David S. Chun

(732) 675-0378

Work Experience

Assistant Professor at Nyack College 2010- present

Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University 2014-present

Summer Instructor at UC Berkeley’s ATDP 2006-2010

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, 2010

University of California, Davis

Dissertation: Testing a dual-process of model of avoidant defenses

Master of Arts in Psychology, 2007

University of California, Davis

Thesis: Adult attachment and visual attention to threatening words

Post-graduate work on emotions with Professor Jeanette Haviland-Jones, 2003-2004

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Bachelors of Science in Engineering, 2001

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Teaching Experience

Seminar on College Teaching, 2009 (received special certification)

Teaching Resource Center

University of California, Davis

The goal of this seminar is to prepare students to teach college-level courses. This seminar addressed several issues including overarching pedagogical issues, course design strategies, student learning, assessment, classroom management, diversity, and ethics.

Teaching Interests and Competencies

Introduction to Psychology

Advanced Placement Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Experimental Psychology

Statistics for Social Sciences

Psychology of Learning

Social Psychology

Personality Theory

Interpersonal and Close Relationships

Physiological Psychology

Perception

Cognitive Neuroscience

Abnormal Psychology

Psychology of Emotion

Publications

Chun, D. S., Shaver, P. R., Gillath, O., Mathews, A., & Jorgensen, T. D. (2015). Testing a

dual-process model of avoidant defenses. Journal of Research in Personality, 55, 75-83.

Gillath, O., Sesko, A. K., Chun, D. S., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). Security, authenticity, and honesty: Dispositional and situationally augmented security increase authenticity and sincerity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 841-855.

Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Baek, J-M., & Chun, D. S. (2008). Genetic correlates of adult attachment style. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1396-1405.

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., & Chun, D. S. (2008). Adult attachment theory, emotion regulation, and prosocial behavior. In M. Vandekerckhove, C. von Scheve, S. Ismer, S. Jung, & S. Kronast (Eds.), Regulating emotions: Culture, social necessity, and biological inheritance (pp. 121-145). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Conference, Colloquium, and Symposium Presentations

Sesko, A. K., Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., & Chun, D. S. (2009, November). Security and lying: Dispositional and primed attachment security promote honesty. Poster presented at the International Association of Relationship Research Mini-conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Chun, D. S., Shaver, P. R., Gillath, O., & Mathews, A. (2010, January). Testing a dual-process model of avoidant defenses. Poster to be presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Gillath, O., Chun, D. S., & Shaver, P. R. (2010, January). An fMRI study of neural correlates of avoidant defenses and their vulnerability under a cognitive load. Poster to be presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Gillath, O., Canterberry, M., Shaver, P. R., & Chun, D. S. (2009, May). Redefiningattachment: Genetic and neural underpinnings of adult attachment style. Paper presented in asymposium on “The Relational Mind: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Underpinnings of Adult Attachment” at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Chun, D. S., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2008, February).Adult attachment and visualattention to threatening words. Paper presented in a symposium on “Emerging Themes in Attachment Research” at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Societyfor Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Chun, D. S., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2007, January).Avoidant attachment predicts directing attention away from threatening words. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Park, S-Y., Shaver, P. R., & Chun, D. S. (2008).Experimental examination of positive interventions that improve mood. Poster presented at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference.

Awards, Fellowships, and Grant Support

UC Davis Imaging Research Center, Michael Posner Award in Cognitive Neuroimaging:“Functional MRI Assessment of Emotional Suppression as a Function of Adult Attachment Style”. Included 30 hours of scan time costing $15,000. (2004)

Amini Foundation: “Attachment Security and Authenticity,” with Omri Gillath and Phillip Shaver.Support included $10,000 of research funds. (2006-2009)

UC Davis Block Grant. Support provided $1,200 of funding per year added to full TA-ship. (2004-2007)

UC Davis Travel Award. Support provided $500 for conference travel expenses. (2010)

Summer Fellow, Mind and Life Conference on Meditation and Neuroscience, New York. (July, 2005)

Professional Memberships
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2004-2011)

Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2006)

International Neuropsychoanalysis Society(2006)

Academic Service and Editorial Experience

Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) Volunteer

Reviewer for Cognition and Emotion

Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Research on Adolescence and Personal Relationships