This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Jingjing Sun (Jingjing.Sun@umontana.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Jingjing is currently an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the Department of Teaching & Learning, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, at University of Montana. Her research has centered on the processes of learning and development, with Read more about December 2020 Spotlight, Jingjing Sun, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Yang Hou (yang.hou@uky.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Yang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Sciences in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at University of Kentucky. Her research seeks to understand how contextual factors (e.g., sociocultural, family, school) influence child and Read more about November 2020 Spotlight, Yang Hou, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Qiong (Joanna) Wu (qwu3@fsu.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Qiong is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Human Sciences at Florida State University. Her research interests focus on emotional processes within the family and their role in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathologies from parents Read more about September 2020 Spotlight, Qiong (Joanna) Wu, Ph.D.[…]
To continue celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, we are featuring Dr. Frederick Leong (fleong@msu.edu) as our special guest in this month’s Spotlight. Dr. Leong is Professor of Psychology (Industrial/Organizational and Clinical Psychology Programs) and Director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research at Michigan State University. His major research Read more about June 2020 Special Edition Spotlight, Frederick Leong, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Cindy Liu (CHLIU@BWH.HARVARD.EDU) as our member in spotlight. Cindy is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Her areas of investigation include the measurement and mechanisms of psychosocial stress, cultural differences in socio-emotional development, and developmental and culturally based interventions that reduce mental health disparities. 1)What drew Read more about May 2020 Spotlight, Cindy H. Liu, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Pilyoung Kim (pilyoung.kim@du.edu) as our member in spotlight. Pilyoung is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Family & Child Neuroscience Labin the Department of Psychology at the University of Denver. 1)What drew you to do work on Asians, Asian American children and youth, or another Read more about April 2020 Spotlight, Pilyoung Kim, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Kaveri Subrahmanyam (ksubrah@calstatela.edu) as our member in spotlight. Kaveri is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of College of Natural and Social Sciences at the California State University. She is the Director of the Media and Language Lab, here at CalStateLA and the Read more about February 2020 Spotlight, Kaveri Subrahmanyam,Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Yannan Gao (yannang@uci.edu) as our member in spotlight. Yannan is currently a doctoral student in the School of Education at University of California, Irvine. She is interested in the development of adolescents’ career choices. She investigates the way in which adolescents’ career aspiration (e.g. jobs adolescents like to have Read more about January 2020 Spotlight, Yannan Gao, Ph.D. Student[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Mutsumi Imai ( imai@sfc.keio.ac.jp) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Imai is currently a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University. In general, Dr. Imai aims to understand how children build up their lexicons and how universal and language factors Read more about December 2019 Spotlight, Mutsumi Imai, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Yishan Shen (y_s77@txstate.edu) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Shen is currently an Assistant Professor of Family and Child Development in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Texas State University. Her research focuses on exploring how culture and contexts influence emotional, behavioral, and academic adjustment of Read more about November 2019 Spotlight, Yishan Shen, Ph.D.[…]