SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar

Former professor Lewis Aptekar has been invited to participate in numerous seminars over the course of his 30-year career. Recent seminars attended by Aptekar include two psycho-social workshops for Haitian community agents who assist victims of Gender-Based Violence (IsraAID, 2013 and 2014); and a psycho-social leadership training seminar at the African Refugee Development Center (Tel Aviv, 2012). Recently, Aptekar earned the opportunity to chair a symposium at the Caribbean Regional Conference on Psychology (Haiti, 2016). For more information visit:  https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lewis-aptekar-39c4

Dr. Lewis Aptekar, a former professor of educational psychology at San Jose State University in California, has authored several books as well as over fifty chapters and articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.  Dr. Aptekar's works cover topics such as insight into the thoughts and ideas of humanitarian aid workers, as well as how people process and react to natural disasters. Dr.Lewis Aptekar also writes about his own experiences from his time doing humanitarian work. For more information visit:  https://www.behance.net/drlewisaptekar

Former Professor Lewis Aptekar taught Counseling Education in San Jose State University for over thirty years. He was a well-respected member of the University of Lurie's College of Education. Former SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar travels to Zambia Former SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar travels to Zambia. Dr. Aptekar has a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship in the University of Zambia where he is also a visiting professor for their Department of Psychology. Former SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar in a group photo Former SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar taking a coffee Lewis Aptekar taking a coffee break in Peet's Coffee in Portland. Dr. Aptekar is a recipient of an academic award granted by the Kellogg/Partners of the Americas Fellowship in International Development.

Dr. Lewis Aptekar is a clinical psychologist and a retired Professor in Counselor Education with more than three decades of experience. Dr. Aptekar visited the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, as a Fulbright Scholar from 1983-1984. From 1985-1986, Dr. Lewis Aptekar worked part-time for the United States Army at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, as a General Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Lewis Aptekar also served as a child psychologist with San Benito County Mental Health Services in California.