Joanne
Mee Hae
Chung








Personality
Psychologist


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About 




I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. In my research, I focus on how aspects of people’s culture, self-concept, and emotional life interact to shape individual differences during important life transitions. In this work, I am also interested in how we can best assess personality processes using mixed methods (e.g., ambulatory assessment including Experience Sampling Methods, mobile sensing, and the Electronically Activated Recorder; and qualitative data, with a specific emphasis on people’s narratives).

I especially value exploratory, descriptive, and transparent research -- open science rocks. I was co-director of the Karakter project, a longitudinal study focused on exploring how everyday emotional experiences are related to positive personality change in Syrian origin young adults who have recently resettled in the Netherlands. 

This work in particular has informed my current research goal, which is to use my training and expertise in the areas of personality, social, developmental, and quantitative psychology to conduct research in partnership with members of the community.


Kelci Harris and I recently received funding to conduct a multi-year longitudinal study focusing on the experiences of racialized young adults during the university years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We are so psyched!
Education:

Ph.D. (Social-Personality Psychology, Dissertation Title: Continuity and Change in Self-Esteem, Self-Enhancement, and Ethnocultural Identity in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood, University of California, Davis)

M.A. (Social-Personality Psychology, University of California, Davis)

B.A. (Psychology, San Francisco State University)

B.A. (Interdisciplinary Studies, Thesis Title: The Effects of the Diagnosis of Autism on the Family; Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley)