• Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
• M.A., Columbia University
• B.A., Oberlin College

• Culture, parenting and education
• Adolescence and the transition to adulthood
• Shared agency in social relationships

• Chang E.S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Dooley, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). What do they want in life?: The life goals of a multi-ethnic, multi-generational sample of high school seniors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 321-332.
        *This journal currently has the highest Impact Factor (2.797) and Eigenfactors of journals devoted to the social science understanding of adolescence.
• Germo, G., Chang, E.S., Keller, M., & Goldberg, W.A. (2007). Child sleep arrangements and family life: Perspectives from mothers and fathers. Infant and Child Development, 16, 433-456.    
• Lench, H. & Chang, E.S. (2007). Belief in an unjust world: when beliefs in a just world fail. Journal of Personality assessment, 89, 1-10. 
• Chang, E. S. (2008). Ethnic differences and similarities in shared agency between older youth and parents. Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Irvine, 2007. Dissertation abstracts international, 68, (7-B).
• Heckhausen, J. & Chang, E.S. (2009). How ambition can help overcome social inequality in the transition to adulthood. Research on Human Development, 6, 235-251.
• Chang, E.S., Heckhausen, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2010). Shared agency with parents for educational goals: Ethnic differences and implications for college adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolesence, 39, 1293-1304. doi:10.1007/s10964-009-9488-7. 
        *This journal currently has the highest Impact Factor (2.797) and Eigenfactors of journals devoted to the social science understanding of adolescence.
• Chang, E.S., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Heckhausen, J., & Farruggia, S.P. (2010). Non-parental adults as social resources for adolescents in the transition after high school. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20, 1065-1082.
  doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00662.x
        *This is the official journal of the Society of Research on Adolescence.
• Chang, E.S. & Greenberger, E. (2012). Parenting Satisfaction at Midlife among European and Asian American Mothers with a College-Enrolled Child. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 3(4), 263-274. doi:10.1037/a0026555 
        *This journal is a publication of the American Psychological Association.
• Heckhausen, J., Chang E.S., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (in press). Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial? Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9812-5
• Chang, E.S. (in press). Negotiating family obligations and educational goals among college-enrolled youth on Jeju Island, Korea. Journal for Research on Adolescence, 23, 25-34. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00814.x

• Introduction to Psychology (Psyc 100)
• Lifespan Developmental Psychology (Psyc 350)
• Cross-Cultural Psychology (Psyc 360)
• Psychology of Education (Psyc 370)
• Parenting Research and Applications (Psyc 450)
• Core 200
• Learning Cluster

• Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2007.
• School of Social Ecology Dean's Dissertation Writing Fellowship, UCI, 2007.
• School of Social Ecology Dean's Dissertation Data Gathering Award, UCI, 2006.
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship, Honorable, 2005
• Outstanding Social Ecology School Mentor Award, UCI,2004-2006.
• Martha Newkirk Fellowship Endowment, UCI 2001

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