Jinhyung Kim Curriculum Vitae Updated: 3/23/2015 Texas A&M University Department of Psychology, TAMU 4235 College Station, TX 77843-4235 Email: jhkim82@tamu.edu Education Texas A&M University Pursuing Ph.D. in Social Psychology Advisor: Dr. Joshua Hicks Seoul National University 2011 M.A. in Psychology Advisor: Dr. Incheol Choi Sungkyunkwan University 2009 B.A. in Psychology Fellowships, Awards, and Honors Vision 2020 Fellowship, Texas A&M University Graduate Student English Thesis Support Fund ($1,000), Seoul National University Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Seoul National University Top Prize for the Undergraduates Research Presentation, Sungkyunkwan University Top Honor Student Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University 2010 2009 2008 2006 2008 Publications Journal Article Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. (2015). Happiness begets children? Evidence for a bi-directional link between well-being and number of children. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Kim, J., Kang, P., & Choi, I (2014). Pleasure now, meaning later: Temporal dynamics between pleasure and meaning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 262 270. Han, M., Choi, I., Kim, B., Lee, H., & Kim, J. (2012). Korean mind map I: Thinking style and values of Korean college students. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 31, 435 464. Jinhyung Kim, Vita 1
Book Chapter Kim, J., Seto, E., Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2014). Positive and existential psychological approaches to the experience of meaning in life. In P. Russo-Netzer & A. Batthyany (Eds), Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology (pp. 221 233). New York: Springer Press. Hicks, J. A., Seto, E., & Kim, J. (in press). Meaning of life. To appear in S. K. Whitbourne & D. Simonton (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Manuscripts Under Review and Revising for Resubmission Kim, J., Seto, E., & Hicks, J. A. A receipt for your true self: Preference for experiential purchases to material purchases driven by the motivation to search for true self-knowledge. Manuscript under review. Kim, J., Hong, E. K., Choi, I., & Hicks, J. A. Companion versus comparison: Examining seeking social companionship or social comparison as characteristics that differentiate happy and unhappy people. Manuscript under review. Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. Parental bereavement and the loss of purpose in life as a function of interdependent self-construal. Manuscript under review. Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., Kelley, N. J., & Kim, J. Detecting genuineness: Convergence between self and observer reports of authenticity. Manuscript revising for resubmissioin. Kelley, N. J., Davis, W. E., Hicks, J. A., Kim, J., & Tang, D. Motivating the academic mind: Abstract construal of academic goals enhances goal meaningfulness, motivation, and self-concordance. Manuscript revising for resubmissioin. Lee, M., Oishi, S., Kim, J., Lim, J., Ku, X., & Choi, I. Narratives contribute to the maintenance of culturally dominant attribution styles. Manuscript revising for resubmissioin. Manuscripts in Preparation Kim, J., Christy, A. G., Hicks, J. A., & Schlegel, R. J. In true self we trust: Endorsement of true-selfas-guide lay theory of decision making as a source of well-being. Manuscript in preparation. Oral and Poster Presentations Oral Presentations Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. (2015, May). Looking for the best and searching for the meaning: Maximizing tendency leads to search for meaning in life. Oral presentation at the Association for Psycholgocial Sceince (APS) Annual Convention, New York, NY. Jinhyung Kim, Vita 2
Hicks, J. A., Kelley, N. J., Davis, W. E., Tang, D., & Kim, J. (2014, May). Abstract goal pursuits, perseverance, and the feeling of meaning. Oral presentation at the Association for Psycholgocial Sceince (APS) Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. Shim, Y., Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2011, August). The difference of satisfaction with the second-best choice between hedonic and utilitarian consumption. Oral presentation at the Korean Psychological Association (KPA) Annual Convention, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2010, December). Dynamics between pleasure and meaning: On their construal levels and the effect of time. Oral presentation at the Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association (KSPPA) Winter Convention, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. Poster Presentations Kim, J., Hicks, J. A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2015, Feburary). The real approach: Promotion focus predicts the experience of authenticity. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA. Kim, J., Hicks, J. A., Christy, A. G., & Schlegel, R. J. (2015, Feburary). Happiness is not a matter of choice: Happy people suffer less from having no choice or too many choices. Poster presentation at the Happiness and Well-Being Pre-conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA. Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. (2014, Feburary). Knowing yourself by owning experiences: The motivated pursuit of true self-knowledge through experiential purchases. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Austin, TX. Kim, J., Christy, A. G., Hicks, J. A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2014, Feburary). Lay theories of decision satisfaction and subjective well-being. Poster presentation at the Happiness and Well-Being Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Austin, TX. Seto, E., Kim, J., Hicks, J. A. (2014, February). Conspicuous purchases and the role of selfconcordance. Poster presentation at the Self and Identity Pre-conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Austin, TX. Kim, J., Kim, J. H., & Choi, I. (2013, January). Forcasting versus recalling: Temporal shifts in the value of pleasure and meaning for hedonic judgments. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. Shim, Y., Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2012, October). The effect of hedonic and utilitarian goals on consumer satisfaction with the second-best choice. Poster presentation at the Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Annual Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jinhyung Kim, Vita 3
Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2012, January). When a happy friend bests you: Contrast in sesitivity towards social comparisons and social companions between happy and unhappy people. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Shim, Y., Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2012, January). The difference of satisfaction with the second-best choice between hedonic and utilitarian consumption. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2011, August). When a happy friend bests you: Contrast in sesitivity towards social comparisons and social companions between happy and unhappy people. Poster presentation at the Korean Psychological Association (KPA) Annual Convention, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. Professional Experience Research Training Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology (SISPP) Topics: Emotion; Dyadic Data Analysis Graduate Research Assistant Hicks/Schlegel Self & Personality Processes Lab (Texas A&M University) Center for Happiness Studies (Seoul National University) Social Psychology Lab of Dr. Incheol Choi (Seoul National University) Undergraduate Research Assistant Social Psychology Lab of Dr. Incheol Choi (Seoul National University) Group Behavior Lab (Sungkyunkwan University) Teaching Experience Lab Instructor (Texas A&M University) Intro to Statistics for Psychology Lab, Class Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Schlegel Lab Instructor (Seoul National University) Social Psychology and Laboratory, Class Instructor: Dr. Incheol Choi Jul. 2015 2010 2012 2009 2011 2008 2009 2008 2015 2009 Academic Peer-Review Review for Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Review for Journal of Happiness Studies Review for APSSC Student Research Award (SRA) Review for RISE Research Award (RRA) 2014 Present 2013 Present 2012 2013 2012 2013 Jinhyung Kim, Vita 4
Professional Affiliations American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Society for Personality and Social Psychology Korean Psychological Association References Joshua A. Hicks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Address: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas E-mail: joshua.hicks@gmail.com Rebecca J. Schlegel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Address: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas E-mail: schlegelrj@gmail.com Incheol Choi, Ph.D., Professor Address: Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea E-mail: ichoi@snu.ac.kr Jinhyung Kim, Vita 5