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HYEMAN CHOI
Curriculum Vitae
April 2016
Department of Psychology / Ohio University / 200 Porter Hall / Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.590.2090 / Email: hc347910@ohio.edu
Website: www.hyemansocialpsychology.weebly.com

EDUCATION
2016

Ph.D., Social Psychology, Ohio University (to be conferred on August 13)


Advisor: Dr. Keith D. Markman
Dissertation (defended on April 19): Imagining What Might Have Been: The
Meaning-Confirmation and Meaning-Seeking Functions of Counterfactual
Reflection

2010

M.A., Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea


Advisor: Dr. Hoon-Seok Choi
Thesis: The effects of actors membership and threat on counterfactual
thinking, perceived control, and intention

2008

B.A., Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea


Summa Cum Laude
Thesis: Alibis and peoples perceptions of criminal suspect
Exchange Student (2006-2007), Elon University, NC

EMPLOYMENT
2010-2016

Graduate Assistant, Department of Psychology, Ohio University

2008-2010

Research Assistant, Research Center for Applied Psychology,


Sungkyunkwan University

2008-2010

Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University

AWARDS AND HONORS


2016
2012
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006

Nominee, Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award, Ohio University


SPSP Student Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Summa Cum Laude, Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyun Excellence Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University (Spring)
Sungkyun Academic Excellence Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University (Fall)
Presidents List, Elon University
Presidents List, Elon University
Sungkyun Academic Commitment Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University (Fall)

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2003

Sungkyun Academic Commitment Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University (Fall)

TEACHING INTERESTS
Introduction to Psychology
Statistical Analysis in Psychology*
Social Psychology*
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
Research Methods in Social Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Social Cognition (Psychology senior seminar)
Psychology of Emotion (Psychology senior seminar)
*Courses taught

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Ohio University
Instructor, PSY 2110 Statistics for Behavioral Science (Total 20 credit hours, 2013-2016)
Recent teaching evaluation (Fall 2015):
- Overall instructor evaluation: 4.3/5
- I would recommend this instructor to another student: 4.4/5
- The instructor is interested and enthusiastic about teaching: 4.6/5
Instructor, PSY 2510 Social Psychology (Total 9 credit hours, 2014-2016)
Recent teaching evaluation (Fall 2015):
- Overall instructor evaluation: 4.2/5
- I would recommend this instructor to another student: 4.0/5
- The instructor is interested and enthusiastic about teaching: 4.5/5
Teaching Assistant, PSY 1010 General Psychology (2010-2012)
Certificate for Ohio University Online Facilitator Training Program (April 2015)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social cognition; Counterfactual thinking; Meaning; Emotion; Regret; Shame; Guilt;
Morality; Blame; Punishment; Forgiveness; Legal decision making

GRANTS
Competitive Graduate Student Research Fund in Psychology (Department of
Psychology, Ohio University): Integrating Past Events through Self-Conscious
Emotions (PI-2015), $440
Travel Grant, 2015 (Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University), $500

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Original Work Grant (Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University): Feeling shame and
guilt for the future (PI-2013), $550
Competitive Graduate Student Research Fund in Psychology (Department of
Psychology, Ohio University): Shared alternative reality: Counterfactual polarization
during group discussion (PI-2012), $442
Research grants submitted
Original Work Grant (Ohio University Graduate Student Senate): Shared alternative
reality: Counterfactual polarization during group discussion(PI-2012), requested
amount $750. Not funded.

PUBLICATIONS
Lindberg, M., Markman, K. D., & Choi, H. (2013). It was meant to be: Retrospective
meaning construction through mental simulation. In K. D. Markman, T. Proulx, & M.
Lindberg (Eds.) The psychology of meaning (pp. 339-355). Washington DC: American
Psychology Association press.

WORKING PAPERS
Choi, H., Choi, H-S., & Markman, K. D. Motivated counterfactual thinking about others.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. Mitigating regret with future opportunity.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. Accepting guilty past through future opportunity.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. Meaning-confirmation and meaning-seeking through
counterfactual thinking.
Choi, H. & Markman, K. D. Moral emotions and moral typecasting.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. Shame and guilt expressions influence perceivers expectations
about future change in behavior.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2016, May) Accepting guilty past through future opportunity,
Talk, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2014, May). Shared alternative reality. Talk, Annual Meeting
of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

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Markman, K. D., Karadogan, F., & Choi, H. (2013, August). Opportunity perceptions
determine the intensity of regrets that arise from maintaining versus changing the status quo.
Talk, Subjective probability, utility, and decision making conference of the European
Association for Decision Making, Barcelona, Spain. (* Presenter)
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2011, August) Counterfactual structure, ease of imagination,
and meaning perceptions. Annual Meeting of the Korean Psychological Association, Jeon-Ju,
South Korea.
Choi, H., & *Choi, H-S. (2011, May) Effects of group membership and perceived threat on
counterfactual thinking. Meeting of the Korean Social and Personality Psychological
Association, Seoul, South Korea. (* Presenter)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2015, February). Reading mind and moral character through
self-conscious emotions. Preconference for Mental Simulation at Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2015, February). Shared alternative reality. Annual Meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2013, January). Implications of future opportunity for
counterfactual thinking and regret. Preconference for Judgment and Decision Making at
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Choi, H., & Markman, K. D. (2012, January). If only I had versus If only I had not:
Counterfactual structure, ease of imagination, and meaning perceptions. Annual Meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Choi, H., & Choi, H-S. (2011, January) The preparatory function of counterfactual thinking:
effects of group membership and threat. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Allison, M., Mathews, K., Michael, S., & Choi, H. (2009, March) Alibi believability: The
effect of salacious alibi activities, alibi strength, suspect age, and the type of crime. Annual
Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Antonio, TX.

INVITED TALK
Who is my teacher?: Effects of group membership and perceived threat on the preparatory
function of counterfactuals. Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Psychology, Ohio
University, OH. (2010, November)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Ad-hoc reviewer
Asian Journal of Social Psychology

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SPSP GSC Student Outstanding Research Award (2013, 2014)


Ohio University
Committee Member, Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Grant Committee, 2013-2014
President, Korean Student Association, 2011-2012
Sungkyunkwan University
Mentor, Explorers of Social Psychology (undergraduate research group), Winter 2009-Spring
2010
Professional affiliations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Midwestern Psychological Association

REFERENCES
Keith D. Markman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Ohio University
Athens, OH
markman@ohio.edu / (740) 593-1083

Kimberly Rios, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Ohio University
Athens, OH
krios@ohio.edu / (740) 593-1065

Mark D. Alicke, Ph.D.


Professor
Department of Psychology
Ohio University
Athens, OH
malicke@ohio.edu / (740) 593-1068

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