This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Ruby Takanishi, a senior research fellow with the Early and Elementary Education Policy Program at New America. She is the author of First Things First! Creating the New American Primary School. Takanishi is the former president and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development, a grant-making philanthropy that launched Read more about October 2016 Spotlight, Ruby Takanishi, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Eddie S. K. Chong (echongsk@umd.edu), a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park as our member in spotlight. Chong’s research interests broadly include issues related to stigmatized groups (sexual minorities in particular) across the lifespan and cultures. More recently, he is interested in examining systemic Read more about September 2016 Spotlight, Eddie S. K. Chong, M.A.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Stacey N. Doan, Ph.D. (sdoan@cmc.edu) in the Department of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. Dr. Doan received her PhD from Cornell University. Integrating emotional, socio-cultural and developmental perspectives, her work focuses on examining the biological, social and individual correlates of physical health and psychological well being. She is Read more about August 2016 Spotlight, Stacey N. Doan, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Vaishali Raval, Ph.D. (ravalvv@miamioh.edu) in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, Ohio. Dr. Raval received her PhD in clinical developmental psychology from University of Windsor and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cultural psychology and human development at the University of Chicago. Her research interests involve understanding parenting, Read more about July 2016 Spotlight, Vaishali Raval, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Yiyuan Xu, Ph.D. (yiyuan@hawaii.edu) from the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Xu received his Ph.D. from University of Southern California in 2004. His research focuses on understanding cultural variation in children’s social development using a goodness of fit theoretical framework that conceptualizes Read more about June 2016 Spotlight, Yiyuan Xu, Ph.D.[…]
This month, we are delighted to introduce Qi Wang, Ph.D. (qiwang@cornell.edu) from the Department of Human Development at Cornell University. Dr. Wang’s research integrates developmental, cognitive, and sociocultural perspectives to examine the mechanisms responsible for the development of autobiographical memory. She has undertaken extensive studies to examine how cultural variables sustain autobiographical memory by affecting information processing at the Read more about May 2016 Spotlight, Qi Wang, Ph.D.[…]
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.[…]