Heejung Kim

     
Institution
University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position
Assistant Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Stanford University, 2001

Research Interests
Communication
Culture/Ethnicity
Emotion
Self/Identity

Courses Taught
Cultural Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Social Psychology

 
Heejung Kim
Department of Psychology
University of California
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9660
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (805) 893-6180
Fax: (805) 893-4303


Heejung Kim
Heejung Kim received her first B.A. in French Literature from Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea, and her second B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Stanford University in 2001.

After receiving her PhD, she was hired as an assistant professor at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA, until 2003, when she moved to UCSB. She has a number of publications on culture, cognition, and choice. She is the recipient of the 2001 Society of Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award and a research grant from Social Science Research Council.


Journal Articles:

  • Kim, H. & Markus, H. R. (1999). Uniqueness or deviance, harmony or conformity: A cultural analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 785-800.
  • Kim, H. S. (2002). We talk, therefore we think? A cultural analysis of the effect of talking on thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 828-842.
  • Kim, H. S. & Drolet, A. (in press). Choice as self-expression: The effect of decision context on preference. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
  • Sherman, D. K. & Kim, H. S. (2002). Affective perseverance: The resistance of affect to cognitive invalidation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 224-237.

Other Publications:

  • Kim, H. S. & Markus, H. R. (2002). Freedom of speech and freedom of silence: An analysis of talking as a cultural practice. In R. Shweder, M. Minow, & H. R. Markus (Eds.), Engaging cultural differences: The multicultural challenge in liberal democracies (pp. 432-452). New York: Russell-Sage Foundation.

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