Discipline(s):
Social Psychology, Social Epidemiology
Area(s) of Expertise:
Cultural Influences on Emotion, Cultural Influences on Cognition, Immigrant Mental Health, Asian American Psychology
E-Mail:
janleu@u.washington.edu
Background:
Janxin Leu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington's Department of Psychology. Dr. Leu studies culture and immigrant health, biculturalism, multiple social identities, and cultural influences on emotion and cognition. Her work has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation, the Institute for Ethnic Studies in the US, and the University of Washington. She has published in top journals, such as Social Science & Medicine, Cognition & Emotion, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Dr. Leu received a joint BA/MA in Psychology from Stanford University, and later served as a research fellow at Peking University in Beijing, China. She received a Ph.D in social psychology along with a certificate of training in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan in 2004. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society fellow at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco, she studied the role of social status (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status) on health in diverse communities.
Dr. Leu was a cultural consultant for MTV. She helped develop the first Chinese American bilingual, bicultural preschool television show, "Ni hao, Kai-lan." produced by Nickelodeon.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Janxin Leu's available publications in PubMed.
