Notes on Contributors

Robert M. Gordon, PhD and ABPP, is a licensed psychologist, a diplomate of clinical psychology and a diplomate of psychoanalysis, and served on the governing council of the American Psychological Association (APsA). He was president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and received its Distinguished Service Award, and he is also an elected honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He authored many scholarly articles and books in the areas of ethics, the MMPI-2, psychotherapy, relationships, forensic psychology, personality assessment, diagnoses, the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, a PDM-2 editor and researcher, and coauthor of the psychodiagnostic chart. Dr Gordon is rated by ResearchGate as a top researcher, and has chaired the research committee of the ChinaAmerica Psychoanalytic Alliance. Email: rmgordonphd@gmail.com

He Song is an associate professor at Chengdu Sport University, as well as a licensed psychological counsellor. He holds a Master's degree in Chinese philosophy and specialises in Buddhist studies. He is a graduate psychoanalyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Email:

Huo Chuansong is a PhD candidate in psychoanalysis at the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He is also a foreign co-researcher at the Laboratory of Psychopathology and Psychoanalysis, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. His research interests include symbolism, epistemology, and psychoanalytic practice. Email:

William Jankowiak, PhD, is a Barrick Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and was twice a visiting distinguished professor at Fudan University ( and ) He is an internationally recognised authority on urban Chinese society, urban Mongols, Mormon fundamentalist polygyny, and love around the world. He is the co-author with Robert L. Moore of Family Life in China. Email: