This month, we are delighted to introduce Jayanthi Mistry, Ph.D. (jmistry@tufts.edu) from the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development at Tufts University. Dr. Mistry received her doctorate degree from Purdue University in 1983 and then completed an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Utah. Her current research projects include investigations of multiple Read more about April 2016 Spotlight, Jayanthi Mistry, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Heejung Park, Ph.D. (hpark2@brynmawr.edu) at Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Park received her Ph.D. degree in Psychology at UCLA. Her research explores adaptation, adjustment, and the well-being of children, youth, and families, with a particular focus on Asian/Asian American experiences in increasingly multicultural and globalized settings. http://www.brynmawr.edu/psychology/people.html Personal Spotlight Read more about March 2016 Spotlight, Heejung Park, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Tiffany Yip, Ph.D. (tyip@fordham.edu) at Fordham University. Dr. Yip received her Ph.D. degree in Psychology at New York University. Her research interests center on ethnic identity development among minority youth, young adults, and adults. Her work investigates direct and indirect association between ethnic identity and psychological adjustment, as Read more about February 2016 Spotlight, Tiffany Yip, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Su Yeong Kim, Ph.D. (sykim@prc.utexas.edu) at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Kim received her Ph.D. degree from Human Development at the University of California, Davis. She studies the intersection of family and cultural contexts in understanding the development of children of immigrants in the United States, Read more about January 2016 Spotlight, Su Yeong Kim, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Stephen Chen, Ph.D. (stephen.chen@wellesley.edu) at Wellesley College. Dr. Chen received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Rutgers University. He spent several years working in Asia before returning to the United States, where he received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chen completed Read more about December 2015 Spotlight, Stephen Chen, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Jeffrey Liew, Ph.D. (jeffrey.liew@tamu.edu) at Texas A&M University. Dr. Liew’s expertise includes human development, particularly emotion, motivation, and self-regulation in academic, psychosocial, and health-related outcomes from the preschool years to the high school and college years. Dr. Liew’s 3 L’s (Live, Love, Learn) sum up his passion and Read more about November 2015 Spotlight, Jeffrey Liew, Ph.D.[…]

The SRCD Asian Caucus Spotlight is delighted to introduce Dr. Linda Juang (juang@uni-potsdam.de) at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Based on an ecological systems perspective, Dr.Juang‘s research focuses on the adaption and adjustment of adolescents and college students of immigrant background within the contexts of family, school, and community. She is interested in how three Read more about October 2015 Spotlight, Linda Juang, Ph.D.[…]

SRCD Asian Caucus is excited to announce our new initiative to connect caucus members. We will be sending out monthly highlights of our wonderful members who have made outstanding contributions to their research fields. As our first scholar highlight, we are delighted to introduce Kim Tsai, Ph.D. (ktsai@csusm.edu) at California State University San Marcos. Dr. Read more about September 2015 Spotlight, Kim Tsai, Ph.D.[…]