Clinical and school psychologist by training. Hong Kong positions have included mental health services, psychoeducational assessment and substitute teaching. Positions in the U.S. have included clinical and school psychology internships in a New York hospital and public schools; working as an applied behavior specialist with group home residents; teaching and cross-cultural research at Hofstra University; directing health-related NIMH projects for UCLA; and community mental health research for Cornell University.

Research interests include psychopathology; assessment and diagnostic interviewing; cognitive-behavior therapy; and cross-cultural measurement.

1. (2001) (with Tanaka-Matsumi, J. & Seiden, D. Y.)  Translating cultural observations into psychotherapy: A functional approach.  In J. F. Schumaker & T. Ward (Eds.), Cultural cognition and psychopathology (pp. 183-211). Westport, CT: Praeger. 

2. (1996) (with Tanaka-Matsumi, J. & Seiden, D. Y.)  The Culturally Informed Functional Assessment (CIFA) Interview: A strategy for cross-cultural behavioral practice.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 3, 215-233. 

3. (1995) (with Chia, R. C., Moore, J. L., Chuang, C. J., & Cheng, B. S.)  Locus of control and gender roles: comparison of Taiwanese and American students. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 379-393. 

4. (1994) (with Chia, R. C., Moore, J. L., Chuang, C. J., & Cheng, B. S.)  Cultural differences in gender role attitudes between Chinese and American students.  Sex Roles, 31(1/2), 23-30.

 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS

1. (1999) An etic-emic approach to validation of the Chinese version of the Children's Depression Inventory. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 

2. (1998) (with Seiden, D. Y. & Tanaka-Matsumi, J.)  Cross-cultural behavioral assessment research: Design, implementation, analysis and dissemination. In G. Y. Iwamasa (Chair), Cognitive behavioral clinical work, training and practice. Symposium conducted at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Acapulco, Mexico. 

3. (1997) (with Seiden, D. Y. & Tanaka-Matsumi, J.)  Using the Culturally Informed Functional Assessment (CIFA) Interview for case formulation with “culture-bound syndromes.” In D. Y. Seiden (Chair) and R. A. Kleinknecht (Discussant), Cross-Cultural Behavior Therapy: Research and Practice. Symposium conducted at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach, Florida. 

4. (1996) (with Marra, C. & Salzinger, K.)  Effect of social reinforcement on somatic versus psychological description of depressive events.  Paper presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.