Chuansheng Chen

CURRICULUM VITAE
Campus address:

Last update:
February, 2012

Department of Psychology and Social Behavior

4566 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California
Irvine, California 92697-7085
Tel. 949-824-4184
Fax. 949-824-3002
E-mail: cschen@uci.edu

Education
University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1992 (Developmental Psychology)
University of Michigan, M.A., 1987 (Developmental Psychology)
Beijing Normal University, 1982-1984 (Graduate Program in Psychology)
Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University), B.S., 1982 (Psychology)
Employment
Professor, Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 2005-present
Professor (without-salary appointment), Department of Education, University of California,
Irvine, 2005-present
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal
University, Dec. 2004-present
Member, Center for Language Science, University of California, Irvine, 2011-present
Member, Center for Asian Studies, University of California, Irvine, 1998-present
Member, Center of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Irvine, 2006-present
Member, Center for Learning Through the Arts (formerly Da Vinci Center for Learning
Through the Arts and Center for Arts Research in Education), University of
California, Irvine, 2001-2007
Affiliated Member, Social Dynamics and Complexity (formerly Social Dynamics and
Evolution), 2004-2007
Chair, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, July,
2001-June, 2004
Associate Professor, Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 19962005
Assistant Professor, Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 19921996
Affiliated Faculty, Asian American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine, 19941999
Research Assistant and Research Associate, Center for Human Growth and Development,
University of Michigan, 1985 - 1992

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Publications
In press
Chen, M., Xu, Z., Zhai, J., Bao, X., Zhang, Q., Gu, H., Shen, Q., Cheng, L., Chen, X., Wang, K.,
Deng, X., Ji, F., Liou, C., Li, J., Dong, Q., Chen, C. (in press). Evidence of IQ-modulated
association between ZNF804A gene polymorphism and cognitive function in
schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychopharmacology.
Zhang, H., Chen, C., & Zhou, X. (in press). Neural correlates of numbers and mathematical
terms. NeuroImage.
Lu, C., Chen, C., Peng, D., You, W., Zhang, X., Ding, G., Deng, X., Yan, Q., & Howell, P. (in
press). Neural anomaly and reorganization in speakers who stutter: a short-term
intervention study. Neurology.
Lam, B. T., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (in press). The important roles of non-parental adults in
Vietnamese-American adolescents cultural and socioemotional development. Journal of
Social Work and Mental Health.
Wei, W., Lu, H., Zhao, H., Chen, C., Dong, Q., & Zhou, X. (in press). Gender differences in
childrens arithmetic performance are accounted for by gender differences in language
abilities. Psychological Science.
Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (in press). Career-related goal
pursuit among post-high school youth: relations between personal control beliefs and
control strivings. Motivation and Emotion.
Zhang, H., Chang, K., Zhang, F., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (in press). Mental health problems
and coping styles of urban and rural high school students in China. Journal of
Community Psychology.
Zhu, B., Chen, Chuansheng, Loftus, E., He, Q., Chen, Chunhui, Lei, X., Lin, C., & Dong, Q. (in
press). Brief exposure to misinformation can lead to long-term false memory propensity.
Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Lei, X., Chen, Chuansheng, He, Q., Moyzis, R., Xue, G., Chen, Chunhui, Cao, Z., Li, Jin, Li, H.,
Zhu, B., Zhang, M., Li, Jun, & Dong. Q. (in press). Haplotype polymorphism in the
alpha-2b-adrenergic receptor gene influences response inhibition in a large Chinese
sample. Neuropsychopharmacology.
Zhai, J., Cheng, L., Zhang, Q., Shen, Q., Chen, M., Chen, X., Wang, K., Deng, X., Xu, Z., Ji, F.,
Liu, C., Li, J., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. (in press). S100B gene polymorphisms predict
prefrontal spatial function in both schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals.
Schizophrenia Research.
Davis, E. L., Greenberger, E., Charles, S. T., & Chen, C. (in press). Emotion experience and
regulation in China and the United States: How do culture and gender shape emotion
responding? International Journal of Psychology
Chang, K., Xia, Y., Zhang, H., & Chen, C. (in press). Testing the effectiveness of the Knowledge
and Behavior (K&B) Therapy in patients of hemiplegic stroke. Topics in Stroke
Rehabilitation.
Xue, G., Chen, C., Mei, L., Lu, Z., & Dong. Q. (in press). The cognitive neuroscience of learning
to read. In Lou, Y. & Lu, Z. (Eds.). Cognitive Neuroscience.
Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (in press). Self-entitlement. In Levesque, R. J. R. (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Youth Development.

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2011
Chen, Chunhui, Chen, Chuansheng, Moyzis, R., Dong, Q., He, Q., Zhu, B., Li, Jin, Li, Jun, &
Lessard, J. (2011). Sex modulates the associations between the COMT gene and
personality traits. Neuropsychopharmacology. 36, 15931598.
Wan, Q., Chen, C., Wu, C., & Qian, X. (2011). Repetition benefit in mental rotation is
independent of stimulus repetition. Memory and Cognition. Doi:10.3758/s13421-0100061-0.
Zhang, Y., Haddad, E., Torres, B., & Chen, C. (2011). The reciprocal relationships among
parents expectations, adolescents expectations, and adolescents achievement: A twowave longitudinal analysis of the NELS data. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 40, 479
489. DOI 10.1007/s10964-010-9568-8
Zhang, M., Jiang, T., Mei, L., Yang, H., Chen, C., Xue, G., & Dong, Q. (2011). Its a word: Early
electrophysiological response to the character likeness of pictographs. Psychophysiology,
48, 950959. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01153.x.
Germo, G., Farruggia, S., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2011). Adolescents in foster care and
their attachment-security to significant others: a one-year longitudinal study. In J.
Jaworski (Ed.), Advances in sociology research, Vol. 8 (pp.131-150). Huntington, NY:
Nova Science Publishers. Also in A. M. Colombus (Ed.), Advances in psychology
research, Vol. 73 (pp.131-150). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Haddad, E., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2011). The role of important non-parental adults
(VIPs) in the lives of older adolescents: A comparison of three ethnic groups. Journal of
Youth and Adolescence. 40:310319. DOI 10.1007/s10964-010-9543-4
Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Farruggia, S. (2011). Are youths feelings of
entitlement always bad?: Evidence for a distinction between exploitive and nonexploitive dimensions of entitlement. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 521529.
doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.014
Xue, G., Mei, L., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Poldrack, R. A., & Dong, Q. (2011). Spaced learning
enhances subsequent recognition memory by reducing neural repetition suppression.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23. 16241633.
Li, Jin, Chen, Chuansheng, Chen, Chunhui, He, Q., Li, H., Li, Jun, Moyzis, R., Xue, G., & Dong.
Q. (2011). Neurotensin receptor 1 gene (NTSR1) polymorphism is associated with
working memory. Plos ONE, 6 (3) e17365 . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017365.t001.
Chen, Chunhui, Chen, Chuansheng, Moyzis, R., Dong, Q., He, Q., Li, H., Li, J., Lessard, J., &
Stern, H. (in press, 2011). Genetic variations in the dopaminergic system and alcohol use:
A multiple regression approach. Addiction Biology. doi:10.1111/j.13691600.2011.00348.x
Yu, X., Chen, C., Pu, S., Wu, C., Li, Y., Jiang, T., & Zhou, X. (in press, 2011). Dissociation of
subtraction and multiplication in the right parietal cortex: Evidence from intraoperative
cortical electrostimulation. Neuropsychologia.
DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.015.
Zhang, Q., Shen, Q., Xu, Z., Chen, M., Cheng, L., Zhai, J., Gu, H., Bao, X., Chen, X., Wang, K.,
Deng, X., Ji, F., Liu, C., Li, J., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. (in press, 2011). The effects of
CACNA1C gene polymorphism on spatial working memory in both healthy controls and
patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology.1-8.

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Wei, W., Yuan, H., Chen, C., & Zhou, X. (in press, 2011). Cognitive correlates of performance in
advanced mathematics. British Journal of Educational Psychology. DOI:10.1111/j.20448279.2011.02049.x
Zhou, F., Zhao, Q., Chen, C., & Zhou, X. (2011). Mental representations of arithmetic facts:
evidence from eye movement recordings supports the preferred operand-order-specific
representation hypothesis. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,
DOI10.1080/17470218.2011.616213.
Zhu, B., Chen, C., Moyzis, R.K., Dong,Q., Chen, C., He, Q., Stern, H.S., Li, H., Li, Jin, Li, Jun,
Lessard, J., & Lin, C. (2011). Genetic variations in the dopamine system and facial
expression recognition in healthy Chinese college students. Neuropsychobiology.DOI:
10.1159/000329555
Chen, Chunhui, Chen, Chuansheng, Moyzis, R., Stern, H. He, Q., Li, H., Li, J., Zhu, B., & Dong,
Q. (2011). Contributions of dopamine-related genes and environmental factors to highly
sensitive personality: A multi-step neuronal system-level approach. PLoS ONE, 6(7),
e21636.
Zhou, X., Booth, J. R., Lu, J., Zhao, H., Butterworth, B., Chen, C., Dong, Q. (2011). Ageindependent and age-dependent neural substrate for single-digit multiplication and
addition arithmetic problems. Developmental Neuropsychology, 36, 338-352. DOI:
10.1080/87565641.2010.549873
Zhai, J., Zhang, Q., Cheng, L., Chen, M., Wang, K., Liu, Y., Deng, X., Chen, X., Shen, Q., Xu,
Z., Ji, F., Liu, C., Dong, Q., Chen, C., & Li, J. (2011). Risk variants in the S100B gene,
associated with elevated S100B levels, are also associated with visuospatial disability of
schizophrenia. Behavioural Brain Research, 217, 363-368.
2010
Dmitrieva, J., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Ogunseitan, O., & Ding, Y. (2010). Gender-specific
expression of the DRD4 gene on adolescent delinquency, anger and thrill seeking. Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi:10.1093/scan/nsq020
Chang, E., Heckhausen, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2010). Shared agency with parents for
educational goals: ethnic differences and implications for college adjustment. Journal of
Youth and Adolescence.39, 1293-1304.
Chang, E. S., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Heckhausen, J., & Farruggia, S. (2010). Non-parental
adults as social resources in the transition to adulthood. Journal of Research on
Adolescence. 20, 1065-1082.
Xue, G., Dong, Q., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Mumford, J. A., & Poldrack, R. A. (2010). Greater neural
pattern similarity across repetitions is associated with better memory. Science, 330, 97 101. Originally published in Science Express on 9 September 2010. DOI:
10.1126/science.1193125
Xue, G., Mei, L., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Poldrack, R. A., & Dong, Q. (2010). Facilitating memory for
novel characters by reducing neural repetition suppression in the left fusiform cortex.
PLoS ONE. 5(10): e13204. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013204
He, Q., Xue, G., Chen, C., Lu, Z., Dong, Q., Lei, X., Ding, N., Li, J., Li, H., Chen, C., Li, J.,
Moyzis, R. K., & Bechara, A. (2010). Serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic
region (5-httlpr) influences decision making under ambiguity and risk in a large chinese
sample. Neuropharmacology, 59, 518-526. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.07.008

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Mei, L., Xue, G., Chen, C., Xue, F., Zhang, M., & Dong, Q. (2010). The visual word form area
is involved in successful memory encoding of both words and faces. NeuroImage, 52,
371-378.
Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E. F., Lin, C., He, Q., Chen, C., Li, H., Xue, G., Lu, Z., & Dong, Q.
(2010). Individual differences in false memory from misinformation: Cognitive factors.
Memory, 18, 543-555.
Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E.F., Lin, C., He, Q., Chen, Chun-hui, Li, H., Moyzis, R. K., Lessard,
J., & Dong, Q. (2010). Individual differences in false memory from misinformation:
personality characteristics and their interactions with cognitive abilities. Personality and
Individual Differences, 48, 887-894.
Jiang, T., Qiao, S., Li, J., Cao, Z., Gao, X., Song, Y., Xue, G., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. (2010).
Effects of symbol type and numerical distance on the human event-related potential.
Neuropsychologia, 48, 201-210.
Lu, C., Chen, C., Ning, N., Ding, G., Guo, T., Peng, D., Yang, Y., Li, K., & Lin, C. (2010). The
neural substrates for atypical planning and execution of word production in stuttering.
Experimental Neurology, 221, 146-156.
Xue, G., Chen, C., Lu, Z., & Dong, Q. (2010). Brain imaging techniques and their
applications in decision-making research. Acta Psychologica Sinica 42, 120-137.
Lu, C., Peng, D., Chen, C., Ning, N., Ding, G., Li, K., Yang, Y., & Lin, C. (2010). Altered
effective connectivity and anomalous anatomy in the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit
of stuttering speakers. Cortex, 46, 49-67.
Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2010). Adolescents response to parental efforts to
influence eating habits: When parental warmth matters. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 39, 73-83.
Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E. F., Lin, C., & Dong, Q. (2010). Treat and trick: A new way to
increase false memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 1199-1208.
2009
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Qiao, S., Chen, C., Chen, L., Lu, N., & Dong, Q. (2009). Event-related
potentials for simple arithmetic in Arabic digits and Chinese number words: A study of
the mental representation of arithmetic facts through notation and operation effects.
Brain Research, 1302, 212-224.
Chen, C., Xue, G., Mei, L., Chen, Chunhui, & Dong, Q. (2009). Cultural neurolinguistics. In J.
Chiao (Ed.), Progress in Brain Research, (Vol. 178): Cultural neuroscience: cultural
influences on brain function, 159-171. The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Chung, W., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Heckhausen, J. (2009). A cross-ethnic study of
adolescents depressed mood and the erosion of parental and peer warmth during the
transition to young adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 19, 359-379.
2008
Dmitrieva, J. Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2008). Whither the whiz kids went: Asian
American students transition to college. In G. Li and L. Wang (Eds.), Model minority
myths revisited: An interdisciplinary approach to demystifying Asian American education
experiences (pp. 233-251). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

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Xue, G., Zeng, F., & Chen, C. (2008). Language. In Han, J. et al. (eds.), Neuroscience (third
edition, in Chinese) (pp. 939-964). Beijing, China: Peking University Medical Press.
Greenberger, E., Lessard, J., Chen, C., & Farruggia, S. P. (2008). Self-entitled college students:
Contributions of personality, parenting, and motivation factors. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 37, 1193-1204.
Xue, G., Jiang, T., Chen, C., & Dong, Q. (2008). Language experience shapes early
electrophysiological response to visual stimulus: The effects of writing systems, stimulus
length, and presentation duration. NeuroImage, 39, 2025-2037.
Dong, Q., Mei, L., Xue, G., Chen, C., Li, T., Xue, F., & Huang, S. (2008). Sex-dependent
neurofunctional predictors of long-term maintenance of visual word learning.
Neuroscience Letters, 430, 87-91.
Mei, L., Chen, C., Xue, G., He, Q., Li, T., Xue, F., Yang, Q., & Dong, Q. (2008). Neural
predictors of auditory word learning. NeuroReport, 19, 215-219.
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Chen, L., & Dong, Q. (2008). Holistic or compositional representation of
two-digit numbers: Evidence from distance, magnitude, and SNARC effects in a numbermatching task. Cognition, 106, 1525-1536.
Mei, L., Li, Y., Long, Y., Chen, C., & Dong, Q. (2008). The impact of material presentation mode
on English verbal memory among Chinese children with and without formal music
training. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 40, 883-888.
Mei, L., Li, Y., Huang, S., Xue, G., Chen, C., & Dong, Q. (2008). Age effect on a short-term
training in discriminating a non-native phonemic contrast. Psychological Development
and Education (China), (3), 89-93.
2007
Chen, C., Xue, G., Dong, Q., Jin, Z., Li, T., Xue, F., Zhao, L., & Guo, Y. (2007). Sex determines
neurofunctional predictors of language learning proficiency. Neuropsychologia, 45, 741747.
Zhou, X., Chen, Chunhui, Zhang, H., Chen, C., Zhou, R., & Dong, Q. (2007). The operandorder effect in single-digit multiplication: An ERP study of Chinese adults. Neuroscience
Letters, 414, 41-44.
Wang, Y., Xue, G., Chen, C., Xue, F., & Dong, Q. (2007). Neural bases of asymmetric language
switching in second-language learners: An ER-fMRI study. NeuroImage, 35, 862-870.
Zhou, X., Chen, Chuansheng., Zang, Y., Dong, Q., Chen, Chunhui, Qiao, S., & Gong, Q. (2007).
Dissociated brain organization for single-digit addition and multiplication. NeuroImage,
35, 871-880.
Chen, Chunhui, Zhou, X., Chen, C., Dong, Q., Zang, Y., Qiao, S., Yang, T., & Gong, Q. (2007).
The neural basis of processing anomalous information. NeuroReport, 18, 747-751.
Guo, X., Chen, C., Chen, K., Jin, Z., Peng, D., & Yao, L. (2007). Brain development in Chinese
children and adolescents: A structural MRI study. NeuroReport, 18, 875-880.
Zhou, X., Chen, Y., Chen, C., Zhang, H., Jiang, T., & Dong, Q. (2007). Chinese kindergarteners
automatic processing of numerical magnitude. Memory and Cognition, 35, 464-470.
Kasof, J., Chen, C., Himsel, A., & Greenberger, E. (2007). Values and creativity. Creativity
Research Journal, 19, 105-122.

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2006
Chen, C., Himsel, A., Kasof, J., Greenberger, E., & Dmitrieva, J. (2006). Boundless creativity:
evidence for the domain-generality of individual differences in creativity. Journal of
Creative Behavior, 40, 179-199.
Dong, Q., Tao, S., Li, B., Wang, W., & Chen, C. (2006). English classes without English
teachers: the Pan Deng English Learning Program. Q. Jing, M. R. Rosenzweig, G.
d'Ydewalle, H. Zhang, H. Chen, & K. Zhang (Eds.), Progress in Psychological Science
around the World.Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues. Proceedings of
the 28th International Congress of Psychology (pp. 51-70). Psychology Press.
Chang, E., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Dooley, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). What do they want
in life? The life goals of a multi-ethnic, multi-generational sample of high school seniors.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 321-332.
Farruggia, S., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). Perceived social environment
and adolescent well-being and adjustment: Comparing a foster care sample with a
matched sample. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 349-358.
Xue, G., Chen, C., Jin, Z., & Dong, Q. (2006). Cerebral asymmetry in the fusiform areas
predicted the efficiency of learning a new writing system. Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience, 18, 923-931.
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Zhang, H., Xue, G., Dong, Q., Jin, Z., Zhang, L., Peng, C., Zhao, H., Gou,
Y., Jiang, T., & Chen, Chunhui. (2006). Neural substrates for forward and backward
recitation of numbers and the alphabet: A close examination of the role of intraparietal
sulcus and persylvian areas. Brain Research, 1099, 109-120.
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Zhang, H., Zhou, R., Zhao, H., Chen, Chunhui, Qiao, S., Jiang, T., Guo, Y.,
& Dong, Q. (2006). Event-related potentials of single-digit addition, subtraction, and
multiplication. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2500-2507.
Liu, L., Peng, D., Ding, G., Jin, Z., Zhang, L., Li, K., & Chen, C. (2006) Dissociation in the
neural bases of Chinese tone and vowel production. NeuroImage, 29, 515-523.
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Dong, Q., Zhang, H., Chen, Chunhui, Qiao, S., Zhao, H., Jiang, T., & Guo,
Y. (2006). Numerical distance effect in the N240 component in a number-matching task.
NeuroReport, 17, 991-994.
Xue, G., Chen, C., Jin, Z., & Dong, Q. (2006). Language experience shapes fusiform activation:
A training study. NeuroImage, 31, 1315-1326.
2001-2005
Xue, G., Dong Q., Jin, Z., Chen, K., Chen, C., & Reiman, E. M. (2005). Cerebral asymmetry in
children when reading Chinese characters. Cognitive Brain Research, 24, 206-214.
Chen, C., Kasof, J., Himsel, A., Dmitrieva, J., Dong, Q., & Xue, G. (2005). Effects of the explicit
instruction to be creative across creativity tasks and culture. Journal of Creative
Behavior, 39, 89-110.
Xue, G., Dong, Q., Jin, Z., & Chen, C. (2004). Mapping of verbal working memory in non-fluent
Chinese-English bilinguals with functional MRI. NeuroImage, 22, 1-10.
Dmitrieva, J., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2004). Family relationships and
adolescent psychosocial outcomes: Converging findings from Eastern and Western
cultures. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14, 425-447.

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*This article was the most downloaded (#1) article of all JRA articles during the year
2005 (Source: http://www.s-r-a.org/topjradownloads.html).
Farruggia, S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Dmitrieva, J., & Macek, P. (2004). Adolescent selfesteem in cross-cultural perspective: Testing measurement equivalence and a mediation
model. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 719-733.
*This article was among the top ten (#7) most downloaded 2004-2005 articles in
psychology from Sage Publications (Source: Sage, March, 2005), which publishes 43
psychology journals.
Gil-Rivas, V., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Montero y Lopez Lena, M. (2003). Individual and
family correlates of depressive symptomatology among Mexican adolescents.
Adolescence, 38, 93-109
Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Farruggia, S., Bush, K., & Dong, Q. (2003). The role of non-parental
adults in adolescent development in China and the United States. Psychology in the
Schools, 40, 35-50.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Dmitrieva, J., & Farruggia, S. P. (2003). Item-wording and the
dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Do they matter? Personality and
Individual Differences, 35, 1241-1254.
Beam, M. R., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2002). The nature of adolescents relationships with their
very important nonparental adults. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 305325.
Beam, M. R., Gil-Rivas, V., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2002). Adolescent problem behavior
and depressed mood: Risk and protection within and across social contexts. Journal of
Youth and Adolescence, 31, 343-357.
Chen, C., & Farruggia, S. (2002). Culture and adolescent development. In W. J. Lonner, D. L.,
Dinnel, S. A. Hayes, & D. N. Sattler (Eds.), On-line readings in Psychology and Culture.
Bellingham, WA: Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University.
http://orpc.iaccp.org or http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/Chen_Farruggia.htm.
Reprinted in Lovelock, H. (Ed.) (2009), SEE young people: Screening and
Engaging Early. Melbourne: The Australian Psychology Society, ltd.
Young, B., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2002). Family, peer, and individual correlates of
interethnic dating attitudes and behavior. In S. P. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in psychology
research (Vol. 13) (pp. 93-107). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Chen, C., Kasof, J., Himsel, A., Greenberger, E., Dong, Q., & Xue, G. (2002). Creativity in drawings
of geometric shapes: A cross-cultural examination with the Consensual Assessment
Technique. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 171-187.
Xue, G., Dong, Q., Zhou, L. F., Zhang, H., & Chen, C. (2001). The relations between instrinsic
and extrinsic motivation and creativity. Psychological Development and Education, 1, 611.(In Chinese).
Chen, C., Edwards, K., Young, B., & Greenberger, E., (2001). Close relationships between Asian and
European American college students. The Journal of Social Psychology, 141, 85-100.
Dong, Qi, & Chen, C. (2001). The role of relationships with teachers in adolescent development
among a national sample of Chinese urban adolescents. Chinese Journal of Applied
Psychology, 7 (2), 3-10. (In English).
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Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Tally, S., & Dong, Q. (2000). Family, peer, and individual correlates of
depressive symptomatology among U.S. and Chinese adolescents. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 68, 209-219.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Beam, M. R., Whang, S.-M., & Dong, Q. (2000). The perceived social
contexts of adolescent misconduct: A comparative study of youths in three cultures. Journal
of Research on Adolescence, 10,365-388. Reprinted in Arnett, J.J. (2002), Readings on
adolescence and emerging adulthood (pp. 273-282). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Swanson, J., Oosterlaan, J., Murias, M., Schuck, S., Flodman, P., Spence, A., Wasdell, M., Ding, Y.,
Chi, H-C., Smith, M., Mann, M., Carlson, C., Kennedy, M. J., Sergeant, J., Leung, P., Zhang,
Y-P., Sadeh, A., Chen, C., Whalen, C. K., Babb, K. A., Moyzis, R., & Posner, M. (2000).
ADHD children with a 7-repeat allele of the DRD4 gene have extreme behavior but normal
performance on critical neuropsychological tests of attention. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science, 97, 4754-4759.
Chen, C., Burton, M. L., Greenberger, E., & Dmitrieva, J. (1999). Population migration and the
variation of dopamine D4 (DRD4) allele frequencies around the globe. Evolution and
Human Behavior, 20, 309-324.
*This studys finding was featured in the U.S. News & World Report (August 19, 2002),
The gene that wouldnt sit still: Classroom fidget are epic migration may share a common
genetic root.
Schwab-Stone, M., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Silver, D., Lichtman, J., & Voyce, C. (1999). No safe
haven II: The effects of violence exposure on urban youth. Journal of American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 356-367.
Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Lester, J., Dong, Q. & Guo, M. (1998). A cross-cultural study of family
and peer correlates of adolescent misconduct. Developmental Psychology, 34, 770-781.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., &, Beam, M. (1998). The role of very important non-parental adults in
adolescent development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 27, 321-343.
McLaughlin, C. S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E. & Biermeier, C. (1997). Family, peer, and individual
correlates of sexual behavior among Caucasian and Asian American late adolescents. Journal
of Research on Adolescence, 7, 33-53.
Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (1996). Perceived family relationships and depressive mood in early
and late adolescence: A comparison of European and Asian Americans. Developmental
Psychology, 32, 707-716.
Reprinted in N. Zane & B. Kim (eds.), (2004). Asian American studies: A reader. Dubuque,
IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Chen, C., Lee, S., & Stevenson, H. W. (1996). Long-term prediction of academic achievement of
American, Chinese, and Japanese adolescents. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 750759.
Chen, C., Lee, S., & Stevenson, H. W. (1996). Academic achievement and motivation of Chinese
students: A cross-national perspective. In S. Lau (Ed.), Growing up the Chinese way:
Chinese child and adolescent development (pp. 69-91). Hong Kong: Chinese University of
Hong Kong Press.
1991-1995
Chen, C., & Stevenson, H. W. (1995). Motivation and mathematics achievement: A comparative
study of Asian American, Caucasian American, and East Asian high school students. Child

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Development, 66, 1215-1234.
Chen, C., Lee, S., & Stevenson, H. W. (1995). Response style and cross-cultural comparisons of
rating scales among East Asian and North American students. Psychological Science, 6, 170175.
One of the most cited articles published in Psychological Science as of November 1, 2010.
(#37).http://pss.sagepub.com/reports/most-cited
Chen, C., Stevenson, H. W., Hayward, C., & Burgess, S. (1995). Culture and academic achievement:
Ethnic and cross-national differences. In M. Maehr & P. Pintrich (Eds.), Culture, motivation,
and achievement: Advances in motivation and achievement, Vol. 9 (pp. 119-151). Greenwich,
Conn.: JAI Press.
Lee, S. Y., Uttal, D. H., & Chen, C. (1995). Writing systems and acquisition of reading in American,
Chinese, and Japanese first-graders. In I. Taylor & D. Olson (Eds.), Scripts and literacy:
Reading and learning to read alphabets, syllabaries, and characters (pp. 247-263).
Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Stevenson, H. W., Lee, S. Y., Chen, C., Kato, K., & Londo, W. (1994). Education of gifted and
talented students in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan. In P. O. Ross (Ed.), National
excellence: A case for developing America's talent: An anthology of readings (pp. 27-60).
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the U. S. Department of Education,
Washington, D. C.
Stevenson, H. W., Lee, S., & Chen, C. (1994). Education of gifted and talented students in Mainland
China, Taiwan, and Japan. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 17, 104-130.
Crystal, D. S., Chen, C., Fuligni, A. J., Stevenson, H. W., Hsu, C.-C., Ko, H.- J., Kitamura, S., &
Kimura, S. (1994). Psychological maladjustment and academic achievement: A cross-cultural
study of Japanese, Chinese, and American high school students. Child Development, 65, 738753.
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., & Lee, S. (1993). Mathematics achievement of Chinese, Japanese, and
American children: Ten years later. Science, 259, 53-58.
* This study was voted by doctoral-level members of SRCD as one of the 20 studies that
shook up child psychology (Wallace E. Dixon, Jr., Development, vol. 46, no. 1, 2003). It
was ranked as #13. Other top-20 studies include those by Bandura, Baillageon, Bowbly,
Inhelder and Piaget, Gilligan, Kohlberg, Scarr, Skinner, and others.
Chen, C., Lee, S., & Stevenson, H. W. (1993). Students' achievement and mathematics instruction:
Chinese and Japanese classrooms. In G. Bell (Ed.), Asian perspectives on mathematics
education (pp. 21-35). Lismore, New South Wales, Australia: The Northern Rivers
Mathematical Association.
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., & Lee, S. (1993). Motivation and achievement of gifted children in East
Asia and the United States. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 16, 223-250.
Stevenson, H. W., & Chen, C. (1992). Literacy acquisition in Peru, Asia, and the United States. The
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 520, 174-185.
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., & Lee, S. Y. (1992). Chinese families. In J. L. Roopnarine & B. Carter
(Eds.), Parent-child socialization in diverse cultures (pp. 17-33). In I. E. Sigel (series Ed.),
Annual advances in applied developmental psychology (Vol. 5), Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., Lee, S. Y., & Fuligni, A. J. (1991). Schooling, culture, and cognitive
development. In L. Okagaki & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), Directors of development: Influences
on the development of children's thinking (pp. 243-268). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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Before 1991
Stevenson, H. W., Lee, S. Y., Chen, C., Stigler, J. W., Hsu, C. C., & Kitamura, S. (1990). Contexts of
achievement: A study of American, Chinese, and Japanese children. Monographs for the
Society for Research in Child Development, 55 (Serial No. 221).
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., & Uttal, D. H. (1990). Beliefs and achievement: A study of black, white,
and Hispanic elementary school children. Child Development, 61, 508-523.
Stevenson, H. W., Lee, S. Y., Chen, C., Lummis, M., Stigler, J., Fan, L., & Ge, F. (1990).
Mathematics achievement of children in China and the United States. Child Development,
61, 1053-1066.
Stevenson, H. W., Chen, C., & Booth, J. (1990). Influences of schooling and urban-rural residence
on gender differences in cognitive abilities and academic achievement. Sex Roles, 23, 535551.
Stevenson, H. W., & Chen, C. (1989). Schooling and achievement: A study of Peruvian children.
International Journal of Educational Research, 13 (8), 883-894.
Chen, C., & Stevenson, H. W. (1989). Homework: A cross-cultural examination. Child
Development, 60, 551-561.
Chen, C., & Stevenson, H. W. (1988). Cross-linguistic differences in digit span of preschool
children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 46, 150-158.
Chen, C., & Uttal, D. H. (1988). Cultural values, parents' beliefs, and children's achievement in the
United States and China. Human Development, 31, 351-358.
Other Writings
Chen, C. (1989). A study of Chinese and American childrens attitudes towards schooling. ERIC,
ED305165.
Chen, C. (1991). American, Chinese, and Japanese students acceptance of their parents values
about academic and social activities. ERIC, ED333980.
Chen, C. (June 16, 1996). Huasheng xueye chenji hao bu yinxiang xinli jiekang [Chinese students
high level of academic achievement does not necessarily have adverse effects their
psychological well-being]. Shijie ribao [World Journal], p. A5.
Chen, C. (March 2, 1997). Zhongguo ren bi waiguo ren congmin? [Are Chinese smarter than nonChinese?]. Shijie ribao [World Journal], p. A6.
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Lee, S. Y., Uttal, D. H., & Chen, C. Writing systems and reading achievement of Japanese, Chinese,
and American first-grade children. The Conference on Scripts and literacy: East and West,
June 1988, Toronto.
Chen, C. Culture and achievement. Program of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine,
November, 1991.
Chen, C. Culture and learning. An invited discussion at the Program of Academic Support Forum,
UCI, March, 1993.
Chen, C. Motivation and mathematics achievement of Asian-American high school students: A

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cross-national perspective. National Research Center of Asian Americans' Mental Health,
UCLA, June, 1993.
Chen, C. Culture and achievement: The case of Asian and Asian-American students. Claremont
Colleges, Claremont, California, November, 1993.
Chen, C. Academic achievement: A cross-cultural perspective. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, June
1994.
Chen, C. Going to schools in Asia. Scholars Sharing Information Program, Charter Oak High
School, Covina, California, August, 1994.
Chen, C. Adolescent development in cultural context. Developmental Brown Bag Lunch Series,
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, March 1995.
Chen, C. Adolescent development in East Asia and the U.S. Department of Psychology, New York
University, November, 1996.
Chen, C., & Burton, M. Migration and DRD4. A brownbag talk presented at the Department of
Psychology and Social Behavior, 1998.
Chen, C. Social relationships and adolescent development: A cross-cultural perspective. An invited
talk at the Center for Human Development, University of California at San Diego, May,
2001.
Chen, C. The "emic" and "etic" aspects of adolescent development: What does decade-long
search reveal? An invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Peking University,
China, July, 2001.
Chen, C. Migration, evolution, and human behavior. An invited talk at the 50th Anniversary
Symposium of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, China, July,
2001.
Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. The role of VIP in adolescent development. Invited presentation at the
Department of Psychology, California State University at Long Beach, October, 2001
Chen, C. Ethnicity and education. Spencer Fellows Retreat, Discussion Leader, Berkeley, October,
2001.
Chen, C. The role of VIP in adolescent development. Invited presentation at the Developmental
Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, November,
2001.
Chen, C. DRD4 and human behavior: A consilient approach. Biomedical Sciences Research Seminar
Series, California State University at Los Angeles, December, 2002.
Chen, C. Culture and family relationships. A one-day workshop presented to the Family Education
Association of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, December, 2002.
Chen, C. Social relationships and adolescent development in cultural contexts An invited
symposium for the XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, August,
2004.
Chen, C. Panel member, the International Symposium of Chinese Young Psychologists, Beijing,
China, August, 2004.
Xue, G., Chen, C., Jin, Z., & Dong, Q. Brain asymmetry in the fusiform region during the processing
of Chinese and Korean characters: an fMRI study. Presented at the biennial Rodin Academy
Conference: Cultural and Neural Aspects of Language, Reading, and Dyslexia, Beijing,
China, August, 2004.
Chen, C. Online games as a new social context for adolescent development: With a special focus on
China. Presented at the 2004 Korea Games Conference, October, 2004. Seoul, Korea.
Chen, C. Panel member, Panel discussions for games research and public policy, 2004 Korea Games

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Conference, October, 2004. Seoul, Korea.
Chen, C. Panel member, Roundtable meeting for games research and public policy, 2004 Korea
Games Conference, October, 2004. Seoul, Korea.
Chen, C. Brain asymmetry and the processing of native and second languages. Talk presented at the
UCI Human Brain Map colloquium series, November, 2004.
Chen, C. The role of non-parental adults in adolescent development. An invited talk at the Center for
Human Development, University of California at San Diego, March, 2005.
Chen, C. Culture, biology, and cognition. Distinguished Speaker Series in Education, Department of
Education, University of California, Irvine, April, 2005
Chen, C. Culture, brain, and cognition. An invited talk presented at the Interdisciplinary Program of
the Gervitz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, April,
2006.
Chen, C. Culture and educational achievement. Invited speech at EdInterface 2006 Antelope Valley
Education Conference, Lancaster, California, Oct., 2006. (cancelled)
Chen, C. Brain asymmetry and the processing of first, second, and artificial languages. Program on
Cognitive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Nov., 2006.
Chen, C. Culture, brain, and learning: Some recent evidence from imaging studies. Developmental
Psychology Colloquium, University of California, Riverside, Nov., 2006.
Chen, C., & Moyzis, R. The migration gene: Culture and the evolution of the DRD4 gene. Center for
Culture, Brain, and Development, UCLA, January, 2007.
Chen, C., & Dmitrieva, J. Whither whiz kids went? Asian American students transition to college.
Invited presentation at the Presidential Panel Revisiting model minority myth at the 2007
International Conference of Chinese American Educational Research and Development
Association, Chicago, April, 2007.
Chen, C. Culture, brain, and cognition. An invited presentation to the Committee on Military and
Intelligence Methodology for Emergent Neurophysiological and Cognitive/Neural Science
Research in the Next Two Decades, the National Academies, Irvine, California, October,
2007.
Chen, C. Culture, brain, and learning: Recent evidence from imaging research. An invited
presentation at the inaugulation of the Confucius Institute at Pace University, May 5, 2009.
Chen, C. Cultural neurolinguistics. Department of Cognitive Sciences and Center of Cognitive
Neuroscience, University of California, Irvine, March, 2010.
Chen, C. , & Moyzis, R. Culture and the brain. Conference on Culture, Mind, and Brain Conference,
Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, March, 2010.
Chen, C. Cultural neurolinguistics. Department of Education, University of California, Irvine, May,
2010.
Chen, C., & Moyzis, R. Evolution, genes, and behavior: A workshop. State Key Laboratory of
Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, July, 2010.
Conference Presentations
Uttal, D. H., Chen, C., & Diaz-Perez, R. M. Parental beliefs and children's school achievement in the
United States and China. Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Symposium on Parental influences on children's achievement: Recent crosscultural findings, April 1987, Baltimore, Maryland.
Chen, C. A study of Chinese and American children's attitudes toward schooling. Biennial Meetings
of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 1989, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Chen, C. Children's attitudes toward schooling and beliefs in malleability. Biennial Meetings of the
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Symposium on Cultural
influence on children's achievement motivation, July 1989, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Chen, C. Children's attitudes toward mathematics in Chinese culture. Annual Meetings of the
Society for Cross-cultural Research, February 1990, Claremont, California.
Chen, C. Reading and mathematics instructions in Chinese, Japanese, and American classrooms.
Annual Meetings of the Comparative and International Education Society, March 1990, Los
Angeles.
Chen, C. The correlates of psychological well-being of high school students. Biennial Meetings of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Symposium on Achievement and
adjustment: A comparison of American, Chinese, and Japanese high school students, April
1991, Seattle.
Chen, C. American, Chinese, and Japanese students' acceptance of their parents' values about
academic and social activities. Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child
Development, April 1991, Seattle.
Evans, M. E., Chen, C., & Schweingruber, H. "Common knowledge" across three continents:
Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese and United States students' performance. Biennial Meetings of
the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, July 1991, Minneapolis.
Chen, C. Culture, schooling, and academic-related attitudes. Biennial Meetings of the International
Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Symposium on "Effects of schooling:
Examinations from different cultural contexts", July 1991, Minneapolis.
Chen, C. Urban-rural residence, parental involvement, and mathematics learning. Biennial Meetings
of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Symposium on
"Culture and mathematics learning", July 1991, Minneapolis.
Chen, C. Motivation and achievement of Asian-American students. Paper presented at the Biennial
Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Symposium on "Family
relationships and school achievement among Asian-American students", March 1993, New
Orleans.
Chen, C. Predicting high school students' achievement from early cognitive abilities. Paper presented
at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Symposium on
"Long-term prediction of achievement and adjustment among Chinese, Japanese, and
American high school students", March 1993, New Orleans.
McLaughlin, C. S., Biermeier, C., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Family and attitudinal predictors of
sexual experience in Caucasian-American and Asian-American college students. Presented at
the Biennial Meetings of the Society of Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California,
February, 1994.
Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Family relationships and psychological well-being in early and late
adolescence: A comparison of Caucasian- and Asian-Americans. Presented at the symposium
" Psychological adjustment of Asian-American adolescents" at the Biennial Meetings of the
Society of Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California, February, 1994.
Docuyanan, F., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Perceived peer and parental acceptance of friends of
various ethnic groups. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological
Association, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, April 1994.
Tung, C., Chen, C., & Dong, Q. Social relationships and moral values and behaviors among Chinese
adolescents. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological Association,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, April 1994.

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McLaughlin, C. S., Chen, C., & Dong, Q. Family relationships in early and late adolescence: A
study in three cultural contexts. Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, Indiana, March-April, 1995.
Biermeier, C., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Family environment and the psychological well-being of
Caucasian- and Asian-American adolescents and their mothers. Presented at the Biennial
Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, Indiana, MarchApril, 1995.
Chen, C. Economic reform and Chinese children's achievement motivation: Ten years of empirical
research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Education Research
Association, Symposium "Educational development in P.R. China," San Francisco, April,
1995.
Chen, C. Culture and academic achievement: A comparative study of Chinese, Chinese-American,
and European-American junior high school students. Presented at the Spencer Forum, San
Francisco, April, 1995.
Dong, Q., & Chen, C. Co-conveners of the Symposium "New measures of parenting practices
developed in different cultural contexts," presented at the Biennial Meetings of the
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Montreal, Canada, August,
1996.
Chen, C., & Young, B. Family and individual correlates of adolescent inter-ethnic dating. Presented
at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington,
D.C., April, 1997.
Chen, C. Acculturation of values and attitudes: A study of Chinese American early and late
adolescents. Presented at the symposium "Social, cultural, and developmental change in
adolescents values and attitudes" at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in
Child Development, Washington, D.C., April, 1997.
Chen, C., Silver, D., Greenberger, Ellen, & Schwab-Stone, Mary. Exposure to violence and
adolescents internalizing and externalizing behaviors: A two-year longitudinal study.
Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society of Research on Adolescence, San Diego,
California, Feburary, 1998.
Beam, M. R., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. The role of very important non-parental adults in
adolescent development. Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society of Research on
Adolescence, San Diego, California, Feburary, 1998.
Beam, M.R., Gil-Rivas, V., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Risk and protective factors involved in
adolescent problem behavior and depressed mood. Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Alburquerque, New Mexico, April, 1999.
Gil-Rivas, V., Dmitrieva, J., Tally, S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Macek, P., & Botcheva, L. Family
correlates of problem behavior and depressed mood during adolescence: A cross-cultural
examination. Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society of Research on Adolescence,
Chicago, March, 2000.
Tally, S., Beam, M.R., Farruggia, S., Whang, S.-M., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. Cross-cultural
measurement equivalency of the CES-D in five adolescent populations. Presented at the the
Biennial Meetings of the Society of Research on Adolescence, Chicago, March, 2000.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Farruggia, S. The role of important non-parental adults (VIPs) in
adolescents transition to adulthood. Presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April, 2001.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Dmitrieva, J., & Farruggia, S. Factor structure of the Rosenbergs Self-

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Esteem Scale: A replication and modification. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American
Psychological Society, Toronto, July, 2001.
Chen, C., Kasof, J., Himsel, A., Greenberger, E., Dong, Q., & Xue, G. Creativity in drawings of
geometric shapes: A cross-cultural examination with the Consensual Assessment Technique.
Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
August, 2001.
Dmitrieva, J., Gil-Rivas, V., & Chen, C. Family relationships and adolescent development. A fourcountry comparison. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, August, 2001.
Tamburo, M. L, & Chen, C. The nature of VIP-adolescent relationships: A qualitative approach.
Presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Orlando,
Florida, November, 2001.
Chen, C., Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., & Powers, T. Measurement equivalence of the Parental
Warmth and Acceptance Scale. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western
Psychological Association, Irvine, April, 2002.
Chen, C., Kasof, J., Himsel, A., & Greenberger, E. The effects of explicit instruction to be creative
across cultures. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Psychological Association,
Irvine, April, 2002.
Chen, C. (Chair) How to get your article published: The editorial process from beginning to end.
Presentations made by Nancy Eisenberg and Stephen West, at the Annual Meetings of the
Western Psychological Association, Irvine, April, 2002.
Chen, C., Burton, M., Greenberger, E., Bush, K., & Farruggia, S. P. Role relationships and social
support: A cross-cultural study. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society of Research
on Adolescence, New Orleans, April, 2002.
Dmitrieva, J., & Chen, C. Dimensionality of a problem behavior scale: A four-country study.
Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society of Research on Adolescence, New Orleans,
April, 2002.
Chen, C., Dmitrieva, J., Farruggia, S., & Greenberger, E. Parental monitoring in cultural context.
Presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, June,
2002.
Chen, C., Dmitrieva, J., Himsel, A., & Kasof, J. Correlates of verbal creativity: A comparison of
American and Chinese college students. Presented at the annual meetings of the American
Psychological Society, New Orleans, June, 2002.
Young, B., Chen, C., & Ditto, P. Perceptions of Racially Ambiguous Pictures. Poster presented at the
meetings of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, 2003.
Dmitrieva, J., Gil-Rivas, V., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Sanctions and support: How very
important persons may influence adolescents adjustment. Poster presented at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, April, 2003.
Farruggia, S. P., Chang, E., Gil-Trejo, L., Heckhausen, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. The role of
very important non-parental adults in adolescent school connectedness, academic
achievement, and educational aspirations and expectations. Poster presented at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, April, 2003.
Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Farruggia, S. P. Ethnicity and adolescent-VIP relationships. Paper
presented in the symposium Positive relationships with peers and adults and adolescent
well-being (Chair: Gretchen Biesecker) at the biennial meetings of the Society of Research
on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland, March, 2004.

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Himsel, A. J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Mother-adolescent agreement on domains of conflict:
Cross-national differences and relations to depressed mood. Poster presented at the biennial
meetings of the Society of Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland, March, 2004.
Chen, C. Adolescents and their important non-parental adults (VIPs): A cross-cultural perspective.
Paper presented in the invited symposium Social relationships and adolescent development
in cultural contexts (Chair: Chuansheng Chen) for the XXVIII International Congress of
Psychology, Beijing, China, August, 2004.
Germo, G. R., Farruggia, S. P., Dmitrieva, J., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Simpson, N. Which
Coping Styles Help High-Risk Youth to 'Cope': A Study of Older Adolescents in Foster Care.
Presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Atlanta, April, 2005.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Goldweber, A., Tan, E., & Gil-Rivas V. Friends In Need. Presented at the
biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, April, 2005.
Chang, E. S., Heckhausen, J., Chen, C., & Gil-Trejo, L. D. Predictors of Career Aspirations Among
High School Seniors from Different Ethnic Backgrounds. Presented at the biennial meetings
of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, April, 2005.
Farruggia, S. O., Germo, G. R., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Social Support and Well-being Among
Foster Care and Community Samples of Youth. Paper presented at the symposium
Maltreated Youth: Issues and Outcomes, at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Atlanta, April, 2005.
Germo, G. R., Chen, C., Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., Reid, L. Violence exposure, neighborhood
quality, and foster care adolescents well-being and aggressive behaviors. Poster presented at
the annual meetings of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, May, 2005.
Chen, C., Goldweber, A. M., & Greenberger, E. Friends role in times of trouble: Different strokes
for different folks? Poster presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological
Society, Los Angeles, May, 2005.
Zhou, X., Chen, C., Zhou, R., Zhang, H., Zhao, H., Jiang, T., Chen, Chunhui., & Dong, Q. Temporal
sequence and neural organization of the effects of numerical distance in arithmetic solution
verification. Poster presented at the Summer Conference of European Research Training
Network/Numeracy and Brain Development Cognitive Neuroscience of Number
Processing, Erice, Sicily, Italy, July, 2005.
Chung, W. Y., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Heckhausen, J. Gender and ethnic similarities in the
relations between parental and peer warmth and adolescent well-being. Poster presented at
the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, March,
2006.
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Chang, E. S., & Farruggia, S. P. Non-parental adults as social resources
for late adolescents in transition: A one-year longitudinal study. Paper presented at the
symposium Youths agency and social relationships during major transitions: Influences for
better or worse at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San
Francisco, March, 2006.
Germo, G. R., Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Choulakian, L., Solomon, R., & Walters,
M. Adolescents relationship-security to caregivers: A longitudinal study of youth in foster
care. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence,
San Francisco, March, 2006.
Lessard, J., Farruggia, S. P., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Development of a multi-dimensional
measure of self-entitlement. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for

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Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, March, 2006.
Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C., Gender differences in psychosocial adjustment among
older foster care youth. Paper presented at the symposium Understanding females
externalizing behavior and psychosocial adjustment in different contexts at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, March, 2006.
Dmitrieva, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. College decline for Asian American grades. Poster
presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San
Francisco, March, 2006.
Chen, C., Xue, G., Dong, Q., Jin. Z. Sex determines the neurofunctional predictors of language
learning. Annual meeting of the Society for Cognitive Neuroscience, San Francisco, April,
2006.
Greenberger, E., , Dmitrieva, J., & Chen, C. Family relationships and adolescent psychosocial
outcomes: Converging evidence from the East and the West. 10th Conference of the
European Association for Research on Adolescence, Antalya, Turkey, May, 2006.
Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., Farruggia, S., & Chen, C. The interrelations among psychopathy,
narcissism, and entitlement. American Psychological Society Annual Meeting, New York,
May 2006.
Germo, G. R., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Farruggia, S. P. Coping, abuse history, and relationshipquality among foster care adolescents. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, March 2007.
Tan, E., Chang, E. S., Chung, W., & Chen, C. Parenting through the college years: A comparison of
Asian and Caucasian parents. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Boston, March 2007.
Dmitrieva, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. The role of DRD4 gene in buffering the effects of social
risk factors on adolescent delinquency. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, March 2007.
Chang, E., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Cultural differences and similarities in correlates of
parenting effectiveness: A comparison of East Asian and White-European mothers of college
students. Annual Adult Development Symposium (SRCD Preconference), Society for
Research in Adult Development, Boston, March, 2007.
Chang, E., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Parenting satisfaction at midlife: A comparison of EastAsian and White-European mothers of college students. Poster presented at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, March 2007.
Dmitrieva, J., Greenberger, E., Chen, C. The role of low self-control in adolescent delinquency: bad
for some but innocuous for others. Paper presented at the symposium Interaction effects of
personality traits and context on problem behaviors: Early childhood through adolescence at
the annual meetings of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C., May,
2007.
Chang, K., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Lessard, J. Recognizing, referring, and treating mental illness:
A comparison of Asian- and European-American college students. Poster presented at the
biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, March, 2008.
Greenberger, E., Chang, K., Lessard, J., Chen, C. Desperate to do well: Parents role in college
students achievement anxiety. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research on Adolescence, Chicago, March, 2008.
Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Germo, G. The importance of VIPs during the
transition from foster care to independence. Paper presented at the symposium, Important

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non-parental adults in the lives of high-risk youth, at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research on Adolescence, Chicago, March, 2008.
Germo, G. R., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Farruggia, S. P. The effects of prior maltreatment, recent
stressful life events, and attachment style on individuals morning cortisol levels. Poster
presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago,
March, 2008.
Haddad, E., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Prause J. Social context and enrollment patterns among
potential first-generation college students. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, March, 2008.
Lessard, J., Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Academic entitlement in a multi-ethnic
sample of New Zealand students. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Wagner, D., Chen, C., Engle, P., Hagen, J., Sommer, S., Kagitcibasi, C., & Stevenson-Zimmerman, J.
Child development and international development: Moving forward the legacy of Harold
Stevenson. Panel discussion at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Torres, B., Germo, G., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Heckhausen, J. The role of VIPs in the lives of
older adolescents across three ethnic groups. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Pfeifer, J. H., Lessard, J., Masten, C. L., Lieberman, M. D., Fuligni, A. J., & Chen, C. The brain
reflects me, family, peers, and culture: Direct and reflected appraisals in American and
Chinese adolescents and adults. Paper presented at the symposium Incorporating family and
peer contexts into developmental social neuroscience: Imaging beyond the individual
(Chairs: J. H. Pfeifer and Andrew Fuligni) at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Farruggia, S.,P., Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Academic entitlement in a multi-ethnic
sample of New Zealand students. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Wagner, D. (chair), Chen, C., Engle, P L., Hagen, J. W., Sommer, S., Kagitcibasi, C., StevensonZimmerman, J. Child development and international development: Moving forward the
legacy of Harold Stevenson. Panel discussion presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, April, 2009.
Haddad, E., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Prause, J., & Torres, B. The academic road less traveled:
Predicting college enrollment among potential first-generation college students. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of American Education Research Association, San Diego,
April, 2009.
Chang, K., Zhang, H. J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Mental health and coping styles among urban
and rural adolescents in China. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Association for
Psychological Sciences, San Francisco, May, 2009.
Haddad, E., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. The differential effects of positive self-worth and selfdeprecation on academic achievement. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for
Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, March, 2010.
Lessard, J., Haddad, E., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. Parenting behaviors impact the depressive
symptoms of students during the adjustment to college. Poster presented at the biennial
meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, March, 2010.
Farruggia, S.P., Germo, G.R., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Heckhausen, J. The transition from foster

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care to independence. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on
Adolescence, Philadelphia, March, 2010.
Mei, L., Xue, G., Lu, Z., Dong, Q., He, Q., Zhang, M., & Xue, H., & Chen, C. The neural substrates
underlying addressed and assembled phonologies: An artificial language training study.
Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science,
Boston, May, 2010.
Zhang, Y., Knowles, E. D., & Chen, C. Culture and crime judgment. Poster presented at the annual
convention of the Association of Psychological Sciences, Boston, May, 2010.
Mei, L., Xue, G., Lu, Z., Dong, Q., He, Q., Zhang, M., & Xue, H., & Chen, C. Neural changes
associated with phonological training: The role of reading pathways. Poster to be presented at
the annual conference for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain, June 2010.
Chang, K., Zhang, H., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Xia, Y. Providing stroke patients with
knowledge and behavioral therapy. Poster presented at American Psychological Association
annual conference, San Diego, August 2010.
Li, J., Chen, Chunhui., He, Q., Li, H., Moyzis, R., Xue, G., Dong, Q., Chen, Chuansheng. The
neurotensin receptor 1 gene (NTSR1) polymorphism is associated with working memory.
Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November, 2010.
Mei, L., Xue, G., Lu, Z., Dong, Q., He, Q., & Chen, C. Neural bases of addressed and assembled
phonologies: The role of native language experience. Poster presented at the annual
conference of the Society for Neuroscience and Neurobiology of Language Conference, San
Diego, November, 2010.
Chen, C. Panelist on the roundtable discussion symposium of Building and Maintaining International
Research Consortia in Developmental Science (Chair: Oscar Babarin), at the biennial meetings of

the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, April, 2011.

Kang, H., Haddad, E., & Chen, C. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and socioemotional
development among Asian American children. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, April, 2011.
Dmitrieva, J., & Chen, C. Ethnic differences in the impact of transition to college on academic
achievement. Paper presented at the symposium Minority youth academic achievement:
testing beyond the general trends (Chairs: Dmitrieva, J., & Chang, E.), at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, April, 2011.
Wu, K., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Moth or butterfly? Multiracial individuals' discordant self- and
partner-perceptions. Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Convention, Washington
DC, May, 2011
Wu, K., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. To think me kind is to make our love divine: How
enhancement of communal traits predicts relationship satisfaction. Association for
Psychological Sciences Annual Convention, Washington DC, May, 2011.
Wei, W., Zhang, H., Chen, C., & Zhou, X. Neural dissociations in quantity processing of
quantifiers and numbers. International Conference on the Educational Neuroscience of
Mathematical Cognition. The University of Hong Kong, July, 2011.
Wang, Y., Li, J., Chen, Chuansheng., Chen, Chunhui., Moyzis, R., Dong, Q. Better working memory
and larger hippocampus volume in COMT rs4680 Val carrier in healthy Chinese. Annual
Conference of the Society for Neuroscience, November, 2011.
Li, J., Chen, Chuansheng., Lei, X., Wang, Y., Chen, Chunhui, He, Q., Moyzis, R., Zhu, B., Dong, Q.
Interactive effect of the NTSR1 gene and the hippocampus structure on working memory
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Xue, G., Poldrack, R. A., Lu, Z., Chen, C., Mumford, J., & Dong, Q. Spaced learning improves
memory by enhancing pattern reinstatement.
Mei, L., Xue, G., Lu, Z., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. Learning to read a new language shapes the neural
activities associated with reading in the native language. Annual Conference of the Society
for Neuroscience, November, 2011.
Wu, K., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Crossing color lines for your love of me: Interracial daters
high levels of perceived positive regard from romantic partners. Society of Personality
and Social Psychology conference, San Diego, Jan., 2012. [It won Travel Award from the
SPSP.]
Kang, H., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Locus of control and peer relationships among Caucasian,
Hispanic, and Asian adolescents. Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, April
2012.
Wu, K., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. Sweet little lies: Secure attachment predicts higher selfesteem in response to partner-enhancement. Association of Psychological Sciences
Annual Convention, Chicago, May, 2012.
Chen, C., Mei, L., Xue, G., & Dong, Q. Neural bases of second language learning: Evidence
from artificial language training studies. Presented at a symposium at the International
Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics, May, 2012, Hong Kong.

Organized conference symposia, colloquia, and workshop.

Family relationships and school achievement among Asian American students, at the Biennial
Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, March, 1993.
Culture and human development, brown series at the Department of Psychology and Social
Behavior, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 1993
Statistical and measurement issues in developmental research, the Southern California Consortium
on Families and Social Development, May, 1993. (Co-organizer: Linda Levine)
New measures of parenting practices developed in different cultural contexts, at the Biennial
Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Montreal,
Canada, August, 1996. (Co-convener: Qi Dong)
Culture and family relationships A one-day workshop for the Family Education Association of
Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, December, 2003.
Social relationships and adolescent development in cultural contexts An invited symposium for the
XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, August, 2004.
Evolution, culture, and behavior A conference (Organizers: Chuansheng Chen and Robert
Moyzis). Laguna Beach and Irvine, May, 2008.
Neural bases of language learning: Cultural and individual constraints, invited symposium at the
International Congress of Psychology, South Africa, July, 2012.
Reviewer
Grant proposals
Ford-China Sociology Project (Yale University)
Health Services Research Committee (Hospital Authority, Hong Kong)

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UC Pacific Rim Research Program
Spencer Foundation
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
The Leverhulme Trust, London
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Post-doctoral Research
Training Fellowship Panel, 2005
National Science Foundation of China, Life Sciences Section, 2006
National Medical Research Council, Singapore, 2006
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Math and Science Panel, 2004, 2006,
2007-2009
The Vici Grants, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) , 2011
Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowship, 2012
Grant Reports
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Endowed professorship applications
Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, China.
Book proposals and book chapters
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Chinese University Press
Proceedings of Asian Association of Social Psychology
Cambridge University Press, 2005
G. Li and L. Wang (Eds.), Model minority myths revisited: An interdisciplinary approach to
demystifying Asian American education experiences. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics in Brief
Cai, J. (Ed.), Mathematical cognition in Chinese children. 2011
External reviewer of a dissertation, University of the Punjab, 2011.
Conference review panels
Review Panel, Society for Research on Adolescence, biennial meetings, 1999
Review Panel, Adolescence: Social, Emotional, and Personality Process, Society for Research in
Child Development, biennial meetings, 2003
Chair, review panel, Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Development, Society for Research on
Adolescence, biennial meetings, 2004
Review Panel, Adolescence: Social, Emotional, and Personality Processes, Society for Research in
Child Development, biennial meetings, 2005
Chair, review panel, Emerging issues and new frontiers for research on adolescence, Society
for Research on Adolescence, biennial meetings, 2006

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Review Panel, Parenting, Society for Research on Adolescence, biennial meetings, 2008
SRCD conference and workshop proposals, 2008, 2009
Review Panel, Late adolescence and transition to adulthood, Society for Research on
Adolescence, biennial meetings, 2010
Review Panel, Cultural processes and international perspectives, Society for Research on
Adolescence, biennial meetings, 2012.
Editorial Board
Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007-2010
Journal of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 2010-present
PsyCH Journal, 2011-2013
Culture and Brain, 2011-present
Ad hoc reviewer for journals
Child Development
Developmental Psychology
Psychological Science
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Journal of Educational Psychology
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Journal of Developmental Psychology
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Memory and Cognition
Genetica
Journal of Family Psychology
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Personal Relationships
Perceptual and Motor Skills
International Journal of Psychology
Journal of Adolescence
Evolution and Human Behavior
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic-Minority Psychology
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
American Psychologist
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Infant and Child Development
Journal of Creative Behavior
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Asian Journal of Social Psychology
TESOL
New Waves Journal of Educational Research and Development
European Psychologist
Journal of Early Adolescence

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Developmental Science
Brain and Language
Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B: Biology
Brain Research
PLoS ONE
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Positions in Professional Associations
Member, Search Committee for the editor of Child Development Perspectives, 2010.
Member and Chair, International Affairs Committee, Society for Research in Child
Development, Member 2005-2011 (Chair 2007-2009).
Founding Committee Member, SRCD Asian Caucus, 2007Member, United States National Committee for the International Union of Psychology, 20082011, renewed from 2012-2015
Other Professional Activities
National Advisory Board, KOCE/Coastline Community Telecourses in Psychology, 2001.
External Advisor, California State University, Los Angeles, Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE)
Program, 2002-present
National Science Foundation of China, Information Sciences Section, Panel on Cognitive Sciences and
Information Sciences, August, 2006
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Institute and State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience
and Learning, Beijing Normal University, 2011-present.
Grants and Awards
1992-1993
1992-1993
1993
1993-1994
1993-1994
1993-1994

"Parent-adolescent and peer relations: A study of Chinese, ChineseAmericans, and Caucasian-Americans." Johann Jacobs Foundation,
Switzerland. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
"Cross-cultural Psychology," Course development, Office of Undergraduate
Studies, University of California, Irvine. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
"Social relationships and psychosocial outcomes: A study of culturally diverse
college students." Academic Senate Committee on Research, University of
California, Irvine. (Joint-PIs: Ellen Greenberger and Chuansheng Chen)
"Cultural values, social relationships, and adolescents' psychosocial
outcomes." Pacific Rim Research Program. (Joint-PIs: Chuansheng Chen and
Ellen Greenberger)
"Adolescent development in cross-cultural perspective." Academic Senate
Committee on Research, University of California, Irvine. (Joint-PIs: Ellen
Greenberger and Chuansheng Chen)
"Beliefs and achievement: A study of America's minority students." Social
Ecology Faculty Research Fellowship Award. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).

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1993-1995

"Culture and academic achievement: A study of Chinese, Chinese-American,

and Caucasian-American Junior High School Students." The National
Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
1995-1996
"Adolescent development in cultural context." University of California,
Irvine, Faculty Career Development Award. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
1995-1996
Social change and adolescent development. Social Ecology Faculty
Research Award. (Joint-PIs: Chuansheng Chen and Ellen Greenberger)
1995-1997
"The role of family and peer relationships in adolescent development: A crosscultural study." Pacific Rim Research Program. (Joint-PIs: Chuansheng Chen
and Ellen Greenberger)
1997-1998
Methodological advances in psychological research involving culturally
diverse populations. UCI Chancellors Visiting Faculty Program. Invited
faculty: Harry Triandis and George Knight. (Other faculty members who
participated in the planning of the project: Ellen Greenberger, Linda Levine,
Karen Rook, and Elaine Vaughan).
1999-2000
Population migration and natural selection of dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4)
gene. UCI Office of Research and Graduate Studies and School of Social
Ecology. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
1999-2000
Culture and creativity. School of Social Ecology. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
1999-2000
The role of non-parental adults in adolescent development.
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, UCI (PI: Ellen Greenberger,
Co-PI: Chuansheng Chen).
2000
Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Award, School of Social Ecology, UCI.
2000.2001
Patterns and consequences of rising inequality in urban China.
Center for Asian Studies, UCI. (PI: Wang Feng, Co-PI: Chuansheng Chen).
2000.2002
Center for Transitions in the Human Life Course: Behavioral, Health,
and Social Implications. Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and
the School of Social Ecology. (PI: Jutta Heckhausen, Co-PI: Chuansheng
Chen).
2002-2003
Does verbal creativity cross cultures? UCI Council on
Research, Libraries, and Computer Resources. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
2002-2005
International collaborative project on mathematical learning (PI: Qi
Dong, International Co-investigator: Chuansheng Chen). Ministry of Science
and Technology, China
2004-2005
Important non-parental adults (VIPs) as a protective factor against problem
behaviors and psychological distress among Vietnamese American
adolescents: A survey study, co-PI, (PI: Brian Lam of Cal State Long Beach,
Co-PIs: Chuansheng Chen and Ellen Greenberger). William T. Grant
Foundation.
2005-2006
Functional brain asymmetry and language learning. School of Social
Ecology, University of California, Irvine. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
2005-2006
Culture and emotional regulation, Center for Asian Studies, University of
California, Irvine. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
2006-2007
Culture and transition to college, CORCLR, University of California,
Irvine. (PI: Chuansheng Chen).
1/2007-12/2011 The 111 Project (PIs: Qi Dong and George Sperling. Co-PIs: Elizabeth

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Loftus, Nancy Kanwisher, Zhonglin Lu, Chuansheng Chen, Xiaoping Hu,
Zhaoping Li, Ping Li, Doris Y. Tsao, & Winrich Friewald). Ministry of
Education (the Bureau of Foreign Experts), 4,500,000 yuan (about
$600,000) China. B07008
9/2008-8/2011 (one year extension to 8/2012)
Collaborative Research: Learning to read a second language: neural bases
and individual variations NSF, total $565,047 (UCI[BCS-0823624]:
$305,275; USC; $259,772). (UCI PI: Chuansheng Chen; USC PI: Zhonglin Lu, Co-PI: Gui Xue)
4/2009-3/2014
Learning to read and comprehend a second language NICHD, NIH
HD057884, $1,250,000, (PI: Chuansheng Chen), subcontracts to USC
(Zhong-Lin Lu and Gui Xue) and Beijing Normal University (Qi Dong).
1/2012-12/2016 Practice makes perfect: Practice makes perfect: The neural mechanisms
of the practice effect in memory and their applications. National Science
Foundation of China (#31130025), 2,800,000 yuan (=about US$444,000),
PI: Gui Xue, Co-PI: Qi Dong, Zhonglin Lu, Chuansheng Chen, and
Russell Poldrack.
1/2012-12/2017 The 111 Project Genetic and neural Mechanisms of learning and memory.
(PI: Qi Dong. Co-PIs: Elizabeth Loftus, Nancy Kanwisher, Zhonglin Lu,
Chuansheng Chen, Xiaoping Hu, Zhaoping Li, Ping Li, Doris Y. Tsao, &
Winrich Friewald). Ministry of Education (the Bureau of Foreign Experts),
4,500,000 yuan (about $600,000) China. B07008 (renewed)

University and Department Service

University and Campus
Academic Senate Committee on Committees, 2006-2009
Academic Senate Council on Educational Policies, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2011-2014
UCI Liaison of the UC Committee on Proposition 10, 1999-2000
Academic Senate Committee on International Education, 1997-2000
Academic Senate Committee on Committees (substitute), Fall, 1998
Academic Senate Council on Research, Computing, and Library Resources (substitute and ad hoc
reviewer for Center proposals), Fall, 1998, Spring 1999
Research Infrastructure Group, 1996-1997
Ad Hoc Faculty Advisory Committee for UCIs Asia Initiative, 1997
Academic Senate Committee on Research, March 1994 - June 1997
Faculty Advising Program for Undecided/Undeclared Freshmen, 1994-1997, 2000-2001
Chair of the UCI ad hoc review committee for UC Pacific Rim Research Program, 1996,1997
Education Abroad Program Selection Committee for the China/Hong Kong/
Taiwan, 1994, 1995
Fulbright Scholar Selection Committee, UCI, 1993
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Executive Committee, Spring, 2010.
Orange County Annual Survey Ad Hoc Committee, Spring, 2001
Advisory Committee on the NSF/Research Experience for Undergraduate Program, the Excellence
Program, and the Mentor-Mentee Program, 1993-1995
Faculty Advisor, the Mentor-Mentee Program, 1992-1995
Pre-Graduate Mentorship Program, 1994-1995
Moderator, Social Ecology Undergraduate Research Conference, 1995
Reviewer for the School of Social Ecology Dissertation Fellowship, 1994
Department
Member, Department Chair Nomination Committee, 2012
Chair of PSB Curricular Committee, 2011-present
Chair of PSB Space Committee (in charge of the move from SE II to SBS), 2009
Social and Behavioral Science Building infrastructure and user group, 2007-2009
Infant/child development search committee, co-chair, 2007-2008
Space Committee, 2006
Cross-cultural faculty search committee, Chair, 2005-2006
NIMH Post-doctoral Selection Committee, 2005
Department Chair, 2001-2004
Emotions Faculty Search Committee, Chair, 1999-2000.
Human Development Comprehensive Examinations Committee, 1994-1999
Long-Range Planning Committee, 1994- 1999 (Chair, 1996-1999), 2004-2006
Social Psychology Faculty Search Committee, 1995-1996
Human Development Admissions Committee, 1995, 1996, 1999
Selection Committee for Martha Newkirk Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student,
1995
Current Membership in Professional Associations
American Psychological Society
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Research on Adolescence
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Social Neuroscience
International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium
Former Membership in Professional Associations
International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology
American Psychological Association and Division 7, Division 10, Division 52
American Education Research Association
Western Psychological Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Courses Taught

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Undergraduate level
Introduction to human behavior
Family, society, and education
Human development in cross-cultural perspective
Parent-child relationships in cultural contexts
Creativity: A research seminar
Field study
Graduate level
Cross-cultural developmental psychology
Issues in human development
Cross-cultural research
Adolescent development
Human evolution and behavior