseling: A Triad Training Model,
- Constructive Conflict Management: Asian and Pacific Cases (with Iandt),
- Five Stages of Culture Shock: Critical Incidents Around the World,
- Culture Centered Counseling Skills (with Ivey),
- Mental Health Services: The Cross-Cultural Context (with Marsella and Sartorius),
- and many others.