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Contact Information

Name: Greg M. Kim-Ju, Ph.D.

Title: Professor of Psychology

Office Location: Amador Hall 351A

Email: kimju@csus.edu

Office Phone: (916) 278-6738

Mailing Address: Sacramento State, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6007

Office Hours: Fall 2024: AMD 351A / TH 3-4:30pm (in-person) & 4:30-6pm (virtual by appointment at https://csus.campus.eab.com/pal/OR9MjGwRzU)

Courses That I Teach

  • Psyc 100: Cross-Cultural Psychology (Fall 24)
  • Psyc 122: Qualitative Research in Psychology 
  • Psyc 135: Psychology of Multicultural Groups
  • Psyc 142: Community Psychology
  • Psyc 143: Practicum in Community Psychology 
  • Psyc 235: Psychology of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (Fall 24)

Selected Publications

Kim-Ju, G. M., Knifsend, C. A., & Gonzales, A. (2024). Putting Social and Emotional Learning into Practice: Best Practices in Developing and Implementing an SEL Program through a University-1st-8th Grade Partnership. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100033

Kim-Ju, G. M., & Lee, J. (2024). An exploration of multiracial identity development, worldviews, and social realities of Asian–White individuals. Qualitative Psychology, 15(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000291

Kim-Ju, G. M., Graham, A. R., Krmpotich, E. A., & Hong, J. (2023). Self, ethnicity, and ethnic composition: Variations in self among Asian Americans and White Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000313

Bolu-Steve, F. N., Adegoke, A. A., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2020) Cultural beliefs and infant mortality in Nigeria, Education Research International, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6900629

Dimberg, S. K., Sandoval, R., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2020). Developing leadership skills through university cohort programs. In D. Maramba & T. Fong  (Eds.), Models of Practice: Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISIs) in Action. 

Haro, J., Goodman, Z. T., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2020). Promising outcomes in a higher education intervention program: Academic and social shifts with students in the Full Circle Project. In D. Maramba & T. Fong  (Eds.), Models of Practice: Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISIs) in Action.

Lewis, J. A., Cameron, R. P., Kim-Ju, G. M., & Meyers, L. S. (2020). Examining the association between racial identity attitudes and coping with racism‐related stress. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 48(2), 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12169

Selected Presentations

Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, August). How the self varies across social situations for Asian and White Americans. Paper presented at The XXVII International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bali, Indonesia.

Williams, J. B., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, August). Cultural stereotypes of Asians in the United States. Poster presented at The XXVII International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bali, Indonesia.

Canchola, S. J., Hem, L., Williams, J. B., Perkins, K. J., Smith, A. T., Pacheco, M., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, April). Social predictors of academic performance among diverse youth. Poster presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hem, L., Williams, J. B., Perkins, K. J., Smith, A. T., Abshire, H. M., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, April). Asian American stereotypes and the five-factor model. Poster presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Pacheco, M., Smith, A. T., Williams, J. B., Williams, J. B., Abshire, H. M., & Kim-Ju, G. (2024, April). Cultural disjunction and youth well-being: Acculturative dissonance, victimization, and social anxiety among Latinx and Asian American youth. Poster presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Perkins, K. J., Hem, L., Williams, J. B., Canchola, S. J., Pacheco, M., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, April). A closer look at ethnocultural empathy by race and gender. Poster presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Smith, A. T., Pacheco, M., Williams, J. B., Hem, L., Perkins, K. J., Canchola, S. J., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2024, April). Health disparities: Race, income, education and health outcomes. Poster presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Research Interests

cultural psychology; collective identity (i.e., racial, ethnic, and national identities); stable and situational factors in perceptions of ethnicity and race; social and psychological correlates of academic engagement and violence; prevention/intervention programs; cultural stereotypes and their impact on those who are targeted.

Professional Associations

  • American Psychological Association
  • International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Western Psychological Association
  • Asian American Psychological Association

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