Nirbhay N. Singh is a

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who has been a professor at many universities and has served as editor-in-chief of several psychology journals, and founding editor of multiple journals that include ''

Mindfulness Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one's attention to the present-moment experience without evaluation, a skill one develops through meditation or other training. Mindfulness derives from ''sati'', a significant element of Hind ...

''. Singh received graduate education in

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and has held academic posts in the

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Education and personal life

Singh received a master's degree in psychology (1974) and a doctoral degree in psychology (1978) from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

. His doctoral thesis was titled ''Attentional responses during discrimination learning by retarded children''. Singh is also a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). In a published profile in 2018, Singh reported having had a life-long practice of

meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally cal ...

in the Soto Zen tradition, and has also received training in other

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and

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methods of meditation.

Editor

Editor: journals

Singh was the founding editor of ''

'' (2010-), a journal he continued to edit as of 2018. Singh has also been the editor of the ''

Journal of Child and Family Studies ''Journal of Child and Family Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media that focuses on family child, adolescent, and family psychology. The editors-in-chief are Cheri J. Shapiro and An ...

'', which he also continued to edit in 2018. Furthermore, he has served as the founding editor of ''Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders'' (2017-), which he continued to edit in 2018. Earlier he edited ''Journal of Behavioral Education''.

Editor: book series

As of 2018, Singh was the editor of three-book series: ''Mindfulness in Behavioral Health'', ''Evidence-based Practice in Behavioral Health'', and ''Children and Families''.

Academic posts

Singh has been a professor of psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at the

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, where he was also Director of the Commonwealth Institute for Family Studies, Richmond, Virginia. Singh has served as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia,

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(formerly named Georgia Regents University), where he now adjunct professor of psychiatry at

Publications

Singh has contributed more than 680 publications, including books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed papers. Some of his books are listed here: Edited books on meditation or mindfulness: * * * Edited books on developmental or child psychology: * * * * Edited books (other): *

References

External links

Interview of Nirbhay Singh (19 Nov 2019)
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Why Mindfulness? Dr Nirbay Singh Explains
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Speaker profile (Emedevents)
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