Curriculum Vitae September 2015 Jinkyung Na Assistant Professor Sogang University Assistant Professor Sogang University 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04107, Korea E-mail: jinkyung@sogang.ac.kr Phone: 82-2-705-8834 Employment History 2011 2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Vital Longevity 2012 2015 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas 2015 Assistant Professor, Sogang University Education PhD. Social Psychology, University of Michigan (2011) Advisors: Shinobu Kitayama and Richard E. Nisbett M.A. Social Psychology, Seoul National University, Major: Social Psychology (2005) Advisor: Incheol Choi B. A., Seoul National University, Summa Cum Laude, Major: Psychology (2003) Academic Fellowships and Awards 2005-2010. Samsung Scholarship, Samsung Foundation of Culture 2009 Rackham (University of Michigan Graduate School) Graduate Student Research Grant 2008 Brickman Memorial Prize (an annual award for the best paper by a graduate student in social psychology), University of Michigan 2007-2010 Rackham Graduate Student Travel Grant 2002 First Prize in National Undergraduate Thesis Competition (in Korea) Research Interests Culture and cognition; Culture and the self; Choice and Motivation; Person perception; Acculturation; Cultural Neuroscience; Social-class; Aging Publications *Indicates that authors contributed equally to this work. Na, J., Kim, S., Oh, H., Choi, I., & O Toole, A. (2015) Facial inferences of competence predict American elections better than Korean elections. Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/0956797615576489 1
Na, J. & Chan, M. Y. (2015) Culture, Cognition, and Intercultural Relations. In J. E. Warnick & D. Landis (Eds.), Neuroscience in Intercultural Contexts (pp. 49-71): Springer New York. Na, J., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D. J. (2015) When a new tool is introduced in different cultural contexts: Individualism-Collectivism and social networks on Facebook. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology. 46(3), 355-370. doi: 10.1177/0022022114563932 Grossmann, I. and Na, J. (2014), Research in culture and psychology: past lessons and future challenges. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 5: 1 14. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1267. Na. J., Choi, I., & Sul, S. (2013) I like you because you think in the right way: Culture and Ideal Thinking. Social Cognition 31(3), 390-404. Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2013) A Route to Well-Being: Intelligence versus Wise Reasoning, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 142(3), 944-953. Grossmann, I., Karasawa,. M., Izumy, S., Na, J.,Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2012) Aging and Wisdom: Culture Matters. Psychological Science 23(10), 1059-1066. Na, J., & Kitayama, S. (2012). Will people work hard on a task they choose? Social-eyes priming in different cultural contexts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48(1). 284-290. Varnum, E. W. M.*, Na, J.*, Murata, A., & Kitayama, S. (2012). Social Class Differences in N400 indicates Differences in Spontaneous Trait inferences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 141(3), 518-526. Na, J., & Kitayama, S. (2011). Spontaneous trait inference is culture-specific: Behavioral and neural evidence. Psychological Science 22(8), 1025-1032. Kitayama, S., & Na, J. (2011). Need, Level, and Culture: Comments on Sheldon et al. (2010). Psychological Inquiry 22(1), 26-31. Na, J., Grossmann, I., Varnum, E. W. M., Kitayama, S. Gonzalez, R., & Nisbett, R. E. (2010). Cultural differences are not always reducible to individual differences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(14), 6192-6197. Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, E. W. M., Park, D. C., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2010). Reasoning about Social Conflicts Improves into Old Age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(16), 7246-7250. 2
Na, J., & Choi, I. (2009). Culture and First Person Pronouns. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(11), 1492 1499. Manuscripts under review Na, J., Huang, C-M., & Park, D.C. (invited for revision) When age and culture interact in cognition: a case of categorization. Manuscript under review at Journal of Crosscultural Psychology Na, J., McDonough, I. M., Chan, M. Y., & Park D. C. (invited for revision) Social-class differences in consumer choices: Working-class individuals are more sensitive to choices of others than middle-class individuals. Manuscript under review at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Na, J. & Chan, M. Y. (under review) Social class and Inhibition: Subjective perception of lower social-class enhances response inhibition. Manuscript under review at Personality and Individual Differences Manuscripts in Preparation Seo, M., Kim, Y., & NA, J. When do people engage in immoral behaviors? Exploring Cross-cultural differences in the foundation of the morality from the perspective of face vs. dignity cultures. Na, J., Grossmann, I., Gonzalez, R., M., Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., & Nisbett, R. E. How would cultural differences in social orientation and cognitive style be translated into individuals? Na, J., Chan, M.Y., Lodi-Smith, J. & Park, D.C. Social-class differences in self-concept clarity and their implications for well-being. Varnum, E. W. M., Grossmann, I., Na, J., Park, D. C., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. From I to We : Older adults have more interdependent views of the self. Chan, M.Y., Na, J., & Park, D.C. Well-being and age-related decline in cognition. Research Grants 2014-2015. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biomarkers of dynamic Sociocultural capacities: Integrating Neurotechnologies and Novel Math PI: Daniel Krawczyk & CI: James Bartlett, Alice O Toole, Jinkyung Na $400,000 Invited Talks/Colloquia June 2013, Sogang University April 2012 The Negotiations Center, University of Texas at Dallas March 2012 School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas March 2012 Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas January 2011 Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology February 2011, University of Cologne 3
Chaired Symposia Na. J. (2013, May). When and how social-class makes a difference. Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention. Washington, DC. Conference Presentations Na, J., O Toole, A., Choi, I., & Sul, S. (2015, Feb). Cultural Modes of Reasoning can Influence Interpersonal Liking and Political Elections. The 16 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach California. Chan, M.Y., Na, J., Lodi-Smith, J., & Park, D.C. (2015, Feb). The power of social context: Social-class, age, self-concept clarity, and well-being across adulthood. The 16 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach California. Hong, S. & Na, J. (2015, Feb). Cultural Similarities and Differences in the Relationship between True Self-Knowledge and Decision Satisfaction. Poster presented at the 16 th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach California. Na, J. (2013, June) Age, Culture, and Cognition. 2013 Spring Research Symposium of Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association. Seoul, Korea. Na, J., McDonough, I.M. Chan, M.Y., & Park, D.C. (2013, May). How social-class interacts with age and culture in making choices. Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention. Washington, DC. Na. J., Huang, C-M., & Park, D.C. (2013, Jan). When age and culture interact in cognition: a case of categorization. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans. Na. J., Huang, C-M., & Park, D.C. (2012, April). When age and culture interact in cognition: a case of categorization. Poster presented at the 2012 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Na, J., Grossmann, I., Varnum, E. W. M., Kitayama, S. Gonzalez, R., & Nisbett, R. E (2011, May). Cultural differences are not always reduced to individual differences. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Na, J. & Kitayama, S. (2010, October). Brain Response Reveals a Cultural Difference in Spontaneous Trait Inference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, Chicago, Illinois. Na, J. & Kitayama, S. (2010, April). Brain Response Reveals a Cultural Difference in Spontaneous Trait Inference. Poster presented at the Cultural Neuroscience Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 4
Na, J. & Kitayama, S. (2010, February). Cultural differences in spontaneous trait inference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas. Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R.E. (2009, May). Social Class, Aging, IQ and Holistic vs. Analytic Cognitive Style. Poster presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Varnum, M.E.W., Grossmann, I., Na, J., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R.E. (2009, May). Aging and Interdependence. Poster presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Na, J. & Kitayama, S. (2009, February). Cultural differences in spontaneous trait inference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa. Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R.E. (2008, July). Not Smarter, but Wiser: Dialectical Reasoning and Wisdom across the Lifespan. Paper presented at the 29th annual International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany. Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R.E. (2008, May). Dialectical Reasoning and Wisdom across the Lifespan. Paper presented at the 20th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL Na, J., Grossmann, I., Varnum, Michael., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2008, March). Can cultural differences be reduced to individual differences? Holistic vs. Analytic mode of thinking as cultural syndromes. Presented at the second annual UIUC UM Cultural Psychology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. Na, J., & Kitayama, S. (2008, February). Motivation enhancing effect of choice in the U.S. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque. Na, J., & Kitayama, S. (2007, April). Motivation enhancing effect of choice in the U.S. and Korea. Poster presented at the first annual meeting of UIUC UM Cultural Psychology, Urbana-Champaign. Na, J., & Kitayama, S. (2007, January). Motivation enhancing effect of choice in the U.S. and Korea. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Culture Pre-conference), Memphis. Na, J., & Choi, I. (2006, January). My wife versus our wife? It depends on cultural orientation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs. Professional Activities Ad hoc reviewer: Culture and Brain; Emotion; International Journal of Psychology; International Perspectives in Psychology; Journal of Consumer Psychology; Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology; Journal of Leisure Research; Journal of Personality; Journal of Personality and 5
Social Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Plos One; Sage Open (as an Action Editor);Social Cognition; Social Science Research References Dr. Shinobu Kitayama Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 (734) 647-6786 kitayama@umich.edu Dr. Richard Gonzalez Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 (734) 647-6785 gonzo@umich.edu Dr. Richard E. Nisbett Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 (734) 763-1160 nisbett@umich.edu Dr. Incheol Choi Professor Seoul National University Seoul, Korea 82-3-880-6437 ichoi@snu.ac.kr Dr. Denise C. Park Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences University Regents' Research Scholar Center for Vital Longevity The University of Texas at Dallas 1600 Viceroy Drive Dallas, TX 75235 (972) 883-3255 denise@utdallas.edu 6