SMU’s first PhD programme was launched in 2006 and we had our first graduate in 2011. Till-date, we have over 200 academic research PhD graduates who have secured good placements at prestigious international academic institutions and industry organisations.
Our graduates have successfully found placements as faculty members and academic researchers (in universities and the industry) around the world. Several academic institutions our graduates have joined include Bocconi University, Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University and Tilburg University. Several industry organisations where our graduates have been appointed to include A*STAR (Singapore), DSO National Laboratories (Singapore), Google Switzerland GmbH and Twitter, Inc. (USA). Our graduates have indeed been successful in advancing their careers. You can view details of SMU’s PhD graduates’ placements.
Yi Wen TAN
Associate Lecturer
Singapore Institute of ManagementSMU PhD in Psychology, 2017
Research Interests
Gender, diversity, identity integration, negotiations, judgement and decision making, creativity
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jennifer TONG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Don FERRIN
- LKCSB, SMU
Katherine Anne VALENTINE
Lecturer, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Chapman University, USASMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Mate Selection, Female Competition, Paternal Care, Facial Attractiveness
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Norman LI (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Christie Nappa SCOLLON, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Forrest ZHANG, SOSS, SMU
Lay See ONG
MEDICAL STUDENT
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORESMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Socio-ecological Psychology, Relational Mobility, Creativity, Embodied Cognition
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Angela LEUNG (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Ivy LAU, SOSS, SMU
Professor Chi-Yue CHIU
- Dean, Faculty of Social Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sharon KOH Li Hua
Adjunct Faculty
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management UniversityVice President
Government of Singapore Investment CorporationSMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Subjective well-being, Life Satisfaction, Emotions and Culture
Dissertation
The (Un) Desirability of Happiness: Pathogen Threats Predict Differences in the Value of Happiness
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Christie Nappa SCOLLON (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Norman LI, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Nicholas HARRIGAN, SOSS, SMU
