Undergraduate Psychology Program - Southwestern College

Academic History

BE in Chemical Engineering – Sung-Kyun-Kwan University, South Korea
BA in Psychology – SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY
MA in Cultural Study – Sung-Kyun-Kwan University, South Korea
MA in Psychology – New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Ph.D. in Psychology − New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Publications

Kang, Y. (2023e). What strategies do Ethiopian Orthodox Christian gay men use to integrate their religiosity and sexual orientation? Manuscript in preparation.

Kang, Y. (2023d). Who are lonely? Who are socially isolated? Manuscript in preparation.

Kang, Y. (2023c). Cosmetic surgery in South Korea and transhumanism. Manuscript in preparation.

Kang, Y. (2023b). Why do elderly men come to the park? Psychological motives, cultural influence, and spatial exclusion / segregation in South Korea. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kang, Y. (2023a). Pathogen avoidance and outgroup avoidance during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kang, Y. (2022). Is empathy a necessary function for future social robots? A discussion on Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun and police robots. Journal of Posthuman Studies: Philosophy, Technology, Media. doi:10.5325/jpoststud.6.2.0111

Kang, Y. (2021d). Robot death and human grief in films: Qualitative study. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228211038139

Kang, Y. (2021c). Why are dying individuals stigmatized and socially avoided? Psychological explanations. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 17, 317–348. doi:10.1080/15524256.2021.1930330

Kang, Y. (2021b). Interaction and identity in a cultural Space: ‘Uchi’ versus ‘soto’ in a Japanese genkan. European Journal of East Asian Studies, 20, 310–343. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700615-20211011.

Kang, Y. (2021a). Personification of death: What types of death are personified by Macabre, Gentle Comforter, Gay Deceiver, and Automaton? Omega - Journal of Death and Dying. 83, 487–507.https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222819853923

Kang. Y (2019b). Predicting an outcome less probable yet more desirable than the other. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 15, 69–80. https://doi.org/10.5709/acp-0260-3

Kang, Y. (2019a). The relationship between contingent self-esteem and trait self-esteem. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 47, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.7575

Kang, Y. (2017). Choosing one, ignoring the other: Binary choice-making and easily accessible information under uncertainty. Cognition, Brain, Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 21, 135–174. https://doi.org/10.24193/cbb.2017.21.09