Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong

Christian S. Chan Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Phone: +852-3917-7121 email: shaunlyn@hku.hk url: www.psychology.hku.hk Current position Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong Education 2012 Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center (APA accredited) 2012 PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston 2008 MA in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston 2003 BA in Psychology, McGill University Grants, honors & awards 2012 National PERISHIP Award, Natural Hazards Center, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Public Entity Risk Institute 2006-2011 Full Graduate Assistantship, University of Massachusetts Boston 2010 Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Boston 2010 Research Seed Grant, American Psychological Association Division 36, Psychology of Religion 2010 Travel Grant, American Psychological Association Division 48, Peace Psychology 2010 Research Grant, Graduate Student Assembly, University of Massachusetts Boston 2009 Convocation Book Award (for best Master s thesis), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston 2008 Research Grant, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan 2007 Professional Development Grant, Graduate Student Assembly, University of Massachusetts Boston 2004-2006 Post-Graduate Research Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho), Japanese Government Publications in press Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., Howard, W., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Herrera, C. (in press). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Journal of School Psychology. 2012 Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., & Perez, J. E. (2012). A prospective study of religiousness and psychological distress among female survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 49, 168-181. Grossman, J. B., Chan, C. S., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012). The test of time in school-based mentoring: The role of relationship duration and re-matching on academic outcomes. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 43-54. 2011 Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011). You have to put them first: The impact of child-related stressors on the psychological functioning of low-income mothers after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Family Issues, 32, 1303-1324. Schwartz, S. E. O., Rhodes, J. E., Chan, C. S., & Herrera, C. (2011). The impact of school-based mentoring on youth with different relational profiles. Developmental Psychology, 47, 450-462. 2010 Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010). Pre-disaster social support protects against psychological distress: A longitudinal analysis of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 551-560. Rhodes, J. E., Chan, C. S., Paxson, C., Rouse, C. E., Waters, M., & Fussell, E. (2010). The impact of Hurricane Katrina on the mental and physical health of low-income parents in New Orleans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 237-247. 2009 Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., Zwiebach, L., & Chan, C. S. (2009). The impact of pet loss on perceived social support and psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 244-247. 2008 Rhodes, J. E., & Chan, C. S. (2008). Spiritual development and the mentoring relationship. New Directions for Youth Development, 118, 85-89. Conference Presentations 2012 Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E., (2012, November). Measuring exposure in natural disasters: The case of Hurricane Katrina. Poster accepted for presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Los Angeles, CA, USA. Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E., (2012, November). Religious coping, posttraumatic stress, and posttraumatic growth among female survivors four years after Hurricane Katrina. Poster accepted for presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Los Angeles, CA, USA. Chan, C. S., Schwartz, S. E. O., Howard, W., Lowe, S. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012, March). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Paper presented at the 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Wu, M. B., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012, March). Measuring quality of mentoring relationship. Paper presented at the 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2

2011 Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, November). Examining the relationship between social support and mental health: A longitudinal study of Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Baltimore, MD, USA. Lowe, S. R., Godoy, L., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, March). The impact of childrelated stressors on the psychological functioning of lower-income mothers after Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada. 2010 Chan, C. S. (2010, August). On collective apology: Some theoretical exploration and integration. Poster presented at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA, USA. Schwartz, S. E. O., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010, August). Previous relationship experience as a moderator of mentoring impacts. Poster presented at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA, USA. Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., Paxson, C., Rouse, C. E., Waters, M., & Fussell, E. (2010, June). The impact of Hurricane Katrina on the mental and physical health of low-income parents in New Orleans. Paper presented at the Returning to Katrina: Bringing Hurricane Katrina Research Back to the Community Conference, Long Beach, MS, USA. Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010, June). Pre-disaster social support protects against psychological distress: A longitudinal analysis of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Paper presented at the Returning to Katrina: Bringing Hurricane Katrina Research Back to the Community Conference, Long Beach, MS, USA. Lowe, S. R., Doleyres, V., Chan, C. S., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010, March). Stressful life events, adaptive capacities and psychological distress in a multiethnic sample of emerging adults. Poster presented at the 13th Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2009 Mian, N. D., Chan, C. S., Briggs-Gowan, M. J., & Carter, A. (2009, November). A risk model for early childhood anxiety: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY, USA. Treanor, M., Hayes, S. A., Mian, N. D., Chan, C. S., & Roemer, L. (2009, November). The relationship between perceptions of control and anxiety: Preliminary investigation of a multidimensional measure of control-related beliefs. Poster presented at the 43rd Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies conference, New York, NY, USA Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, October). Community engagement in emerging adulthood: Demographic variations, correlates, and processes. Poster presented at 4th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3

Goldschmidt, E. P., Chan, C. S., & Walsh, M. E. (2009, August). Understanding the relationship among classroom behaviors, social skills, and school engagement. Poster presented at the 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON, Canada. Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., Zwiebach, L., Schwartz, S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, June). Gender differences in mentoring relationships: A school-based longitudinal study. Poster presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Montclair, NJ, USA. Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S., Chan, C. S., Zwiebach, L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, June). Predicting adverse health outcomes of vulnerable adults after Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Montclair, NJ, USA. Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, May). Religiousness and psychological distress of women after Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., USA. 2008 Lowe, S. R., Lustig, K., Marrow, H., Zwiebach, L., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008, October). Perceptions of racism among African-American single mothers after Hurricane Katrina: Relationships with interviewer race and mental health. Poster presented at the eighth annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC), Boston, MA. Zwiebach, L., Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008, May). Loss of pet significantly affects mental health of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL, USA. Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., Zwiebach, L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008, April). Psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors and barriers to mental health service utilization: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the Psychology and Social Justice Conference 2008, New York, NY, USA. 2007 Karasawa, M., & Chan, C. S. (2007, May). Spontaneous inferences about person attributes: The role of social categories. Paper presented at the 5th Conference of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, Kyoto, Japan. Chan, C. S., & Karasawa, M. (2007, January). Spontaneous role inference: Some evidence in Japan using the cued recall task. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN, USA. 2006 Chan, C. S., Hioki, K., & Karasawa, M. (2006, January). Entitativity, controllability, and responsibility of governments over ongoing national conflicts: An investigation of Japan-China relation. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Spring, CA, USA. 2004 Nuselovici, J. N., Chan, C. S., Abela, J. R. Z., & Ho, R. M. (2004, July). Transactional relation- 4

ships between hopelessness, stress, and depressive symptoms in children and early adolescents. Paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies 2004, Kobe, Japan. Chan, C. S., & Taylor, D. M. (2004, June). The ethnic identity of Hong Kong-born and Canadian-born Chinese youth. Poster presented at the 65th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, St. John s, Newfoundland, Canada. Invited Talks 2012 Chan, C. S.. (2012, June). Measuring exposure. Harvard Population Center, Cambridge, MA, USA. Chan, C. S.. (2012, March). Natural disaster and mental health: The case of Hurricane Katrina. Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chan, C. S.. (2012, January). Adolescent resilience: A tale of two studies. Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2008 Chan, C. S.. (2008, November). Remembering Beichuan. Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. 2007 Yoshikawa, H., Zhou, X., Yuen, M., & Chan, C. S.. (2007, May). Parental employment, Family life, and social development: Summary of research and implication for studies in China. 3rd International Forum on Children s Emotion Development and Competence, Research Center for Learning Science, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. 2006 Chan, C. S., Hioki, K., & Karasawa, M. (2006, July). Responsibility of representatives in relations to group entitativity and agenticity: A social psychological study on the Chinese anti- Japan riots in 2005, Department of Sinology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 2004 Abela, J. R. Z., & Chan, C. S. (2004, May). The etiology and prevention of depression in children and adolescents, 7th Annual Convention of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric Association, Shanghai, China. Abela, J. R. Z., & Chan, C. S. (2004, May). The assessment and treatment of depression in children and adolescents, Workshop of Behavioural Pediatrics, Shanghai Children s Medical Centre, Shanghai, China. Clinical Experience 2011-2012 Intern, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA 2008-2010 Trainee, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA 2008 Disaster-Relief Clinician, Sichuan, China 2007-2008 Trainee, University Counseling Center, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA 2003-2004 Diagnostician, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 5

Teaching Experience 2012-present Instructor, Introduction to Counseling and Therapeutic Psychology, HKU 2009-2010 Instructor, Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods, UMass Boston 2008-2009 Guest Lecturer, Trauma, UMass Boston 2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, UMass Boston Professional Activities Conference Symposium Chair, Quality of relationship in school-based mentoring programs, for the 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting Ad-hoc review for journals Developmental Psychology; Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA); Journal of Community Psychology; Journal of Research on Adolescence; Learning and Individual Differences Grant review Research Grant Council, University Grant Committee, Hong Kong Dr. Robert W. Spayne Research Grant and Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant, UMass Boston Last updated: October 17, 2012 Typeset in XƎTEX 6