John Jung

Professor of Psychology Emeritus 

California State University, Long Beach


     e-mail: john.jung@csulb.edu 

Department of Psychology

 

o Research publications on alcohol use, social support, health psychology, and memory. 

o Director of Career Opportunities in Research (COR), a mentoring program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health from 1981-2006, to recruit academically talented minority students into mental health research careers. 

o Director of a related mentoring program at the high school level, Career Opportunities in Research and Education (CORET) funded by the National Institute of Mental Health from 1997-2006, to recruit academically talented minority students into college science majors. 

o Faculty Research Coordinator (1996-2002) for the McNair Scholars Program, funded by the U. S. Department of Education to mentor low-income students who are first in their families to attend college or come from underrepresented groups so they may pursue Ph.D. studies. 

 o Selected to give a University Legacy Lecture, Exploring The Academic Maze,  Oct. 30, 2001.

o Author of seven psychology textbooks on memory, motivation, research ethics, research methodology, and the psychology of alcohol and other drugs.

o Program Director. 2006-2008. Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (MRISP) funded by the National Institute of Mental Health for 2006-2009 to mentor junior faculty for research career development.

 o Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Behavior: Psychological Research Perspectives. Sec. Edition Sage Publications, 2009.


Reinventing Myself After Retirement

Publishing And Promoting My Chinese American History Books

Giving Book Talks From Coast to Coast

Yin and Yang Press Catalog

Yin & Yang Press Books


o Southern Fried Rice, Life in A Chinese Laundry in the Deep South (2005) Excerpts : http://southernfriedrice.webs.com

o Chinese Laundries: Tickets To Survival On Gold Mountain (2007)

o Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers (2008)

o Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants (2010)