Sau Kwan
Professor,
Psychology
Other ASU affiliations
Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations Affiliates
Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
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Mail code: 1104Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Sau Kwan is a professor and area head of social psychology in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University.
Education
- Ph.D. Social / Personality Psychology, University of California-Berkeley 2002
- M.A. Social/Cultural Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1997
- B.S. Psychology, Bemidji State University 1995
Research Interests
• Social-Perception Processes
o Self-Perception
o Intergroup Perception
o Perceptions of Nonhuman Agents
• Cultural Psychology
o Diversity and Multicultural Identity Dynamics
o Cultural Priming
o Judgment and Medical Decision Making
• Methodology
o Multi-level Analysis
o Social Relations Model
Publications
- Kwan, V.S.Y., Johnson, K.A., Neel, R., Cohen, A.B. Anthropomorphism. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology 4th Edition (2010).
- Amati, F., Oh, H., Kwan, V.S.Y., Jordan, K., & Keenan, J. P. Overclaiming and the medial prefrontal cortex: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation study. Cognitive Neuroscience (2010).
- Kwan, V. S. Y., & McGee, J. A. Individuation. Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (2009).
- Alter, A., & Kwan, V. S. Y. Cultural sharing in a global village: evidence for extracultural cognition in white Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2009).
- Cuddy, A. J. C., Fiske, S. T., & Kwan, V. S. Y., Glick, P., Demoulin, S., Levens, J. P. and others. Is the Stereotype Content Model culture-bound? A cross-cultural comparison reveals systematic similarities and differences. British Journal of Social Psychology (2009).
- Kwan, V. S. Y., & Gaertner, L. A. Two sides to every self-process: The pros and the cons. Self and Identity (2009).
- Kwan, V. S. Y., Kuang, L. L., & Hui, N. Identifying the sources of self-esteem: The mixed medley of benevolence, merit, and bias. Self and Identity (2009).
- . Two sides to every self-process: The pros and the cons. (2009).
- Kwan, V. S. Y., Hui, C. M., & McGee, J. A. What do we know about the Chinese self?. The Hand Book of Chinese Psychology, 2nd Edition (0).
Research Activity
- Vittal,Vijay*, Kwan,Sau Y, Mays,Larry W, Zhang,Junshan. CRISP Type 2: Resilient Cyber-Enabled Electric Energy and Water Infrastructures: Modeling and Control under Extreme Mega Drought Scenarios. NSF-ENG-CBET(8/1/2015 - 7/31/2018).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SHS 592 | Research |
| PSY 551 | Advanced Social Psychology |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| SHS 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| SHS 599 | Thesis |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| SHS 592 | Research |
| SHS 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| PSY 551 | Advanced Social Psychology |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| EDU 592 | Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 551 | Advanced Social Psychology |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
Honors / Awards
Selected Awards and Honors
- Inaugural Sage Young Scholars Award, Foundation of Social and Personality Psychology, 2008
- Identified as a Psychological Science’s Rising Star, American Psychological Society, 2007 (Featured in Observer, October, 2007)
- Elected Member, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2007-present
- Old Dominion Fellow, Princeton University, 2005-2007
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 2004 – 2005
- Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2002
- The best article published in the Journal of Research in Personality, 2002
- UC Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2001 - 2002
- Departmental Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, Spring, 2001
- Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1997 - 1999
- Award of Excellence in the Minnesota State Undergraduate Statistics Contest, 1994
- New Writer Award, Bemidji State University, 1993