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Melody M. CHAO

Assisant Professor

Email: mchao@ust.hk

 

Ph.D.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Social Psychology

M.A.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Social Psychology

B.A.

University of California, Berkeley, Psychology

 

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Assistant Professor, July 2009 - present.

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

 

  • Kashima, Y., Shi, J., Tsuchiya, K., Kashima, E.S., Cheng, S.Y.Y., Chao, M.M., & Shin, S. In press. Globalization and folk theory of social change: How globalization relates to societal perceptions about the past and future. Journal of Social Issues.

  • Cheng, S. Y., Rosner, J. L., Chao, M.M., Peng, S., Chen, X., Li, Y., Kwong, J.Y., Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. 2011. One world, one dream? Intergroup consequences of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35: 296-306.

  • Chao, M., Okazaki, S., & Hong, Y. 2011. The quest for multicultural competence: Challenges and lessons learned from clinical and organizational research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5: 263-274.

  • Cheng, Y-y., Chao, M. M., Kwong, J., Peng, S., Chen, X., Kashima, Y., & Chiu, C-y. 2010. The good old days and a better tomorrow: Historical representations and future imaginations of China during the 2008 Olympic Games. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13: 118-127.

  • Rosner, J. L., Li, Y., Chao, M. M., & Hong, Y. 2010. One world, just a dream? Effects of the Beijing Olympic icon on perceived differences between Eastern and Western culture. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13: 139-151.

  • Chao, M. M., Chiu, C., & Lee, J.S. 2010. Asians as the model minority: Implications for U.S. government’s policies. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13: 44-52.

  • Chao, M.M., Zhang, Z-X., & Chiu, C. 2010. Adherence to perceived norms across cultural boundaries: The role of need for cognitive closure and ingroup identification. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13: 69-89.

  • Hong, Y., Chao, M. M., Yang, Y., & Rosner, J.R. 2010. A socially grounded approach to test theories in psychology: Experiences from conducting social identity research. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 42: 1-15.

  • Hong, Y., Chao, M.M., & No, S. 2009. Dynamic interracial/intercultural processes – The role of lay theories of race. Journal of Personality (Special issue: Personality and racial/ethnic relations), 77: 1283-1310.

  • Chao, M.M., Zhang, Z-X., & Chiu, C. 2008. Personal and collective culpability judgment: A functional analysis of East Asian-North American differences. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39: 730-744.

  • No, S., Hong, Y., Liao, H., Lee, K., Wood, D., & Chao, M. M. 2008. Lay theory of race affects and moderates Asian Americans’ responses toward American culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95: 991-1004.

  • Chao, M.M., Chen, J., Roisman, G., & Hong, Y. 2007. Essentializing race: Implications for bicultural individuals’ cognition and affect. Psychological Science, 18: 341-348.

  • Chao, M.M., & Hong, Y. 2007. Being a bicultural Chinese: A multilevel perspective to biculturalism. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies. (Special Issue: Psychology of Biculturalism in Chinese Societies) 8: 141-157.

  • Fu, J.H., Morris, M.W., Lee, S., Chao, M., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. 2007. Epistemic motives and cultural conformity: Need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92: 191-207.

 

Book Chapters

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2011. Culture as norm representations: The case of collective responsibility attribution. In A. K-y. Leung, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective: 65-80. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2011. Epistemic functions of culture. In A. K-y. Leung, C-y. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective: 81-95. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  • No, S., Wan, C., Chao, M.M., Rosner, J., & Hong, Y. 2011. Bicultural identity negotiation. In A. K-y. Leung, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective: 213-241. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2009. Model minority. Cambridge dictionary of psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2009. Responsibility attribution. Cambridge dictionary of psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  • Chiu, C., & Chao, M.M. 2009. Society, culture, and the person: Ways to personalize and socialize cultural psychology. In R. S. Wyer, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Understanding culture: Theory, research and application: 457-468. New York: Psychology Press.

 

 

SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Chao, M.M., & Farh, J.L. 2011. Foreign cultural experiences and sojourners' creativity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.

  • Liao, H., Hong, Y., & Chao, M. M. 2010. Status-based rejection sensitivity and intergroup relations: The moderating role of Lay theory. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vagas, NV.

  • Yeung, V. W. L., Yuki, M., & Chao, M. M. 2010. The relationship between linguistic expression and self-construal: An empirical study using Japanese sample. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vagas, NV.

  • Hogan, C. M., Min, J., & Chao, M.M. 2009. Multiple perspectives on Asian American Stereotypes and their implications for workplace diversity. Symposium at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

  • Chao, M.M., & Hong, Y. 2009. Lay theory of race and implicit processes: Their implications for interracial perceptions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

  • Chao, M.M., Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. 2008. Essentializing race: Being prejudiced or being sensitive to differences? RiSE-UP Research Award symposium presentation at the 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2007. Model minority… An ideal to strive for or an image to avoid? The role of media exposure on individuals’ self-representation. Presented at the 1st Annual Cultural Psychology Conference, Champaign, IL.

  • Chao, M.M., & Hong, Y. 2007. Believing and being: The implication of essentialist beliefs about race for Asian immigrants in the United States. Presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • Chao, M.M. 2006. Intercultural processes: Implications on conflict management and resource allocation. Presented at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, China; and presented at the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China.

  • Chao, M.M., & Chiu, C. 2005. Is adherence to cultural knowledge tradition always associated with close mindedness? A case for motivated cultural cognition. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

  • Chao, M.M., & Hong, Y. 2005. What happens when we encounter a foreign culture? A dynamic constructivist approach to intercultural contact. Presented at the 1st Midwestern Conference for Culture, Language, and Cognition, Chicago, IL.

 

 

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer

    • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

    • Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

    • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    • Journal of Happiness Studies

    • Journal of Personality

    • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Globalization; Multicultural psychology

  • Organizational behavior; Normative judgments

  • Group processes and intergroup relations

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2008. Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarship, American Psychological Foundation (APF).

  • 2008. Sarah C. Mangelsdorf Award for excellence in research/scholarship and teaching, and recognition of the potential to be an academic leader, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  • 2008. RiSE-UP Research Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS).

  • 2008. Diversity Fund Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).