Current Elected Leadership
 | Chairperson (2023-2025) Qi Wang, Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca |
 | Chairperson-Elect (2025-2027) Qing Zhou, Ph.D. UC Berkeley, Berkeley |
 | Treasurer (2019-2025) Yan Li, Ph.D. DePaul University, Chicago |
 | Secretary (2021-2025) Stephen Chen, Ph.D. Wellesley College, Wellesley |
 | Student/Early Career Representative (2021-2025) Miao Qian, Ph.D. University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit |
 | Student/Early Career Representative (2021-2025) |
The Outreach and Communications Subcommittee (OCS)
Committee charge: To develop and disseminate AC-relevant training and communications; Coordinate with tri-caucus to webinar offerings, manage spotlights, and assist social media outlets and post to the listserv (currently managed by Ekjyot and Miao).
Dr. Angela Chow, chowa@indiana.edu, Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University, Bloomington
Other members:
Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen, Assistant professor in the Learning & Development program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dr. Yang Qu, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University
Yannan Gao, Ph.D. Student at University of California, Irvine
Shuhan Yuan, Ph.D. student at Indiana University Bloomington
The Award Subcommittee
Committee charge: Distribute a call for nominations for AC awards (Lifetime achievement award, early career award, outstanding contribution to research award, outstanding service award, outstanding graduate student research award) during early fall before the biennial, review applications, select and notify awardees by late fall
Dr. Yang Hou, yang.hou@uky.edu, Chair, Assistant professor in the Department of Family Sciences at the University of Kentucky
Other members:
Dr. Stephen Chen, Associate Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College, Massachusettes
Dr. Xin Feng, Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at the Ohio State University
Dr. Miwa Yasui, Associate Professor of Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago
Finance and Fundraising Subcommittee
Committee charge: To manage and expand fundraising efforts and oversee the distribution of funds; Develop and execute fundraising initiatives
Dr. Yan Li, Chair, yli34@depaul.edu, Associate Professor of Psychology at DePaul University, Chicago
Other members:
Dr. Chenyi Zhang, Associate Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University, Georgia
Dr. Yunyi Long, Researcher, and instructor in Psychological Science at DePaul University, Chicago
Membership Subcommittee
Committee charge:
To promote the growth of AC membership; Develop promotional materials, and periodic membership surveys to assess how well AC is meeting member needs
Dr. Miao Qian, Co-Chair, qianmi@udmercy.edu, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan
Dr. Ekjyot Saini, Co-Chair, Doctoral Student at Auburn University, Auburn
Other members:
Dr. Tzu-Fen Chang, Assistant Professor at California State University, Bakersfield
Cindy Huang, Doctoral student at Teachers College at Columbia University
Mentorship Subcommittee
Committee charge: To provide mentorship opportunities and experiences; develop mentorship programs and initiatives for graduate students and early career members of AC.
Dr. Jeffrey Liew, Chair, jeffrey.liew@tamu.edu, Professor of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University
Other members:
Dr. Qiong (Joanna) Wu, Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Florida State University
Dr. Annabelle Atkin, Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue University
Dr. Aubrey Wang, Professor of Educational Leadership, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
Dr. Daniel Ewon Choe, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at UC Davis
Dr. Linda Juang, Professor of Psychology at University of Potsdam, Germany
Nominations Subcommittee
Committee charge: To identify scholars to be nominated for awards and leadership positions. Coordinate with tri-caucus, ERI, and other SRCD committees to respond to requests to provide names of scholars from AC for various initiatives to ensure representation of Asian/ Asian American scholars; Develop a systematic process (e.g., a creation of a database) that allows a fair and equitable representation of scholars from AC
Dr. Jackie Eunjung Relyea, Chair, jrelyea@ncsu.edu, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at NC State University, North Carolina
Other members:
Dr. Yijie Wang, Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University
Dr. Sunah Hyun, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Jie Zhang, Associate Professor at the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Houston
Dr. Xinyin Chen, Professor at the Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division at the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Virginia Huynh, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Northridge
Publications and Scientific Programming Subcommittee
Committee charge: Coordinate with tri-caucus and other SRCD committees in organizing special issues, consider AC special issues in peer-reviewed journals; Coordinate activities (i.e., submission of symposia) with tri-caucus, ERI, E&J regarding programming at SRCD biennial, SRA, and other special topics conferences
Dr. Qing Zhou, Chair, qingzhou@berkeley.edu, Professor of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley
Other members:
Dr. Florrie Ng, Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Xuan Li, Assistant Professor of Psychology, NUY Shanghai
Social Policy Subcommittee
Committee charge: To oversee AC policy-related matters and coordinate with tri-caucus; Identify AC members with policy-relevant expertise, help prepare statements or policy briefs about relevant research impacting Asian and Asian American children
Dr. Tomoko Wakabayashi, Chair, twakabayashi@oakland.edu, Associate Professor at Oakland University, Michigan
Other members:
Dr. Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fl.
Puja Patel, Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Gabrielle Lai, Lecturer, Centre for Applied Behavioural & Social Sciences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
Dr. Sunah Hyun, Senior Researcher at Tufts University and Research Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Dr. Tzu-Fen Chang, Assistant Professor at California State University, Bakersfield
International Scholars Network Subcommittee
Committee charge: To promote engagement among AC members outside of the USA; Identify research and conference interests of AC members in the respective regions to facilitate international interactions and collaborations among members
Dr. Yishan Shen, Chair, y_s77@txstate.edu, Assistant Professor at the Texas State University
Other members:
Dr. Eva Chen, Associate Professor at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr. Jessie Koh, Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Tomoko Wakabayashi, Associate Professor of Psychology at Oakland University, Michigan
Dr. Hoi Shan Cheung, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Division of Social Sciences at Yale-NUS College
Yuan Zhang, PhD student at University of Connecticut
Past Elected Leadership
Chairperson
- (2021-2023): Yoonsun Choi, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago
- (2019-2021): Richard M. Lee, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- (2017-2019): Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D., University of Maryland
- (2015-2017): Hiro Yoshikawa, Ph.D., New York University
- (2013-2015): Vivian Tseng, Ph.D., William T. Grant Foundation
- (2011-2013): Ramaswami Mahalingam, Ph.D., University of Michigan
- (2008-2010): Ruth Chao, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Chairperson-Elect
(2019-2021): Yoonsun Choi, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Chicago
(2017-2019): Richard M Lee, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(2015-2017): Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D., University of Maryland
(2013-2015): Hiro Yoshikawa, Ph.D., New York University
(2011-2013): Vivian Tseng, Ph.D., William T. Grant Foundation
(2010): Ramaswami Mahalingam, Ph.D., University of Michigan
(2008-2009): Suniya Luthar, Ph.D., Columbia University
Treasurer
(2015-2019): Virginia Huynh, Ph.D., California State University, Northridge
(2010-2015): Rashmita Mistry, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
(2008-2010): Qi Wang, Ph.D., Cornell University
Secretary
(2013-2017): Lisa Kiang, Ph.D., Wake Forest University
(2008-2013): Tiffany Yip, Ph.D., Fordham University
Student Representative
(2013-2017): Yijie Wang, Ph.D., Michigan State University
(2010-2013): Daniel Choe, Ph.D., University of Michigan
(2008-2010): Mae Ho, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Responsibilities
Chairperson
- Provides leadership for the Asian Caucus
- Coordinates and facilitates Steering Committee and general membership meetings
- Takes the lead on external leadership issues: is the principal liaison between the Asian Caucus and other Caucuses and external bodies, or designates person(s) to act in this capacity in consultation with the Steering Committee
Chairperson-Elect
- Coordinates and facilitates Steering Committee meetings, in the absence of the Chair
- Takes the lead on internal leadership issues
- Coordinates SRCD preconference events
- Chairs the Nominations Committee
- Two years after being elected to office, assumes the Chair position at the close of the SRCD Biennial Meeting
Treasurer
- Oversees Caucus finances including holding custody of and dispensing Caucus funds
- Records, reports, and archives records of Caucus income and expenditures
- Provides at minimum annual budget reports and proposed next-year budgets to the Steering Committee
- Maintains membership records
- Provides annual reports to the steering committee about the membership
- Takes the lead on membership drives and external fundraising, including providing reports to the steering committee about funding opportunities
- When the term ends, passes archive of financial records to the next Treasurer
Secretary
- Records, reports, and archives the transactions of the Steering Committee and Caucus activities. This includes recording minutes at Caucus Steering and general membership meetings, reporting minutes after the meetings, and archiving them.
- Provides annual reports to the membership on the Steering Committee and Caucus activities
- Takes the lead on Caucus communications, including those between Caucus members, Steering Committee and Caucus members, and the Caucus and external bodies
- Is responsible for the listserv and website
- Archives the Caucus Policies and Procedures Manual, reports, communications, and dissemination materials
- When the term ends, pass the archive of documents to the next Secretary
Student Representative
- At the time of the election, the student representative must be engaged at least half-time in undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral training, including internship and residency. The student representative will continue their term regardless of changes in student status.
- Represents student interests on the Steering Committee and provides leadership on those issues
- Takes the lead in coordinating career development and mentoring activities for students and other early career researchers