[1] He is the former Director of the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life[2] and is also a past President of the Society for Psychological Anthropology.

[4] Shore's graduate research was done in Western Samoa and was focused on the local modeling of personhood and selfhood – with an emphasis on ethics, conflict and social control.

It resulted in his first book, Sala’ilua: A Samoan Mystery (1982), considered one of the earliest studies of ethnopsychology.

[5] He has authored dozens of scholarly articles and chapters published in numerous Journals and edited books.

At the Crossroads of Anthropology and Psychology: In Conversation with Jerome Bruner (2024) The Hidden Powers of Ritual: Journey of a Lifetime (2023) · Shakespeare and Social Theory: The Play of Great Ideas (2021).