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CHARISSA S. L. CHEAH, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Asian studies Faculty Affiliate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. As a cultural developmental scientist, Dr. Cheah utilizes mixed-method approaches to explore how individual characteristics, relationships, socialization agents, and contexts interact to influence social-emotional, mental, and physical health. She is particularly interested in understanding these processes among Asian American and Muslim American families, considering their ethnic-racial/religious minority, immigrant, and marginalized intersecting statuses.
Dr. Cheah is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science. She was also a recipient of a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Italy. Dr. Cheah received a Young Scholar Award from the Foundation for Child Development’s Changing Faces of America’s Children program, and a Visiting Scientist Fellowship from the Scientific