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Chu Y. Kim-Prieto is a professor at The College of New Jersey. She received her doctorate degree from University of Illinois. She is the incoming editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology. She used to hold the position of Associate Editor of this journal.

Interest
She is interested in culture and emotion, subjective well-being, cultural psychology.

Research
She has found that seeing or reading about a Native American sports team mascot can heighten the level of stereotypes and prejudices against an unrelated group - Asian Americans. In her research about subjective well-being, she suggests that the definition of happiness varies across cultures and it is preferable that one’s personality matches the prevalent personalities of others in the same culture.