my CVResearch I am interested in studying cultures as knowledge traditions, and am conducting research on the social, cognitive, and motivational processes that mediate construction and evolution of social consensus. This theoretical perspective has been applied to understand cultural differences and similarities in social justice, conflict resolution, responsibility attribution, and political elections. I am also interested in in the dynamic interactions of cultural identification and cultural knowledge traditions, and their implications for cultural competence and intercultural relations. Finally, my recent research on group processes focuses on the role of lay theories in entitativity perception.
Biography
Education:
- PhD, Columbia Univeristy, New York, 1994 (social-personality psychology)
- M.Phil., Columbia University, New York, 1992 (social-personality psychology)
- M.A., Columbia University, New York, 1990 (social-personality psychology)
- M.Phil., University of Hong Kong, 1988 (social psychology)
- B.Soc.Sc.(Hons.), University of Hong Kong, 1985 (psychology)
- Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong (1994 - 1998)
- Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong (1998 - 2002)
- Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2002 - 2005)
- Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005 - now)
- Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (2008-now)
- Fellow, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, since 2009
- First Honorable Mention, Otto Klineberg Prize, Society for Psychological Studies of Social Issues, 2009
- Misumi Award for prominent contribution to the development of social psychology in Asia, the Japanese Group Dynamics Association and the Asian Association for Social Psychology, 2007
- Fellow, International Academy of Intercultural Relations, since 2006
- Best Paper in Conflict Resolution, Academy of Management, 2002
- Otto Klineberg Prize, Society for Psychological Studies of Social Issues, 2001
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award, University of Hong Kong, 2001
- Columbia GSAS Alumni Fellowship, 1991-1992
- Swire Scholarship, 1987-1988
- Erik Kvan Postgraduate Scholarship, 1986-1987
- Swindon Book Prize in Psychology, 1984-1985
- Y.K. Pao Scholarship in Psychology, 1984-1985
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 1999
- Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2004
- Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2004
- Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2005
- GSO Instructional Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising at the Graduate Level, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
- Editor, Advances in culture and psychology, 2008 - now
- Editor, Frontiers in culture and psychology, 2008 - now
- Associate Editor, Journal of Personality, 2005 - now
- Associate Editor, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2008 - now
- Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2004 - 2007
- Book Review Editor, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2000-2004
- Associate Editor, Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 2000-2002
- Special Issue Editor, Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 2001
- Special Issue Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2001
- Special Issue Editor, Social Cognition, 2001
- Special Issue Editor, Group Porcesses and Intergroup Relations, 2006
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2007
- Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2007 -
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008 -
- Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2008 -
- Indigenous Psychological Studies, 2008 -
- Chinese Journal of Psychology, 2008 -