EDUCATION FANG HONG Boston University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences 64 Cummington Mall, Office 112B, Boston, MA, 02215, USA 917-331-5220 / fhong@bu.edu Boston University, Boston, MA 09/2012-Present PhD Candidate in Developmental Science New York University, New York, NY 09/2010-05/2012 M.A in Applied Psychology Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 09/2006-07/2010 B.A in Chinese Literature and Language RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests include emotion regulation and emotion development in various contexts as well as the ways in which individual characteristics could exert an influence on those developments. My current project explores the role of childhood maltreatment in later psychological health and stress psychophysiology, such as behavioral responses, psychological responses, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia as well as other physiological indexes of autonomic nerves system functioning during social interactions. I am also interested in the extent to which culture can exert an influence on emotional recognition. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2014.5- Current Research Assistant and Co-lab Manager Childhood Experience and Adult Outcomes Lab, Boston University Directed by Dr. Kathleen Malley-Morrison Organize lab and prepare materials for the lab s research Take lead in designing and conducting research project and experiments Mentor undergraduate research assistants, help them to conduct studies and analyze data using SPSS 2012-2014.5 Research Assistant Advance Cultural and Emotional Intelligence Laboratory, Boston University Directed by Dr. Stacey N. Doan Was responsible for conducting research project, including recruiting participants, conducting experiment and collecting data, inputting and analyzing data Mentored undergraduates who worked in this lab 2011.7-2011.9 Summer Internship
St. Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, The Child & Family Institution, New York, NY Directed by Dr. Philip E. Vincent, M.D Worked for the Program CARES (The Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service). Worked with the clinical staff of CARES to enter and analyze clinical data, as well as assistant with Excel data management and data-related record 2010.10-2012.4 Research Assistant Center for Research on Culture, Development and Education, New York University Directed by Dr. Niobe Way Transcribed data and helped with data analysis, including quantitative and qualitative data SKILLS Proficient in Physiological Measurement: MindWare; BIOPAC Technical Skills: SPSS; AMOS; R programming; NIH toolbox Proficient in experimental design Language: English; Chinese (Mandarin) PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles Hong, F., Cheng, C., Sang, B., Ku, Y., & Pan, T. (2017) Mood and Contextual Effect on Facial Recognition: Cultural Equivalence or Cultural Advantage? International Psychological Bulletin, 31(3), 34-44. Hong, F., Lopez, A.M., Doan, S.N. & Evens, G.W. (2017). Relations among temperament, selfregulatory strategies and gender in predicting delay of gratification. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1925). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01925 Manuscripts Under Review Hong, F., Jang, M., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., Lefton, K., Samkavitz, A., Ashy, M., & Malley- Morrison, K. (Under Review). Childhood emotional neglect and mental health problems in U.S. and Korean young adult: The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies. Hong, F., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., Liu, S., Cai, Q., & Malley-Morrison, K. (Under Review). Childhood maltreatment and perceived stress in young adults: The role of emotion regulation strategies, self-efficacy, and resilience. Manuscripts in Preparation Hong, F., Cui, L., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (In Prep). Spontaneous emotion regulation strategies during Trier Social Stress Test (TSST): relation to behavioral, psychological, and physiological responses.
Hong, F., Cui, L., Graf, D., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (In Prep). Psychological and physiological responses to acute stress: relation to childhood maltreatment, social anxiety, and trust. Rapoport, S., Hong, F., Tarullo, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (In Prep). The impact of parental emotional neglect on internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating role of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. Mercurio, A., Hong, F., Samkavitz, A., Amir, C., Tarullo, A., Ashy, M., & Malley-Morrison, K. (In Prep). Childhood maltreatment, limbic system dysfunction, resilience, and eating disorder. Jang, M., Lea, E., Hong, F., & Malley-Morrison, K. (In Prep). Childhood maltreatment, resilience, and social anxiety in Korean young adults. Doan, S.N., Hong, F., & Shang, S. (In Prep). Culture, emotion socialization, and children s coping. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Conference Symposia/Paper Presentations Hong, F., Tarullo, A., Lefton, K., Mercurio, A., Zhitnik, E., Chen, Y., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2017). Childhood maltreatment, internalizing and externalizing problems: The role of emotion regulation. Invited symposium paper will be presented in 2017 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. Hong, F., Tarullo, A., & Doan, S.N. (2016, July). Cultural perspectives in reactivity and regulation. Symposium paper presented for the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. Hong, F., Kao, K. & Doan, S.N. (2014, March). Intervention programs influencing children s self-regulation. Symposium paper presented for the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Boston, MA Amir, C., Hong, F., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., Song, J., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Amir, C., Rapoport, S., & Malley-Morrison, K. Childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation, and eating disorder. Paper presented in 2017 New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts. Lefton, K., Hong, F., Tarullo, A., Ashy, M., Lopez, N., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2017). Childhood maltreatment, alexithymia, resilience, stress and tactile stimulation. Paper presented in 2017 Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Conference Poster Presentation 2017 Hong, F., Cai, Q., Liu, S., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., Ashy, M., & Malley-Morrison. Childhood maltreatment and perceived stress: The role of emotion regulation strategies and resilience. Poster will be presented in 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Graf, D., Hong, F., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., Song, J., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Amir, C., Rapoport, S., & Malley-Morrison, K. Childhood maltreatment, general trust, and psychological response to acute stress in young adults. Poster presented in 2017 New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts. Rapoport, S., Hong, F., Malley-Morrison, K., Graf, D., Amir, C., Song, J., Lin, Y., Tarullo, A., & Mercurio, A. Sex differences in Spontaneous Emotion Regulation, Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Responses to Acute Social Stress. Poster presented in 2017 New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts. Jang, M., Lea, E., Malley-Morrison, K., & Hong, F. (2017). Childhood maltreatment, resilience, social anxiety in Korean young adults. Posters presented in 2017 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. Hong, F., Chen, Y., Tarullo, A., Barnes, J., Wu, X., Lefton, K., Zhitnik, E., Marcon, A., Ding, C., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2017). Parental care and stress outcomes in emerging adults: The mediation role of limbic system dysfunction and alexithymia. Poster presented in 2017 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas. Hong, F., Cui, L., Tarullo, A., Graf, D., Hiro, M., Rapoport, S., Lefton, K., Ashy, M., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison. (2017). Spontaneous emotion regulation strategies during Trier Social Stress Test: Relations to childhood maltreatment, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and anxiety expression. Poster presented in 2017 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference, Boston, MA. Samkavitz, A., Ashy, M., Jang, M., Gutowski, E., Tarullo, A., Hong, F., Lefton, K., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2017). Psychoneurological and Behavioral Correlations of the Fear of Terrorism in Young Adults from the United States and Korea. Poster presented in 2017 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference, Boston, MA. Hong, F., Jang, M., Malley-Morrison, K., Tarullo, A., Ashy, M., & Mercurio, A. (2017). Childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation, and psychological outcomes in U.S. and Korean Adults. Poster presented in 2017 Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Zhitnik, E., Tarullo, A., Hong, F., Rapoport, S., Malley-Morrison, K., & Mercurio, A. (2017). Childhood emotional neglect, alexithymia, and eating disordered behavior in young adults. Poster presented in 2017 Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 2016 Hong, F., Lefton, K., Tarullo, A., Zhitnik, E., Mercurio, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2016, October). Maternal and paternal childhood maltreatment, gender, and stress responses to the Trier Social Stress Test. Poster presented for New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts. Zhitnik, E., Hong, F., Lefton, K., Close, A., Close, N., Tarullo, A., Mercurio, A., & Malley- Morrison, K. (2016, October). Maternal and paternal childhood maltreatment and later
externalizing and internalizing problems and perceived stress. Poster presented for New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts. Jang, M., Wu, X., Hong, F., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2016, October). Emotion regulation, aggression, anxiety, alexithymia, and perceived stress in Korean and the U.S. Poster presented for New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts. Hong, F., Cheng, C., Sang, B., Ku, Y., & Pan, T. (2016, July). In-group biases in recognizing facial emotions embedded in different contexts from Chinese and U.S. participants. Poster presented for International Congress of Psychology 2015 Hong, F., Tarullo, A. & Doan, S.N. (2015, April). A cross culture study of mothers coping with children s negative emotions and stress coping strategies: the moderation role of child Gender. Poster presented for Associated for Psychological Science (APS), New York, NY Hong, F.& Huang, Y. (2015, April). Relationship of religious commitment, childhood abuse and Big-Five Personality in young adult. Poster presented for Associated for Psychological Science, New York, NY Huang, Y. & Hong, F. (2015, August). Alexithymia mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult s propensity of aggression. Poster presented for American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada 2014 Hong, F., Doan, S.N., Biao, S., Cheng, C. & Ku, Y. (2014, July). Are contextual effects on facial recognition altered by participants mood? A cross culture study. Poster presented for the International Society for The Study of Behavioural Development, Shanghai, China Hong, F. & Doan, S.N. (2014, May). The influence of mood and social cognition on the attribution of emotion to neutral faces in European and Asian Americans. Poster presented for the Association for Psychological Science. San Francisco, CA Hong, F., Lopez, A.M., Doan, S.N. & Evens, G.W. (2014, March). Relations among temperament, self-regulatory strategies and gender in predicting delay of gratification. Poster presented for the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, MA PS 211 Introduction to Experimental Design in Psychology (Fall 2015 & Spring 2016) Course Teacher: Dr. Erika Wells Responsibility: leading discussion classes 2014-2015 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, MA PS 211 Introduction to Experimental Design in Psychology (Fall 2015 & Spring 2016) Course Teacher: Dr. David Mostofsky (Fall 2015); Dr. Erika Wells (Spring 2016) Responsibility: leading discussion classes 2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, MA PS101 Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2014) Course Teacher: Dr. Stefan Hofmann
PS 251 Psychology of Personality: Theories and Application (Spring 2015) Course Teacher: Dr. David Shim Responsibility: leading discussion classes 2012-2013 Teaching Assistant, Boson University, MA PS261 Social Psychology (Fall 2012 & Spring 2013) Course Teacher: Dr. Brenda Phillips Responsibility: leading discussion classes 2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, MA PS211 Introduction to Experimental Design in Psychology (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014) Course Teacher: Dr. David Mostofsky (Fall 2013); Dr. David Langer (Spring 2014) Responsibility: leading discussion classes; grading exams MENTORING EXPERIENCE Boston University 2017 Present Yijing Lin Undergraduate Research Assistant Siyu Liu Undergraduate Research Assistant Carolyn Amir Undergraduate Research Assistant 2015-2017.5 Xuemeng Wu Undergraduate Research Assistant 2016-2017.5 Linsah Coulanges Master Student Research Assistant Michael Hiro Undergraduate Student Assistant 2015 Present Stephanie Rapoport Undergraduate Research Thesis Assistant 2017.6 2017.8 Caiqi Yue Summer internship (Tsinghua University) 2015-2017.5 Eliza Zhitnik Undergraduate Honor Thesis Student 2015-2016.5 Katheryn Lefton Undergraduate Honor Thesis Student 2012-2013 Angelica Lopes Undergraduate Research Assistant GRANTS & AWARDS Outstanding Research Presentation in Developmental Psychology in American Psychological Association (APA) 2017 Conference American Psychological Association (APA) Division 52 Student International Research Award, 07/2017 American Psychological Association (APA) 2017 Conference Student Travel Award, 05/2017, $300 American Psychological Foundation (APF) Ungerleider/Zimbardo Travel Scholarship, 05/2017, $300 Clara Mayo Memorial Research Fellowship, 03/2017, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, $7,778 Clara Mayo Memorial Research Fellowship, 03/2015, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, $3,318 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Membership: Association for Psychological Science (APS); Eastern Psychological Association (EPA); American Psychological Association (APA) (Student Affiliation, Div. 52); Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) University Service: Recruiting participants for the department; Member of Developmental Science Colloquium Committee (2013-2014); Serving as one of the Developmental Science Colloquia Committees (2015-2016)