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Dr. Yishan Shen

  • Associate Professor - School of Family & Consumer Sciences
Portrait of Dr. Yishan Shen
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Zhou, Xuan (Co-Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal). Race-Status Beliefs in Mexican American and Chinese American Adolescents: Development, Antecedents, and Multifaceted Impact, TXST CADS Catalyst Research Grant, Texas State University, $4000. (Submitted: December 2, 2024, Funded: February 1, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Goble, Priscilla Maria (Principal), Shen, Yishan (Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Supporting), Alfaro, Edna C (Supporting), Seo, Eunjin (Supporting), Behnke, Andrew Owen (Supporting). REU Site: Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS) Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation, Federal, $439005. (Funded: September 2024 - August 2027). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Behnke, Andrew Owen (Co-Principal), Dier, Shannon Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Seo, Eunjin (Co-Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS): A Two-Track Training Program, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: July 2024, Funded: September 2024 - May 2025). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Seo, Eunjin (Co-Principal), Behnke, Andrew (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Developmental Psychology (OUR DP) Fellowship Program, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, $5000. (Submitted: October 2023, Funded: January 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS) Fellowship, Texas State University, $5000. (Submitted: July 2022, Funded: September 2022 - May 2023). Grant.
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  • Shen, Y., Zheng, Y., Rios Garza, A., & Reisz, S. (2024). Latinx adolescents’ daily family assistance and emotional well-being before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot measurement burst study. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12990
  • Zhao, Z., Shen, Y., & Wang, J. (2024). Profiles of identity and discrimination and the psychological, health, and academic outcomes of Korean ethnic minority youth in China. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(2), 313–326. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12907
  • Shen, Y., Lee*, H., Choi, Y., Hu, Y., & Kim, K. (2022). Ethnic-racial socialization, ethnic-racial identity, and depressive symptoms in Korean adolescents in the United States and China. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2), 377–392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01523-y
  • Shen, Y., Seo, E., Jiles*, A. I., Zheng, Y., & Wang, Y. (2022). Language brokering and immigrant-origin youth’s well-being: A meta-analytic review. American Psychologist, 77(8), 921–939. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001035
  • Shen, Y., Seo, E., Walt*, D. C., & Kim, S. Y. (2020). Stress of language brokering and Mexican American adolescents’ adjustment: The role of cumulative risk. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40(3), 400–425. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619847526
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2025 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 22, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Member Spotlight, Society for Research in Child Development Asian Caucus. November 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2019 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 20, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Early Career William T Grant Scholar, Society for Research in Child Development “Spirit of 2044” Preconference. February 26, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Top Cited Article, Journal of Research on Adolescence. April 8, 2025
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  1. Member

    PI Council of the Division of Research

  2. Editorial Review Board Member

    Developmental Psychology

  3. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of Youth and Adolescence

  4. Member

    International Affairs Committee of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

  5. Co-Chair

    School/Education Panel of The Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence

  6. Member

    Graduate Admission Committee

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