Psychology Department


  Dr. Ling-Yi Zhou
Professor of Psychology

 

 

 

 


 

 

Dr. Zhou received her Master of Education in 1990, Master of Arts in Psychology in 1992, and Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology in 1995, all from Miami University, Oxford, OH. She joined the faculty at the University of St. Francis in 1995.

Office Hours

Office hours are usually in the afternoons and she has an open-door policy (you are welcome at any time if she is available). Generally, Dr. Zhou teaches in the mornings and works in her office in the afternoons. You may call her at (815) 740-3594 or e-mail her at lzhou@stfrancis.edu. Feel free to contact Dr. Zhou - It is a pleasure to her if she could be helpful.

Courses Taught (click to see the on-line syllabi)

She also supervises all internship experiences in the areas of research and industrial/organizational psychology.

Research Interests

Dr. Zhou's research interests are in the areas of social cognition, people's understanding of aging, and program evaluation. She has involved undergraduate students in her research projects and supervised undergraduate students when they conduct their own studies. Internship opportunities are available for students who want to get hands-on experiences in doing research in psychology.

Honors and Awards

  • Recipient of the 2004-2005 Achievement in Scholarship Award, University of St. Francis
  • Member of the American national academic honor society Phi Kappa Phi (1990-present)
  • Member of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology (2005-present)
  • Selected and included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2004, 8th ed., 2005 9th ed.)
  • Summer Faculty/Undergraduate Student Collaboration Research Fund (2004)
  • Incentive Grant, University of St. Francis (2002)
  • Summer Mini-Grant for Research, University of St. Francis (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005) 
  • Dissertation Associate Fellowship, Psychology, Miami University (1994-1995) 
  • Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society (1995) 
  • Pattern Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology (Psychology, Miami University, 1993-1994) 
  • Graduate Student Research Award (Cincinnati Psychological Association, 1993-1994) 
  • Graduate Students' Achievement Award (Miami University, 1993-1994) 

Selected Publications

  Zhou, L.-Y. (2007). What college students know about older adults: A cross-cultural qualitative study. Educational Gerontology, 33, 811-831.
  Zhou, L.-Y. (2006). American and Chinese College students' anticipations of their postgraduate education, career, and future family roles. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 55(1/2), 95-110.
  Zhou, L.-Y. (2005). Storm and stress. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development (pp. 1221-1222). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  Zhou, L.-Y., Dawson, M. L., Herr, C. L., & Stukas, S. K. (2004). American and Chinese college students' Predictions of people's occupations, housework responsibilities, and hobbies as a function of cultural and gender influences. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 50(7/8), 547-563.
  Zhou, L.-Y. (2003). Language. In N. A. Piotrowski (Ed.), Magill's encyclopedia of social science: Psychology (pp. 876-883). Pasadena, CA: SALEM Press.
 
Zhou,
L.-Y. (2002). The impact of perceived personal gender information on social judgment. Poster presented at the 14th annual convention of American Psychological Society, New Orleans, FL.
  Zhou, L.-Y. (2001). Language. In C. W. Hoagstrom (Ed.), Magill's encyclopedia of science: Animal life (pp.930-935). Pasadena, CA: SALEM Press.
  Zhou, L.-Y. (2000). Cutural views of aging. In P. Roberts, (Ed.). Aging (pp. 159-166). Pasadena, CA: SALEM Press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Services

  • She is the faculty advisor of the Psychology Club and the USF Chapter of Psi Chi.
  • She is the current Chair of the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee

Professional Organizations

  • American Psychological Society (2000-present)
  • The Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division Two of the American Psychological Association (2000-present)
  • The Asian Association of Social Psychology (2003-2007)
  • Society for Research in Child Development (1990-2006) 
  • The Midwestern Psychological Association (1995-2006) 

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Updated July 2008