Our People: Current EC Members

Past President Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Chair Professor,Department of Applied Social Sciences Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Email: ssxhchen@polyu.edu.hk Education Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Background Sylvia Xiaohua Chen is Chair Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology in…

Background Shige Oishi is a professor of psychology at Columbia University. He has written two books, one in Japanese “幸せを科学する” (“Doing the science of happiness” published in 2009 from Shinyosha) and one in English “The psychological wealth of nations: Do happy…

Past President Dr. Minoru Karasawa is a professor in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at the Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, in Japan. After earning his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Kyoto University, he went on to…

Nguyen Thi Minh Hieu, (Minh), received her PhD in Psychology from Massey University, New Zealand. Before beginning her academic career, she worked for the United Nations Development Programme after earning her BA in Japan. Her research interest is in the…

Susumu Yamaguchi Date of Birth:  January 12, 1952 Education University of Tokyo, B.A. (Psychology), 1974; University of Tokyo, M.A. (Psychology), 1976; Ohio State University (1984), University of Tokyo, Ph.D. (Social Psychology), 1991 Employment History   Distinguished Professor, Nara University (2015-2017),…

Name: Liz (Elizabeth) Jones Position: Professor and Head of Department of Psychology Current Institution: Monash University Malaysia Email: elizabeth.jones@monash.edu Education: BA (Hons), PhD The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Background: Prof Liz Jones is Head of Department of Psychology and is Past President…

Editor-in-Chief, Asian Journal of Social Psychology Professor at Hosei University, Japan Email niiya@hosei.ac.jp Introduction Dr. Yu Niiya is a professor in the Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies at Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan. She received her M.A. from the University…

Treasurer Ben Chun Pan Lam is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Counselling and Therapy at La Trobe University, Australia. He received his PhD from the Iowa State University in 2016. His research mainly concerns the role of culture…

Chair, Education and Training Committee Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lingnan University Email vivianlun@ln.edu.hk Education PhD in Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. MPhil in Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. BSSc in Psychology, The Chinese…

Regional RepresentativeInsular PacificDr Marc ChaoJames Cook University