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Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D. 1

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. PERSONAL DATA

II. EDUCATION

III. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

A. REGULAR ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

July 2015-

Present

July 2008-

June 2015

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore

County

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland,

Baltimore County

July 2004-

June 2008

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland,

Baltimore

County

July 2001-

June 2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of

Saskatchewan, Canada

1995-2000 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Human Development,

University of Maryland. (Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family

Relationships and the Center for Children, Relationships and Culture, Dr.

Kenneth Rubin, Director)

Name: Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D.

Address: Department of Psychology, UMBC

1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD 21250

Phone: (410) 350-5455

E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION INSTITUTION DEGREE & YEAR

Baccalaureate University of Waterloo B.A., 1995

(Honors Psychology- Thesis)

Doctorate University of Maryland Ph.D., 2000

(Human Development-Developmental

Science Specialization)

Postdoctoral

Fellowship

Yale University 2000-2001 (Developmental

Psychopathology)


May 1999-

August 1999

Statistics Consultant, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland.

(Supervisor: Dr. John Robinson)

1996-1997 Research Assistant for LINKAGES for Learning, Department of Human

Development, University of Maryland. (PIs: Drs. Nathan Fox, Kenneth

Rubin, and Peter Leone)

B. ADJUNCT AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS

IV. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A. ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE

2011 –

Present

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Marriage, Family, and Human

Development, Brigham Young University

June – July

2013; October

– November

2010; June

2009

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Italy

March – May

2011

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, HELP University, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia

September

2010

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy

2001

(Spring)

Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Psychology, Southern

Connecticut State University

2017-2019

Chair, Asian Caucus of the Society for Research on Child Development

(SRCD)

2016-Present CAHSS (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) Women’s

Faculty Network Executive Committee, University of Maryland, Baltimore

County

2016-Present CAHSS (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) Research

Advisory Committee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2015-2017 Chair-Elect, Asian Caucus of the Society for Research on Child

Development (SRCD)

2014-Present Executive Committee, International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development (ISSBD)


B. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2013-2017 Ethnic and Racial Issues Committee, Society for Research in Child

Development (SRCD)

2013-2015 Special Research Assistantship/Initiative Support (SRAIS) Committee,

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2014 & 2013 Planning Committee, Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Asian

American and Pacific Islander Month Forum, Office of Ethnic Minority

Affairs, American Psychological Association

2009-Present Membership Committee, International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development

2005-2016 Co-Chair of the Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity Committee, Department of

Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County

2010-2013 Awards Committee, Society for Research on Child Development Asian

Caucus

2009-2010 Awards and Honors Committee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2008-2009 Planning Committee, Baltimore Immigration Summit, Baltimore, MD

2006-2009 Human Relations Committee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2004-2009

The Mayor’s Immigrant Support Working Group (MISWG), Office of the

Mayor of Baltimore City

2005-2007 Advisory Committee, International Child Art Foundation, Washington D.C.

2002-2009 Newsletter Editor, Society for Cross-Cultural Research

2003-2004 Committee on Aboriginal Programs and Student Equity, College of Arts and

Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

2002-2004 Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Aboriginal Students to

Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan,

Canada

2005-Present Faculty Affiliate, NIH Training Program in Social Development (T32),

University of Maryland

2006-Present Research Team Advisor and Member, Malaysian Social Research Institute

(MSRI)

1995-Present Member, Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture, University of

Maryland


C. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

D. REVIEWS AND EDITORIAL BOARD

2017-Present Editorial Board Member

• Parenting: Science and Practice


• Journal of Family Psychology


• The International Journal of Behavioral Development


▪ Social Development

2010-2014 International Scientific Committee Member

▪ Journal of Developmental Psychology-Giornale di Psicologia dello

Sviluppo

2001-present Instructor, Department of Psychology University of Maryland, Baltimore

County and University of Saskatchewan, Canada

▪ Graduate Courses:

▪ Cultural Aspects of Human Development

▪ Parenting

▪ Seminar in the Social and Developmental Foundations of

Psychology

▪ Undergraduate Courses

▪ Parenting

▪ Child Development and Culture

▪ Psychology and Culture

▪ Child Psychology, Child Development

▪ Research in Social and Emotional Development

2001 (Fall) Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Center’s Fall Workshop, University of

Saskatchewan, Canada

2001 (Spring) Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Psychology, Southern

Connecticut

State University.

• Developmental Psychology

1998 (Spring) Instructor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland.

• Human Development Across the Lifespan

1998 (Spring)

Teaching Workshop, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of

Maryland, College Park.


1997-Present Ad-hoc Reviewer

▪ Child Development; Developmental Psychology; International

Journal of Behavioural Development; Social Development; The

International Journal of Psychology; Parenting: Science and Practice;

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Family Issues;

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry; Journal of Cross-

Cultural Psychology; Journal of Adolescence; Journal of Family

Psychology; Appetite; Journal of Applied Developmental

Psychology; Child Development Review; Early Childhood Research

Quarterly; Journal of Family and Marriage; Journal of Adolescent

Research; Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

2012 -Present Grant Reviewer for the Italian Ministry of Education, University and

Research (MIUR) General Directorate for the coordination and

development of Research Office V

2005

Grant Reviewer for the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of

Canada

CONSULTING WORK

V. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

VI. GRANTS, HONORS AND AWARDS

Awarded

2017-2018 Fulbright Research Fellowship Grant to Italy: Exploring the group identities

and adjustment of Muslim Tunisian adolescents in Sicily.

2007-2010 Cultural Content Manager, Ni Hao Kai-lan © Nickelodeon Jr. Television

2007-2009 Cultural Content Manager, Dora the Explorer © Nickelodeon Jr. Television

1995-Present Society for Research in Child Development

1995-Present International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development

2004-Present Society for Research on Adolescents

1999-2005 International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

1999-2001 Asian American Psychological Association

2000-2004 Society for Cross-Cultural Research


2017-2018 PI: Imaging Research Center (IRC) Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

(SFRF), UMBC. Creating a Virtual Experimental Environment to Study

Food Choices and Other Behavioral Processes. ($16,000)

2016-2017 College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research Fellow, UMBC.

Chinese Immigrants’ Life Experience, Parenting, and their Children’s

Healthy Development in the U.S. ($7,000)

2016 Co-PI: International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.

Grant awarded to organize a regional workshop on “Values and the

Development of Southeast Asian Youth.” Co-PI: Doran French ($47,585)

2017, 2016,

2014, 2011,

2010, 2009

PI: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Undergraduate Research

Support (Total: $7,500)

2016-2017 PI: College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean’s Research

Fund, UMBC ($5,000). A person by situation approach to understanding

Muslim-American adolescents’ group identity and adjustment

2015-2017 PI: Department of Psychology Faculty Research Support, UMBC

Positive youth development of Muslim-American adolescents:

Development of culturally appropriate measures ($10,000)

2014-2015 Co-I/Training Faculty: Health Resources and Services Administration,

subcontract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

(DHMH) Department of Maternal Infant and Early Childhood, PI: Carlo

DiClemente ($500,000)

2011-2013 Co-PI, Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education Fundamental Research Grant

Scheme, PI: Jo-Pei Tan. Developing a model for parenting practices of

multicultural families in Malaysia ($15,726; RM 50,000)

2012 PI: Department of Psychology Faculty Research Support, UMBC ($5,000).

Chinese immigrants' early life experiences, parenting, and children's weight:

Development of culturally appropriate measures

2011-2012

PI: Special Research Assistantship / Initiative Support (SRAIS) grant,

UMBC ($19,992)

2011 Visiting Scientists Fellowship, The Scientific and Technological Research

Council of Turkey ($5,000)

2011 Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research’s Summer Faculty

Fellowship ($5,000)

2010-2012 PI: NICHD 1R03HD052827-01A2. Immigrant Chinese Preschoolers’

Social Development: The Role of Parents and Social Context ($100,000)

2008-present PI: Marjorie Pay Hinckley Endowed Chair Grant ($147,000)


2006-2009 PI: Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Fellowship and

Award: Changing Faces of America’s Children ($148,000)

2006-2007 PI: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Special Research Initiative

Support ($20,000)

2005 PI: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Summer Faculty Research

Award ($5,000)

2003-2006 PI: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard

Research Grant. A Cultural and Contextual Examination of Adolescent

Mothers’ Parenting and their Children’s Adaptation ($98,500)

VII. PUBLICATIONS Note: * denotes student authors mentored by Cheah, C. S. L.

Journal Articles

Tahseen, M.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (accepted). Who Am I? The social identities of Muslim-

American adolescents. American Journal of Islamic and Social Sciences.

Zhou, N.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Li. Y., Liu, J., & Sun, S. (accepted). The role of maternal and

child characteristics in Chinese children’s dietary intake across three groups. Journal of

Pediatric and Child Psychology.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2017). The social cognitive

reasoning of Chinese Malaysian adolescents during filial dilemmas. Child Development.

DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12725

Huang, C.-Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Lamb, M. E., & Zhou, N. (2017). Associations between

parenting and children’s effortful control within Chinese families in the U.S., the U.K.,

and Taiwan, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 795-812. DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117706108

Liga, F., Ingoglia, S., Inguglia, C., Lo Coco, A., Lo Cricchio, M.G., Musso, P., Cheah, C. S.

L., Rose, L.*, & Gutow, M. (2017). Associations among psychologically controlling

parenting, autonomy, relatedness and problem behaviors during emerging adulthood.

The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 151, 393-415. DOI:

10.1080/00223980.2017.1305323

2002 PI: University of Saskatchewan SSHRC 4A Grant ($5,000)

2001; 2003 PI: President’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research

Grant, University of Saskatchewan ($5,000)

1999; 2000 PI: Department of Human Development Dissertation Research Award,

University of Maryland, College Park ($2,000)


Kiang, L., Huynh, V. W., Cheah, C. S. L., Wang, Y., & Yoshikawa, H. (2017). Moving

beyond the model minority. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 8, 1 - 6.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000070

Wang, G. H., Tan, T., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2017). Parents' perceptions of preschool urban

Chinese children's weight status, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 33, 63–69.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2016.11.005

Seo, Y. J.*, & Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. (2017). Korean immigrant mothers’ praise and

encouragement, acculturation, and their children’s social and emotional difficulties.

Parenting: Science and Practice, 17, 143-155.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2017.1304786

Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J.,* Hart, C. H., Bayram Özdemir, S., Sun, S., Zhou, N., Sunohara, M.,*

& Olsen, J. A. (2016). Parenting hassles mediate predictors of Chinese and Korean

immigrants’ psychologically controlling parenting. Journal of Applied Developmental

Psychology, 47, 13-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2016.09.005

Kiang, L., Cheah, C. S. L., Huynh, V., Wang, Y., & Yoshikawa, H. (2016). Annual review of

Asian American psychology, 2015. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 7, 219-255.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000055219

Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (2016). Processes and conditions

underlying the link between shyness and school adjustment among Turkish

children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. DOI:10.1111/bjdp.12158

Cheah, C. S. L. (2016). Charting future directions for research on Asian American child

development. [Special issue on Research on Asian American Child Development].

Child Development, 87, 1055 – 1060. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12580

Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., & Calvin, G. E.* (2016). Acculturation, psychological adjustment,

and parenting styles of Chinese immigrant mothers in the U.S. Cultural Diversity and

Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22, 504-516. DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000091

Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L., (2016). Turkish Mothers' reactions to preschoolers'

proactive and reactive aggressive behaviors. Infant and Child Development, 26. DOI:

10.1002/icd.1972

Inguglia, C., Ingoglia, S., Liga, F., Lo Coco, A., Lo Cricchio, M. G., Musso, P., Cheah, C. S.

L., Gutow, M. R., & Lim, H. J.* (2016). Parental practices and internalizing difficulties

in Italian and U.S. emerging adults: Mediating pathways of autonomy and relatedness.

Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 419 – 431. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0228-1

Zhou, Y., Bullock, A., Liu, J., Fu, R., Coplan, R. J., Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Validation of the

Self-Regulation Scale (SRS) in Chinese children. Journal of Psychoeducational

Assessment. DOI:10.1177/0734282915622853


Cheah, C. S. L., Li, J., Zhou, N.*, Yamamoto, Y., & Leung, C. Y. Y. (2015). Understanding

Chinese immigrant and European American mothers’ expressions of warmth.

Developmental Psychology, 51, 1802-1811. DOI: 10.1037/a0039855

Cheah, C. S. L.¸& Xu, Y. (2015). In the eyes of the beholder: Understanding subtypes of social

withdrawal among young Chinese children. British Journal of Developmental

Psychology, 33, 177–179. DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12087

Yu, J.*, Sun, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Multitrait-multimethod analysis of the Strengths

and Difficulties Questionnaire in young Asian-American children. Assessment. DOI:

1073191115586459

Yu, W.*, Cheah, C. S. L.¸& Sun, S. (2015). The moderating role of English proficiency in the

association between immigrant Chinese mothers’ authoritative parenting and children's

outcomes. The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human

Development, 176:4, 272-279. DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2015.1022503

Zhou, N.* & Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). An ecological risk model of childhood obesity in Chinese

immigrant children. Appetite, 90, 99-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.02.028

Zhou, N.* & Cheah, C. S. L., Van Hook, J., & Thompson, D.A., & Jones, S. A.* (2015). A

cultural understanding of Chinese immigrant mothers’ feeding practices. Appetite, 87,

160-167 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.215

Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Sun, S., & Olsen, J. A. (2015). Confirming the

multidimensionality of psychologically controlling practices among Chinese-American

mothers: Love withdrawal, guilt induction, and shaming. International Journal of

Behavioral Development. DOI: 10.1177/0165025414562238

Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin, K. H., O’Brien, K. A., Coplan, R. J., Thomas, S. R., Dougherty, L.

R., Cheah, C. S. L., Watts, K., Heverly-Fitt, S., Huggins, S. L., Menzer, M., Schulz

Begle, A., & Wimsatt, M. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of a multi-modal early

intervention program for inhibited preschoolers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical

Psychology. DOI.org/10.1037/a0039043

Bayram Özdemir, S.,* Cheah, C. S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (2015). Conceptualization and

assessment of multiple forms of social withdrawal in Turkey. Social Development, 24

(1) 142-165. DOI: 10.1111/sode.12088

Bayram Özdemir, S.,* & Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Turkish mothers’ parenting beliefs in

response to aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors. Journal of Child and Family

Studies, 24, 687 – 702. DOI:10.1007/s10826-013-9879-y


Thompson, D.A., Polk, S., Camacho, M., Cheah, C. S. L., Vandewater, E. A., Johnson, S.

Tschann, J. (2015). Maternal beliefs and parenting practices regarding their preschool

child’s TV viewing: An exploration in a sample of low-income Latina mothers. Clinical

Pediatrics, 54, 862 – 870. DOI: 10.1177/0009922815574074

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Zhou, N.* (2013). Understanding “tiger parenting”

through the perceptions of Chinese immigrant mothers: Can Chinese and U.S. parenting

coexist? Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4, 30-40. DOI:10.1037/a0031217

Cheah, C. S. L., & Van Hook, J. (2012). Chinese and Korean immigrants’ early life

deprivation: An important factor for child feeding practices and children’s body weight

in the United States. Social Science and Medicine, 74, 744-752. DOI:

10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.04

Cheah, C. S. L., Bayram Özdemir, S.,* & Leung, C. Y. Y.* (2012). Predicting the filial

behaviors of Chinese Malaysian adolescents from indebtedness, filial emotions, and

parent-child relationship quality. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 628-637. DOI:

10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.001

Tahseen, M.,* & Cheah, C. S. L. (2012). A multidimensional examination of the acculturation

and psychological functioning of a sample of immigrant Chinese mothers in the U.S.

International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(6), 430–439. DOI:

10.1177/0165025412448605

Lewis-Morrarty, E., Degnan, K. A., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Pine,

D. S., Henderson, H. A., & Fox, N. A. (2012). Maternal over-control moderates the

association between early childhood behavioral inhibition and adolescent social anxiety

symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. DOI 10.1007/s10802-012-9663-2

Cheah, C. S. L., & Sheperd, K. A.* (2011). A cross-cultural examination of Aboriginal and

European Canadian mothers’ beliefs regarding proactive and reactive aggression. Infant

and Child Development, 20, 330-346. DOI: 10.1002/icd.701

Cheah, C. S. L., Trinder, K. M.,* Gokavi, T. N.* (2010). Urban/rural and gender differences

among Canadian emerging adults. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34,

4, 339 – 344. DOI: 10.1177/0165025409339152

Shin, J., Bayram Ozdemir, S.,* Lee, J., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010). The parenting practices and

child social-emotional outcomes of Korean immigrant mothers with different

acculturation strategies. Korean Child Study Journal, 31 (1), 179-195.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.,* Tahseen, M.,* & Schultz, D. (2009). Authoritative

parenting among immigrant Chinese mothers of preschoolers. Journal of Family

Psychology: Special Issue on Immigration, 34, 311-320. DOI: 10.1037/a0015076.

Cheah, C. S. L., Chirkov, V. (2008). Parents’ personal and cultural beliefs regarding young

children: A cross-cultural study of Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian Mothers. Journal of

Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 402-423. DOI: 10.1177/0022022108318130


Hane, A. A., Cheah, C.S.L., Rubin, K. H. & Fox, N. A. (2008). The role of maternal behavior

in the relation between maternal report of shyness and observed social withdrawal in

early childhood and social withdrawal in middle childhood. Social Development, 17,

795-711. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00481

Schultz, D., Ambike, A., Howes, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2008). Experimental analysis of

preschool playmate preferences as a function of smiles and sex. Infant and Child

Development, 17, 503-507. DOI: 10.1002/icd.566

Prinstein, M. J., Nock, M. K., Simon, V., Aikins, J. W., Cheah, C. S. L. & Spirito, A. (2008).

Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts

following inpatient hospitalization. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76,

92 – 103. DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.1.92.

Park, Seo-Y., Park, Seung-Y., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2007). Mother’s life satisfaction and

parenting behaviors as related to child social competence. Korean Journal of Human

Development, 14, 29-51.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y. (2006). South Korean mothers’ beliefs regarding aggression and

social withdrawal. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 61 – 75.

DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.01.004

Prinstein, M. J., Borelli, J. L., Cheah, C. S. L., Simon, V. A., & Aikins, J. W. (2006).

Adolescent girls’ interpersonal vulnerability to depressive symptoms: A longitudinal

examination of reassurance-seeking and peer relationships. Journal of Abnormal

Psychology, 11, 676 – 688. DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.676

Prinstein, M. J., Cheah, C. S. L., & Schweder, A. E. (2005). Applying social information

processing models to the development of internalizing symptoms: Associations with

peer rejection and victimization. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,

34, 11-24. DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3401_2

Park, S. Y., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2005). Korean mothers’ proactive socialization beliefs

regarding preschoolers’ social skills. International Journal of Behavioral Development,

29, 24-34. DOI: 10.1080/01650250444000306

Cheah, C. S. L., & Nelson, L. J. (2004). The role of acculturation in the emerging adulthood of

Aboriginal college students. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 495-

507. doi: 10.1080/01650250444000135

Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2004). Comparison of European American and Mainland

Chinese Mothers’ responses to aggression and social withdrawal in preschoolers.

International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 83-94. DOI:

10.1080/01650250344000299


Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2003). European American and Mainland Chinese mothers’

socialization beliefs regarding preschoolers’ social skills. Parenting: Science and

Practice, 3, 1-22. DOI:10.1207/S15327922PAR0301_01

Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Fox, N. A. (2001). Emotion regulation, parenting, and the

display of social reticence in preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 12, 97-

115. DOI:10.1207/s15566935eed1201_6

Book Chapters

Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N.*, & Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Vu, K.* (in press). Understanding

parental control among Chinese immigrant mothers in the U.S. In S. S. Chuang, & C.

Costigan (Eds.). International perspectives on parenting and parent-child

relationships in immigrant families and Practical Implications. New York,

NY: Springer Science+Business Media.

Cheah, C. S. L., & Leung, C. Y. Y.* (2011). The social development of immigrant children:

A focus on Asian and Hispanic children in the U.S. P. K. Smith & C. H. Hart (Eds.),

Wiley-Blackwell handbook of childhood social development, 2nd Ed. Pp. 225-241.

Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.

Hastings, P. D., Nuselovici, J. N., Rubin, K. H., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010). Shyness,

parenting and parent-child relationships. In K. H. Rubin & R. J. Coplan (Eds.). The

development of shyness and social withdrawal. Pp. 107-130. NY: Guilford.

Cheah, C. S. L., & Li, J. (2009). Parenting of young immigrant Chinese children:

Challenges facing their social emotional and intellectual development. In R.

Takanishi and E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.). Immigration, diversity, and education. Pp.

225-241. Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.

Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Menzer, M. M. (2009). Peer relationships: A cross-cultural

perspective. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.). Handbook of cultural developmental science.

Pp. 223-238. Mahwah, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

Bornstein, M. H. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2006). The place of “culture and parenting” in an

ecological contextual perspective on developmental science. In K. H. Rubin & O. B.

Chung, (Eds.). Parental beliefs, parenting, and child development in cross-cultural

perspective. London, UK: Psychology Press.

Cheah, C. S. L., Nelson, L. J., & Rubin, K. H. (2001). Non-social play as a risk factor in

social and emotional development. In A. Goncu & E. Klein (Eds.), Children in play,

story, and school. Pp 39-71. New York: Guilford Press.

Burgess, K. B., Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Nelson, L. J. (2001). Behavioral inhibition,

social withdrawal, and parenting. In W. R. Crozier & L. E. Alden (Eds.),

International handbook of social anxiety. Pp. 137 – 158. New York, N. Y.: Wiley.


Rubin, K. H., Coplan, R., Nelson, L., Cheah, C., & Lagace-Seguin, D. G. (1999). Peer

relationships in childhood. In M.A. Bornstein, & M.E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental

psychology: An advanced textbook. Pp. 451-502. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Works Submitted for Publication

Tahseen, M.* Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N.*, & Rose, L.* A person-centered examination of

acculturation and psychological functioning among immigrant Chinese and Korean

mothers. (under revision, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology).

Tani, F., Guarnieri, S., Cheah, C. S. L., Smorti, M., Tan, J. P., Gutow, M., & Rose, L. A.

Quality of social network relationships as an indicator of well-being among young

adults: A cross-cultural study (under revision, Social Indicators Research).

Zhou, N.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. The role of parenting style, child effortful control, and

parenting stress in predicting Asian immigrant mothers’ feeding practices.

(Manuscript submitted for publication).

Yu, J.,* Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. Longitudinal effects of maternal love withdrawal and

guilt induction on Chinese American children’s bullying behavior (Manuscript

submitted for publication).

Liu, J., Bowen, W., Coplan, R., Yang., P., & Cheah, C. S. L. Self-regulation, learning

problems, and maternal authoritarian parenting in Chinese children: A developmental

cascades model (Manuscript submitted for publication).

Encyclopedic Entries

Bornstein, M. H., & Cheah, C. S. L. Observational data. (2017). In M. H. Bornstein, M. E.

Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of

Lifespan Human Development (pp. xx-xx). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.

Cheah, C. S. L. (2005). Play, non-social, and social-emotional development in childhood. In

C. B. Fisher, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.). Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia

of research, policies, and programs. Pp. 842 – 845. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Pubs.

Cheah, C. S. L. (2005). Chinese parenting: A focus on family interdependence and control.

In C. B. Fisher, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Applied developmental science: An

encyclopedia of research, policies, and programs. Pp. 790 – 794. Thousand Oaks,

CA: Sage Publications.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Bornstein, M. H. (2005). Native American parenting. In C. B. Fisher, &

R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research,

policies, and programs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.


Nelson, L. J. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2005). The developmental period of emerging adulthood:

Definitional, cultural, and applied considerations. In C. B. Fisher, & R. M. Lerner

(Eds.), Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research, policies, and

programs. Pp. 46 – 49. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Bornstein, M. H., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2004). Encoding of audiovisual records

In K. Kempf-Leonard (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social measurement. San Diego, CA:

Academic Press.

Cheah, C. S. L. (2004). DREAM – Developmental research on the ecology of adolescent

mothers. Aboriginal Canadian teens and their children. Society for Research on

Adolescence Newsletter, Spring.

VIII. CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Note: Dr. Cheah has over 170 conference poster presentations that are not included

in this C.V.

Seo, Y. J., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. (2017, April). Predicting Korean-American children’s

difficulties from child temperamental fearfulness, and maternal praise and

acculturation. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in

Child Development, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Tan, J.-P., Gan, S. W., Cheah, C. S. L., Yaacob, S. N., Talib, M. A. (2017, April). Do positive

parenting practices mediate the effects of parental goals on Malaysian children’s

academic achievement?

Yu, J., Shanty, L., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. (2017, April). Individual and relational factors

associated with social withdrawal and internalizing problems from childhood to

adolescence. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in

Child Development, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. & Yang, C. (2016, July). Longitudinal effects of love

withdrawal and guilt induction on Chinese American children’s adjustment.

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Shanty, L.*, & Xue, X.* (2016, July). Social adjustment

of anxious-shy and modest-reserved Chinese American children: A latent profile

analysis. International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius,

Lithuania.

Zhou, N., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2016, July). Social adjustment of anxious-shy and modest-

reserved Chinese American children: A latent profile analysis. International Society for

the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Hong, C. *, Jones*, S. Balkaya, M. *, Vu, K. T. T. *, Cheah, C. S. L. 2016, July). Maternal

psychological well-being and physical coercion sequentially mediate the association

between parental stress and children’s effortful control. Paper presented at the 24th


Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development,

Vilnius, Lithuania.

Tahseen, M.* & Cheah, C. S. L. (2016, March). Tridimensional group identity among Muslim-

American adolescents: Associations with family and psychological functioning. Paper

presented at the Society for Research on Adolescents, Baltimore, MD.

Cheah, C. S. L., Li, J., Zhou, N.*, Yamamoto, Y., & Leung, C. Y. Y*. (March, 2015).

Understanding Chinese immigrant and European American mothers’ expressions of

warmth. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Tahseen, M.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (March 2015). Person-centered examination of collective

identity among Muslim-American Adolescents. Paper presented at the biennial meeting

of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Jones, S. S.*, Vu, K.*, & Hart, C. H. (March, 2015). Child effortful

control mediates the links between parenting warmth and control and Chinese-American

children’s school readiness. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for

Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Zhou, N.*, Cheah, C. S. L., & Balkaya, M.* (March, 2015). Asian immigrant parent’s early-

life deprivation predicts their current food parenting beliefs and child diet. Paper

presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Leung, C. Y. Y. *, Cheah, C. S. L. (March, 2015). U.S. Chinese immigrant mothers’ migration

experiences and perceptions of their children’s adaptation. Paper presented at the

biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA,

U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J.*, Tahseen, M. *, & Hart, C. H. (2014, November). Identifying risk

profiles for parenting in Chinese-American mothers with young children. Paper

presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting:

New Conceptualizations in the Study of Parenting-At-Risk, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J.*, Hart, C. H., & Seo, Y. J.* (2014, July). Pathways from

temperamental shyness to Chinese immigrant Children’s social adjustment. Paper

presented at the 23rd Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of

Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, Cheah, C. S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (July, 2014). Conceptualization and

implications of multiple forms of social withdrawal in Turkey. Paper presented at the

23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development, Shanghai, China.

Bayram-Özdemir, S.* & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2014). Understanding psychologically

controlling parenting during adolescence and emerging adulthood across different

cultural contexts. Paper presented at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International

Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.


Yu, J.*, Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. (July, 2014). Linkages between coercive parenting and

Chinese immigrant children’s social and school adjustment: The role of effortful

control. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the

Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Zhou, N.*, Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2014). The role of child effortful

control, parenting styles, and parenting stress in predicting Asian immigrant mothers’

feeding practices. Paper presented at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International

Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Zhou, N.*, Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2014). Conceptualizations of parental

control among Chinese American and European American mothers. Paper presented at

the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development, Shanghai, China.

Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J.*, Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, Zhou, N.*, S. Sun, Watanabe, N.*, Lim, H. J.*,

& Hart, C. H. (April, 2013). An ecological model predicting psychological control in

Chinese versus Korean U.S. immigrant mothers. Paper presented at the Biennial

Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Zhou, N.* Chinese immigrant mothers’ perceptions of

Chinese versus U.S. parenting. (April, 2013). Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting

of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, USA.

Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Park, S.-Y., Zhou, N.*, Ha, S.-J., & Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2013). Maternal

expressions of warmth and acculturation among Korean and Chinese immigrants in the

U.S. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Seattle, WA, USA.

Tahseen, M.*, Zhou, N.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2013). Acculturation and Psychological

Functioning Among Immigrant Korean and Chinese Mothers. Paper presented at the

Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, USA.

Park, S-Y, Zhou, N.*, Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Ha, S-J & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2012). Maternal

expressions of warmth and acculturation among Korean and Chinese immigrants in the

U.S. Paper presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the

Study of Behavioral Development, Edmonton, Canada.

Rose, L. E.*, Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, Tan, J. P., Lim, H. J.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2012).

The role of parental support and filial behaviors on substance use in U.S. and

Malaysian emerging adults. Paper presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Edmonton, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Zhou, N.*, Yuen, C.*, & Kim, P.* (February, 2012).

Chinese American parenting practices and children’s positive social adjustment: The

mediating role of child effortful control. Paper presented at the Society for Research in

Child Development Themed Meeting: Positive Development of Minority Children,

Tampa, FL, USA.


Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N.*, & Bayram-Özdemir, S.* (August, 2011). Chinese Immigrant

mothers’ conceptualizations of parenting warmth. Paper presented at the 119th Annual

Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C., USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, & Hart, C. H. (July, 2011). Chinese and Korean

immigrant children’s social-emotional development: The role of parenting and its

predictors. Paper presented in an invited symposium at the 12th European Congress of

Psychology. Istanbul, Turkey.

Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, Cheah, C. S. L., Shin, J., Lee, J.*, & Hart, C. H.

(April, 2011). Temperament and parenting in predicting immigrant Korean

preschoolers’ socio-emotional competence. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of

the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rose, L.*, Sheperd, K.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2011). The roles of relationship quality and

stress in adolescent mother-child interactions. Paper symposium presented at the

Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (March, 2011). Chinese immigrant mothers’ conceptualizations of parenting

warmth. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2010). Turkish mothers’ parenting beliefs in

response to aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors. Paper presented at the

biennieal meeting of the 21st Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of

Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia.

Cheah, C. S. L., Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, & Leung, C. Y. Y.* (July, 2010). The role of parent-

child relationships in the filial behaviors of Chinese Malaysian adolescents. Paper

presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Association for Relationship

Research, Herzliya, Israel.

Cheah, C. S. L., Sheperd, K.*, & Murdock, S.* (March, 2010). Trait autonomy and the future

career orientation of young mothers. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the

Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, Shin, J., Lee, J.* & Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2009). The mediating role of

parenting in the association between acculturation and children’s social emotional

development. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in

Child Development, Denver, CO, USA.

Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Cheah, C. S. L., & Bands, H. V.* (April, 2009). Parenting and child

outcomes among immigrant Chinese mothers of four different types of acculturation

strategies. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Denver, CO, USA.

Sheperd, K.*, Rose, L.*, & Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2009). Parenting and social support among

young aboriginal mothers: The relation between acculturation and child behavioral

outcomes. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development Conference, Denver, CO, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., Tahseen, M.*, Leung, C.Y.Y.*, & Sheperd, K.* (December, 2008). Culture

and acculturation. Paper presented at the Annual National Training Institute


Conference hosted by ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and

Families, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., & Leung, C. Y. Y.* (November, 2008). Community and individual supports

for Chinese and Korean immigrant families. Panel presented at the Fourth Baltimore

Immigration Summit, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Park, S.-Y., & Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2008). Concomitants and predictors of South Korean

mothers’ parenting. Paper presented at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the International

Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Würzburg, Germany.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.*, Tahseen, M.*, Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, & Yu, W.* (October

2007). Predicting parenting and children’s peer relationship problems in immigrant

Chinese families. On New Shores: Understanding Immigrant Children. University of

Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (March, 2007). Immigrant Chinese parenting and children’s behavioral and

emotional outcomes. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for

Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Sheperd, K. A.* (March, 2007). Individual, relational, and contextual

predictors of parenting in Aboriginal and European Canadian young mothers. Paper

presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,

Boston, MA, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2006). Aboriginal and European Canadian mothers’ parenting beliefs

and practices regarding aggression. Paper presented at the 18th International

Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Isle of

Spetses, Greece.

Cheah, C. S. L., Chirkov, V., Bayram-Özdemir, S.*, & Leung, C. Y. Y.* (July, 2006). The

socialization strategies of young Aboriginal Canadian mothers. Paper presented at the

19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural

Development, Melbourne, Australia.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y.*, & Bayram-Özdemir, S.* (July, 2006). An examination of

predictors of filial behaviors among Chinese Malaysian adolescents. Paper presented at

the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural

Development, Melbourne, Australia.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y. (July, 2004). The socialization beliefs and strategies of

European American, Mainland Chinese, and South Korean mothers. Paper presented at

the 18th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural

Development, Ghent, Belgium.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y. (July, 2004). South Korean mothers’ beliefs regarding

aggression and social withdrawal in preschoolers. Paper presented at the 18th Biennial

Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ghent,

Belgium.

Cheah, C. S. L., Chirkov, V., & Binning, P. L. (April, 2003). Parents’ personal and cultural

beliefs regarding young children: A cross-cultural study of Aboriginal and Euro-


Canadian Mothers. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research

in Child Development, Tampa, FL, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y. (April, 2003). The parenting beliefs of Euro-Canadian,

Mainland Chinese, and Korean mothers regarding the socialization of preschoolers’

social skills. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in

Child Development, Tampa, FL, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. (February, 2002). Parenting beliefs from a cross-cultural perspective. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa Fe,

NM, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., & Li, M. (April, 2001). Maternal socialization beliefs regarding

preschoolers’ social skills: A cross-cultural study of European and Mainland Chinese

mothers. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Tamis-LeMonda, C, Wang, S., Cheah, C. S. L., & Stutler (April, 2001). Parents’ childrearing

values across cultures. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for

Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L., Rubin, K. H., & Fox, N. A. (July, 2000). Predicting solitary-passive

behaviors in middle childhood. Paper presented at the 16th Biennial Meeting of the

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Beijing, China.

Cheah, C. S. L., Rubin, K. H., Hastings, P. D., & Chen, H. (July, 1998). The contributions of

temperament, separation-reunion behaviors and parenting factors in the prediction of

inhibition in Chinese and Canadian toddlers. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial

Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Berne,

Switzerland.

Rubin, K. H., Rowand, C, Cheah, C. S. L & Calkins S. D. (July, 1998). Temperament,

parenting, and the display of social reticence in preschoolers. Paper presented at the

15th Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development, Berne, Switzerland.

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 1997). The multiple correlates of social withdrawal in middle

childhood. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child

Development, Washington D.C., USA.

IX. INVITED TALKS, WORKSHOPS, OR PANELS

Cheah, C.S.L. (July, 2017). Child development in changing contexts: A focus on Chinese

families. In D. French, C. S. L. Cheah, & U. Purwono (Organizers). International

Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Regional Workshop on Values and the

Development of Southeast Asian Youth, Bandung, Indonesia.

Seaton, E. K., & Gonzalez J.-M. (Moderators); Cheah, C. S. L, Lee, R. M., Raval, V. V.,

Rivera, S. M., Toomey, R. B., Tynes, B. (Panelists). (April, 2017). Invited Panel at the

Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX, USA.


Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N., Leung, C. Y. Y., Selcuk, B., Yavuz, H. M., Park, S. Y., Vu, K. T.

T.*, Ha, S. J. (2016, July). Perceptions and expressions of maternal warmth across four

cultures. In C. S. L. Cheah (Chair). Invited symposium on Parenting and Culture. The

24th Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral

Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Cheah, C. S. L. (October, 2014). The parenting and socioemotional development of Chinese

immigrant children. Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture Colloquia and

Seminar. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L., Harkness, S., & Super, C. (July, 2014). Conducting cross-cultural research.

Early Career Scholars Workshop. Invited workshop for the 23rd Biennial Meetings of the

International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Shanghai, China.

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2013). Parenting of Asian Americans: A focus on warmth and love.

Great Expectations: Exploring family dynamics and stress among Asian and Asian

American populations. Community forum of the American Psychological

Association’s Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs’ (OEMA) Ethnicity and Health in

America Series. Washington, D.C.

Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N., Özdemir, S. B. (January, 2012). Working with Chinese immigrant

parents: Parenting and children’s socio-emotional development. Hamilton-Madison

House. New York, New York, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. (September, 2011). Maternal styles, practices, and beliefs. The Health of

Children of Immigrants - Research Priorities of Methodological Changes. Maternal

and Child Health Bureau Research Branch, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L. (June, 2011). Chinese immigrant mothers’ conceptualizations of parenting

warmth. Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Ewha Womans

University, South Korea.

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2011). Predicting the filial behaviors of Chinese Malaysian

adolescents. Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Faculty of

Human Ecology. University of Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Cheah, C. S. L. (September, 2010). Parent-child relationships and adolescent behaviors in

Malaysia. Department of Psychology Colloquium. Università degli Studi di Firenze,

Florence, Italy.

Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2010). Parenting of Chinese and Korean immigrant preschoolers.

Invited symposium presentation on Multinational Research on Parenting at the

XVIXth Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural

Development, Lusaka, Zambia.

Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. (July, 2009). Cultural research support for the importance of

parents. Center for Psychology In-House Seminar. HELP University College, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia.


Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. (July, 2009). Promoting optimal development in children.

Invited speakers for the Department of Psychology Outreach to Parents and Teachers.

HELP University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Cheah, C. S. L. (June, 2009). A cultural examination of the parenting and social

development of young Chinese immigrant children. Department of Psychology

Colloquium. University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Cheah, C. S. L., (May, 2009). Contextual, familial, and parental predictors of Chinese

immigrant children’s development. Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. New

York, New York, USA.

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2009). The social development of young Chinese immigrant children

in the U.S.: A cultural examination of parenting. Developmental Psychology Program

Colloquium. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (December 4th, 2008). Culture, acculturation, and the parenting of infants

and toddlers. Invited Speaker for the Zero to Three National Training Institute:

Immigration Pre-Institute Workshop (full day). Los Angeles, CA,

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2008). The parenting and social development of young Chinese

immigrant children. Applied Developmental Psychology Program Colloquium.

George Mason University, VA. U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L. (January, 2008). The parenting of young Chinese immigrant children. The

Child Study Center Speaker Series. Pennsylvania State University, PA. U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., Tahseen, M., Bayram Ozdemir, S., & Yu, W. (October,

2007). Parenting and children’s peer relationship problems in immigrant Chinese

families. On New Shores: Understanding Immigrant Children. University of Guelph,

Guelph, ON, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (September, 2006). Filial piety cognitions and behaviors of Chinese

Malaysian children and adolescents. The Center for the Study of Human

Development’s Colloquium Series. Brown University, Providence, R.I., U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2006). Parents’ beliefs and practices regarding children’s social skills.

Center for Psychology In-House Seminar. Help University College, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

Cheah, C. S. L. (June, 2005). The socialization of children across cultures. The Center for

the Study of Child Development. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Cheah, C. S. L. (June, 2005). The role of culture in parenting. Department of Psychology.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Cheah, C. S. L. (September, 2004). A cultural examination of parenting among young

aboriginal and European Canadian mothers. Center for Children, Relationships, and

Culture Colloquia and Seminar. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.


Cheah, C. S. L. (July, 2004). The cultural examination of parenting among young

Aboriginal mothers. The Saskatchewan Workshop on Culture & Human

Development: Creating a Vision for Research & Training in a Globalized World.

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (April, 2004). Healthy development and parenting among young mothers.

Invited keynote address at the University of Saskatchewan Psychology Undergraduate

Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Cheah, C. S. L. (May, 2003). Parenting socialization beliefs regarding young children:

Cultural and applied perspectives. Colloquium presented at the Child and Family

Research unit, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda,

MD, U.S.A.

Cheah, C. S. L. (October, 2000). Cultural influences on maternal socialization beliefs.

Developmental Colloquium presented at Yale University, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

X. OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2016 Reviewer for Applicant’s Promotion to Professor at Tufts University, U.S.A

2015 Reviewer for Applicant’s Promotion to Reader (Associate Professor) at

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

2014 External Reviewer for Faculty Applicant, Division of Psychology at

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

XI. Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS AND POST-DOCTORAL SUPERVISEES

Ph.D. Advisees

Jing Yu, Ph.D., 2016 (Post-doctoral Researcher, The Child and Family Research Section,

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD))

Nan Zhou, Ph.D., 2015 (Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Capitol

Normal University, China)

Tahseen, Madiha, Ph.D., December 2014 (Project Manager, Center for Autism and Related

Disorders (CARD), Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Wei Yu, Ph.D., 2014 (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Foshan University,

China)

Laura Rose, Ph.D., 2014 (Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland,

Baltimore County)


Christy Y. Y. Leung, Ph.D., 2012 (Research Director, Thirty Million Words Initiative,

University of Chicago)

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Ph.D., 2012 (Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Psychology and Social

Work, Örebro University, Sweden)

Kelly A. Sheperd, Ph.D., 2011 (Psychologist, Center for Autism and Related Disorders

(CARD), Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Visiting Graduate Student

Huiguang Ren, 2017 August, 2017 – January, 2017 (Doctoral student, Department of

Psychology, East China Normal University, China)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

Jiyoun Shin, 2010-2012 (Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Sahm

Yook University, Republic of Korea)

Mentoring on Grants-in-Aid of Research

Darcy A. Thompson, K Award (Mentor) NIH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of

Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2009-2014.

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