People
People
Principal Investigator
I am an assistant professor of psychology at Ajou University (심리학과, 아주대학교). Prior to joining Ajou University, I was at Connecticut College.
Being exposed to group-based discrimination or negative stereotypes can lead individuals to experience psychological threat. I investigate the multilevel pathways (i.e., intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup, and regional-level processes) through which psychological threat impacts academic performance, intergroup relations and health, with a focus on testing interventions that mitigate the experience of threat.
A defining feature of my research is that I utilize innovative biological and computational approaches to maximize the ecological validity of my research. I graduated in August 2022 with my Ph.D. in social psychology, with a minor in social data analytics (a program focused on applying computational methods to social sciences), at Penn State. I graduated from Korea University with a double major in psychology and economics.
For more information, please see www.hyunjoonpark.net
Graduate Students (listed in alphabetical order)
Master’s student in the AI Psychology track at Ajou University. Interested in Human–AI interaction and how social contexts shape students’ AI use, potentially creating inequalities in learning opportunities. Uses log data and LLM-based methods to examine these mechanisms and to develop evidence that supports equitable AI tutoring.
Incoming Master’s student in social psychology at Ajou University. Interested in intergroup relations, environmental psychology, and how physical spaces influence human behavior.
Incoming Master’s student in social psychology at Ajou University. Interested in social categorization, group polarization, and perceived belongingness, particularly in how social identities are expressed in online spaces and shape interpersonal dynamics. More broadly, seeks to understand how to foster the well-being of individuals whose lives diverge from socially prescribed norms.
Incoming Master’s student in the AI Psychology track at Ajou University. Interested in how structural conditions - such as social class, social status, and neoliberal ideologies are internalized and shape individuals's psychological experience and social perception.
Research Assistants
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in individual psychology in the group and culture.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in what impacts people's mental and physical health, especially in a social psychological way.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in individual psychology and decision-making processes.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in what affects people's physical and mental health.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in what people's morality is, what factors change it, and how it affects health.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou Univesity. Interested in how traumatic experiences affect physical and mental health of individuals and communities, and how prosocial behavior shapes interpersonal relationships.
Undergraduate psychology major student at Ajou University. Interested in the relationship between physical and mental aspects of human.
I am an undergraduate psychology student at Georgia State University.
Valeria is an undergraduate Student at Freie Universität Berlin. She majors in Social and Cultural Anthropology & Political Science.
Ongoing Independent Project with Post-undergraduate Students
Riley is working on a research project with Dr. Park and Yubin: "A New Era: Psychological Threat Associated with Taylor Swift and the NFL"
Michael is working on a research project with Dr. Park: Conducting Project on "Effectiveness of Coping Mechanisms in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients"
Former/Currently Inactive Research Assistants
Ajou University
정예헌
이혜연
강다현
Raha Shogi
배영주 (아주대학교)
이정민 (Northeastern University)
Connecticut College
Elena Crowell
Emily Nelson
Eunseo Han
Michael McCullom
Sebastian Parilov
Isabella Kinney
Panagiota Tsiali
Patricia Berrouet
Abby Ferland
Brian MacSweeney (Independent Study)
Ola Szczesny (Independent Study)