Full Name
Charissa Cheah
Title
Professor of Psychology
Affiliation
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Speaker Bio
Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Asian Studies Faculty Affiliate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. A cultural developmental scientist, she uses mixed-method approaches to examine how individual characteristics, relationships, and contexts shape social-emotional, mental, and physical health. Her research focuses on Asian American families, with attention to their intersecting statuses as ethnic-racial and religiously minoritized, immigrant, and marginalized groups. Dr. Cheah is President of the Society for Research on Adolescence and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.