Curriculum Vita
Curtis Kenmun Yee
Los Angeles, CA, 90025
contact@curtisyee.com
Education
Ph.D. Candidate UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
(2010) Major: Social Psychology
Minor: Quantitative Analysis
Advisor: David O. Sears
M.A. (2006) UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Social Psychology
B.A. (2003) Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Double Major: Psychology and Economics
Research Fellowships, Grants and Awards
Psychology Department First Year Fellowship (2004)
Excellence in Research Award (2005)
NSF Incentive Award (2005)
Excellence in Research Award (2006)
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award (2007)
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award (2008)
CUTF Teaching Fellowship (2009)
Professional Experience
Fall-Spring ’02 Research Assistant to Prof. Scott Plous, at Wesleyan University
Summer ’02 Research Assistant to Prod. Paul White, in the SROP at University of Utah
Fall-Spring ’03 Research Assistant to Prof. Francine Rosselli, at Wesleyan University
While I have worked with Drs. Jim Sidanius and Paul Davies at UCLA, they have since moved on to different institutions. Currently, I am working with Drs. David Sears, Miguel Unzueta and Yuen Huo at UCLA. Please refer to my Research Statement for more.
Publications
Peplau, L. A., Frederick, D.A., Yee, C. K., Maisel, N., Lever, J., & Ghavami, N. (2009).
Body image satisfaction in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Volume 38, Issue 5 (2009), Page 713
Swami, V, Fredericks, D.A…. Yee, C.K. (in press) The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: Results of the International Body Project I. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Yee, C.K., Murugesan, V., Tsui, A., & Sears, D.O. (in preparation) Perceived Compatibility of Interracial Couples in a Matchmaking Task.
Conference Presentations
Yee, C.K. & Davies, P.G. (2006). The Citizen and the Minority: Social Identities in Conflict. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Yee, C.K., Fredericks, D.A., & Peplau, L.A. (2007). Body Satisfaction Among 2000 Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Participants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Yee, C.K., & Sears, D.O. (2008). They’re stealing our women: Attitudes and Perceptions towards Interracial Couples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Yee, C.K., & Sears, D.O. (2009). Social correlates of Willingness to Engage in Interracial Romance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Yee, C.K., Murugesan, V., Tsui, A., & Sears, D.O. (2010). Perceived Interracial Compatibility in an Asian/ White Matchmaking Task. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Garafola, V., Yee, C.K., King, C.S., & Sears, D.O. (2010). Asian Men on “Yellow Fever”: Evidence from Qualitative and Quantitative research. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Fall ’06 Lecturer, Introduction to Psychology (Mount St. Mary’s College)
Winter ’09 CUTF Teaching Fellow Lecturer, The Psychology of Interracial Romance (UCLA)
Teaching Assistant
Spring ’03 Teaching Apprentice, Intro to Social Psych (Prof. Scott Plous, Wesleyan University)
Summer ’05 Teaching Assistant, Social Psych Laboratory, (Prof. Hilary Haley, UCLA)
Fall ‘05 Teaching Assistant, Intro to Social Psychology (Prof. Shelly Gable, UCLA)
Winter ’06 Teaching Assistant, Intro to Social Psychology (Prof. Paul G. Davies, UCLA)
Spring ’06 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Elizabeth Bjork, UCLA)
Summer ’06 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Ed Geiselman, UCLA)
Fall ‘06 Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology Laboratory (Prof. Gian Gonzaga, UCLA)
Winter ’07 Teaching Associate, Survey Methods in Social Psychology (Prof. David Sears, UCLA)
Spring ’07 Teaching Associate, Intro to Social Psychology (Prof. John Montessoro, UCLA)
Summer ’07 Teaching Associate, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Elizabeth Bjork, UCLA)
Fall ’07- Spring ‘08 Master Teaching Fellow, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Iris Firstenberg, UCLA)
Summer ’08 Teaching Associate, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Ed Geiselman, UCLA)
Fall ’08 Teaching Fellow, Political Psychology (Prof. David Sears, UCLA)
Spring ’09 Master Teaching Fellow, Research Methods in Psych (Prof. Iris Firstenberg, UCLA)
Summer ’09 Teaching Fellow, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Ed Geiselman, UCLA)
Summer ’09 Teaching Fellow, Research Methods in Psychology (Prof. Elizabeth Bjork, UCLA)
Fall ’09 Teaching Fellow, Intro to Social Psychology (Prof. Matt Lieberman, UCLA)
Guest Lectures
Spring ’07 Guest Lecturer, Psychology of Culture and Gender (Negin Ghavami, CSUN)
Spring ’08 Guest Lecturer, Psychology of Gender and the Body (Dave Fredericks, UCLA)
Fall ’08 Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Statistics (Prof. Mark Otten, CSUN)
Mentoring
Aston Tsui Departmental Honors student (’08-’09), Barriers to Interracial Romance using a Matchmaking Task
Colin King Departmental Honors student (’09-’10), Attitudes of Interracial Couples from the Minority Perspective
Other students mentored: Vicky Garafola, Destiny Almogue, Paige Mission, Grace Oh, Jenny Chang, Emily Delikah, Jennifer Huang
Service and Other Positions
2009 – Graduate Ethics Committee
2009 – CUTF (Teaching Fellows) selection committee
2006-‘07 – Treasurer and Secretary, Psychology Graduate Students Association
2005-‘06 – Student Representative in the Social Area
2005 – Student representative to the Social Colloquium
REFERENCES
Prof. David Sears
Dept of Psychology
UCLA, Los Angles, 90024
Prof. Yuen Huo
Dept of Psychology
UCLA, Los Angles, 90024
Prof. Miguel Unzueta
Anderson School of Management
UCLA, Los Angles, 90024
Prof. Iris Firstenberg
Anderson School of Management
UCLA, Los Angles, 90024
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