Dr. Carina Pals is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. She received her MSc in Cognitive Science and Technology, with a major in Language and Speech Technology, from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. After working in software development for a few years she returned to science, and Groningen, to pursue a PhD in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, on the topic of Listening Effort in Cochlear Implant Users. Her scientific field of interest is ‘Auditory Cognition’: a fairly new, interdisciplinary field of research in which cognitive and experimental psychology, neuroscience, audiology, linguistics, and more, come together to study hearing, hearing impairment, and speech comprehension, and their interaction with cognition. Her research has mainly centered on cochlear-implant hearing, but also included side projects on second-language speech perception and verbal response-time. Dr. Pals was born and raised in the Netherlands. She has traveled a lot within Europe, the US, and some in Asia, mostly within South Korea. Now that she is living in Korea she is looking forward to exploring more of Asia, and trying all the delicious Korean food. Besides traveling, her hobbies include hiking, water sports, Argentine tango, photography, and knitting. Research: My current interests are Speech understanding in challenging listening conditions, listening effort, hearing impairment, and listening effort in non-native listeners.Area specialty: Auditory perception and cognition. I currently teach the following undergraduate courses: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Sensation and Perception, Memory and Cognition in Everyday Life, Human Factors & Ergonomics, and a special topic on Language and Speech at the University of Utah AsiaCampus.

Dr. Bo-Ram Kim is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah Asia Campus. She received her doctoral and master’s degrees in Human Development and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University, and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Oberlin College. Dr. Kim was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Clinical Scientist in the Psychological and BrainSciences Department at the University of Delaware as part of the dissemination of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up intervention. Her primary research interests are the emotional quality of parent-child relationships during early childhood, the relations between infant attachment and later emotion regulation capabilities, and attachment-based interventions. Research: Every fall semester, I am recruiting first-and second-year students to learn a behavioral coding system of parent-child interactions. Students will learn to code parental sensitivity, intrusiveness, and delight during a 9-minute play interaction. One year(2 semester) minimum is required for training in this coding system.

Ha Na Yoo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah Asia Campus. She received her B.A. in German Language & Literature and Economics from Seoul National University, her M.A. in Psychology from Yonsei University, and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Rochester. Her research focuses on the development of moral and social judgments and behavior. Specifically, she is interested in the contextual (e.g., parenting, peer relationships), emotional (e.g., empathy, guilt), and cognitive (e.g., understanding of others) influences on the developmental processes. Before joining the UAC, she taught various undergraduate courses at the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music. Research: My research examines social development. Specifically, my research interests focus on two areas:1) Moral and social judgments & behavior2) Parent-child relationships, parent-child conflicts, parentingStudents who want to gain experience in social development research are welcome to join my research section. Students will have experiences in all aspects of research, including assisting in research design, participating in data collection/preparation/coding, and learning about developmental research methods and social and moral development research.

Dr. Hannah Myung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah Asia Campus and a licensed clinical psychologist in California. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Washington, Master's degree in Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (Fuller Theological Seminary). She completed her post-doctoral training at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Previously she taught at the graduate level working with students who are training to become clinicians. Courses that she teaches include personality theories, essential helping skills in counseling and psychotherapy, science and practice of clinical psychology, and clinical stress science.  Dr. Myung's primary interests include psychotherapy research, integration of spirituality and psychology, therapist effects, and clinical training. During her free time, Dr. Myung enjoys learning about homesteading, listening to rock music, and watching K-dramas (and figuring out how to incorporate them into her class lectures!).