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Biography
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Kevin Chun
Professor: Psychology and Program Coordinator: Asian-American Studies
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Kevin M. Chun, Ph.D is Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies at the University of San Francisco. He completed his B.S. in Psychology at Santa Clara University, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at UCLA, and Psychology Internship at the Palo Alto Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs. His research focuses on acculturation processes and their relation to health and psychosocial adjustment for Asian American immigrants and refugees. He is currently a Co-Investigator at UCSF for a four-year NIH funded study that examines cultural issues in disease management for Chinese Americans with adult onset diabetes. His publications include Acculturation: Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Applied Research, and Readings in Ethnic Psychology: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos, which he co- edited with Professors Pamela Balls Organista and Gerardo Marin. He is also a contributing author to a number of scholarly works, including Handbook of Asian American Psychology (1st & 2nd editions), Acculturation and Parent-Child Relationships: Measurement and Development, Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and Ethnocultural Approaches to Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues, Research, and Clinical Applications. Prof. Chun was a recipient of the USF Ignatian Service Award in 2004 and the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions from the Asian American Psychological Association in 2005.
Contact Information:
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 422-2418
Fax: (415) 422-2517
Email: chunk@usfca.edu
Office: CAT 4, 7
Office Hours: TR 12:45-1:45pm and by appointment.
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