Steinhardt School of Cultural, Education, and Human Development

Ming-Che Tu

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Applied Psychology

Steinhardt School of Cultural, Education, and Human Development

New York University

246 Greene Street

New York, NY 10003

646-508-8290

Education

Ming-Che Tu, Curriculum Vitae1

August2016

2012-Ph.D., Counseling Psychology (Anticipated Gradation: May, 2018)

New York University, Steinhardt School, New York, NY 10003

Dissertation: “What Is Career Success? Asian American Psychology of Working” (A three-part mixed-method research project currently in progress)

2009 –M.A., Clinical Psychology

2011Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY 10027

Master’s Thesis: “Experiences of Social and Structural Forms ofStigmaamong Chinese Immigrant Consumers withPsychosis” published in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 17(6), 1723-1731.

2005 – B.A., Psychology; Minor, Statistics

2009City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY 10065

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Tu, M., Cheng, Z. H., & Yang, L. H. (2016). Experiences of social support among Chinse immigrant mental health consumers with psychosis. Community Mental Health Journal, 1-8.

Tu, M., Cheng, Z. H., Li, V. A., Chang, R. W., & Yang, L. H. (2015). Experiences of social and structural forms of stigma among Chinese immigrant consumers with psychosis. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 17(6), 1723-1731.

Yang, L. H., Lo, G., Tu, M., Wu, O., Anglin, D., Saw, A., & Chen, F. (2015).Effects of increased psychiatric treatment contact and acculturation on the causal beliefs of Chinese immigrant relatives of individuals with psychosis. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 13(1), 19-39.

Okazaki, S., Kassem, A. M., & Tu, M. (2014). Addressing Asian American mental health disparities: Putting community-based research principles to work. Asian American Journal of Psychology,5(1), 4-12.

Ling, A., Okazaki, S., Tu, M., & Kim, J. J. (2014). Challenges in meeting the mental health needs of urban Asian American adolescents: Service providers’ perspective. Race and Social Problems,6(1), 25-37.

Yang, L. H., Lai, G., Tu, M., Luo, M., Wonpat-Borja, A., Jackson, V., Lewis-Fernandez, & R., Dixon, L. (2014). A brief anti-stigma intervention for Chinese immigrant caregivers of individuals with psychosis: Adaptation and initial findings. Transcultural Psychiatry,51(2), 139-157.

Yang, L. H., Tu, M., Liu, H., & Opler, M. (2011). The role of subtypes in understanding disease processes within schizophrenia: Case example of ‘deficit syndrome’. Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry, 23 (2):109-111.

Book Chapters

Okazaki, S., Ling, A., Wong, S. N., & Tu, M. (in press). Cross-Cultural Assessment and Research. In S. Kelly (Ed.). Issues in Couple and Family Psychology: Across Socioeconomics, Ethnicities, and Sexualities. NY: Praeger.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Tu, M., Okazaki, S., & Richardson, M. S. (in progress). Toward the Asian American psychology of working: A systematic and critical review of the career development literature and an intergenerational theoretical model.

Tu, M. (in progress). Understanding vocational experience of low-income urban Chinese immigrant parents: A qualitative study.

Tu, M. (in progress). Construction of the Success Frame Questionnaire among Chinese American young adults and its correlates.

Li, V. A., Tu, M. & Wong, M. (in progress). Factors affecting risky sexual behaviors among Chinese immigrant young adults.

Grants & Honors

2016Stephen C. Rose Fund

2012-2016New York University Steinhardt Doctoral Fellowship Program

Research Experiences

Sept 2012 – Doctoral Fellow / Research Assistant – Sumie Okazaki, Ph.D.

presentNew York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Project Asian American Education and Career (Project ACE)

• Develop intervention protocols assessing career interest with Asian American adolescents and facilitating individualized discussion with adolescents and their parents
• Conduct literature review on instruments of career interest, academic stress, family conflict and support, and psychological well-being
• Coordinate lab meetings and assign member duties

Project Asian American Wellness and Research Education (Project AWARE)

• Co-author on a peer-reviewed manuscript on the assessment of mental health needs in the Asian American community (see Journal Publication for more details)
• Manage various lab projects, such qualitative coding on mental health professional interviews, Chinese young adult recent immigrant experiences, and Asian American career interest and counseling
• Conduct literature review on various topics relevant to Asian American mental health disparity and multicultural competence
• Collect data from community organizations
• Coordinate lab meetings and assign member duties

Sept 2009 – Lab Manager – Lawrence Yang, Ph.D. (PI)

Aug 2012Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

• Oversee, organize, and manage confidential research data
• Manage various lab projects, such as Patient and Relative experience of stigma coding, explanatory model coding, qualitative coding, and assign member duties
• Train lab members on various coding schemes andtechnicalprograms (Atlas TI)
• Prepare and submit poster and symposium proposals to national conferences including APA, AAPA, TC Winter Roundtable, and BC Diversity Challenge
• Review, edit, and reference manuscripts for both grantsand publications
• Performed literature review,integrating and writing of passages, measurement selection and manuscript preparation for a largeNational Institutes of Mental Healthgrant examining stigma, social cognitionand prodrome, with a total Direct Cost of 1,249,457 for 5 years that was funded on first submission (2nd percentile):Stigma Associated with a High-Risk State for Psychosis
• Conduct anti-stigma assessment and implement intervention (Cognitive Behavioral techniques) for Chinese American families.
• Translate research interviews whose batter included a wide array of tests with Chinese immigrants with psychosis and their family caregivers.

Mar 2008 – Research Assistant – Christina Hoven, Ph.D. (PI)

Nov 2010New York State Psychiatric Institute, Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group

• Administer in-home extensive structured diagnostic interviews, including DISC, KBIT, and BDI, with both children and adults
• Visit families throughout the tri-state areas for potential subject in-person recruitments
• Review and evaluate audio recording of other similar interviews
• Locate matching control samples by matching based on demographic information

Oct 2009 – Research Assistant – George A. Bonanno, Ph.D. (PI)

May 2010Columbia University, Teachers College, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology

• Organize and reviewing, and coding study data and transcriptions
• Transcribe videos of clinical interviews
• Analyze interview videos utilizing the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

Clinical Experiences

July 2015 – Psychology Extern

PresentGouverneur Health, Department of Behavioral Health, Asian Bicultural Trauma Track

Supervisors: Diana Chen, Ph.D., George Collins, Ph.D., & Taoxin Zeng, Psy.D.

• Conduct weekly individual psychotherapy with clinically and culturally diverse underserved populations
• Co-lead weekly trauma relief group therapy using somatic experiencing and mindfulness-based principles
• Conduct psychological assessment, typically for the purposes of clarifying diagnoses, aiding treatment planning, and evaluating cognitive abilities
• Conduct psychiatric diagnostic intake

July 2014 – Psychology Extern

June 2015Mount Sinai World Trade Center Mental Health Program

Supervisors: Tanja Auf Der Hyde, Ph.D. & Peter Glick, Ph.D.

• Conduct weekly individual psychotherapy with populations involved with the 9/11 World Trade Center attack
• Co-lead weekly Dialectical Behavioral Therapy group
• Conduct psychological assessment, typically for the purposes of clarifying diagnoses, aiding treatment planning, and confirming eligibility for services
• Conduct psychiatric diagnostic intake

Sept 2013 – Psychology Extern

May 2014Pace University Counseling Center

Supervisors: Regina Hund, Psy.D.

• Conduct weekly individual psychotherapy with diverse college population in the Downtown Manhattan campus
• Conduct group psychotherapy on the topic of stress management using principles of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Conduct screening intake for walk-in clients
• Participate in campus outreach activities to promote Counseling Center services

Oct 2010 – Quarterly Newsletter Editor-in-Chief & Educational Committee Chair

PresentChinese American Family Alliance for Mental Health

Supervisors: Teddy Chen, Ph.D., Yu-Wen Chou, Psy.D. & Hui-Ling Hsu, LCSW

• Present psycho-educational information session in support group settings
• Assemble, edit, review, and translate articles for quarterly newsletters, Hope Quarterly (Please feel free to request copies!)

Sept 2009 – Clinical Interviewer

Aug 2012Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

NIMH-Funded Study on Expressed Emotion (EE) and Experienced Stigma among Families of Chinese Americans with Schizophrenia [NIMH Grant K01-MH073034]

Supervisors: Grace Lai, LMSW & Lawrence Yang, Ph.D.

• Co-lead interventions targeted to reduce internalized stigma in groups of family members of Chinese individuals with schizophrenia
• Administer a variety of audio, cognitive, and psychological instruments designed to assess internalized and experienced stigma and tonal deficit among Chinese individuals with schizophrenia and their family members
• Undergo one-on-one supervision reviewing audiotapes to review psychotherapeutic process and fidelity to cognitive behavior stigma intervention strategies withprincipal investigator

Nov 2011 – Program Coordinator

May 2012Chinese-American Planning Council, Families with Special Needs Program

Supervisors: Michelle Liu, LCSW & Sue Chang

• Provide individual and family counseling to families with developmental disabilities
• Mange care and services as a Medicaid Service Coordinator for individuals with special needs, a program funded and detailed by NY State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
• Provide supportive services to client family members, including individual and family counseling, applications for government benefits, and translational services for necessary client-related needs
• Organize monthly outdoor group trips to community attractions as well as educational seminars with topics specifically for clients and families with special needs
• Conduct outreach campaigns in participation with professional and community fairs to promote programs

Teaching Experiences

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Spring 2016Adjunct Professor (Graduate level)

APSY-GE 2659 Individual Counseling: Practice II

Fall 2015Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate level)

APSY-UE 1137 Research Methods in Applied Psychology II

Fall 2014Adjunct Professor (Graduate level)

APSY-GE 2658 Individual Counseling: Practice I

City University of New York, Hunter College

Spring 2008 – Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Summer 2008PSYCH 248 Statistical Methods in Psychology

with Rebecca Huselid, Ph.D.

Program Development / Fundraising Experience

Oct 2011 – Development Associate

Sept 2012Garden of Hope, Inc. – dedicated to serving, caring, and rebuilding lives of women and children who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual abuse, and human trafficking.

• Write grant proposals and reports to corporate, foundation, and government funders
• Assist in researching grant opportunities
• Maintain database of donors, supporters, and volunteers
• Assist in organizing, planning, and convening of agency fundraising and community events
• Compose fundraising letters with agency materials during fundraising drives
• Edit monthly newsletter and update social networking sites

Selected Symposium and Poster Presentations

Tu, M., Okazaki, S., Way, N., Chen, X., & Yoshikawa, H. (2014, July)Gender Differences in Depressive symptoms among Chinese Junior High School Students: A Longitudinal Study in Nanjing China. Poster Session, to be presented in The 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Ling, A., Okazaki, S., Kim, J.J., & Tu, M. (2013, August) Exploring Academic and Vocational Aspirations among Chinese Immigrant Young Adults. Poster Session, presented at the 2013 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Tu, M., Li, V. A., & Hersch, S. B. (2011, August), Impacts of Explanatory Models of Schizophrenia upon Mental Illness Labeling among Chinese Immigrant Families. Poster Session, presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of Asian American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.

Morita, K., Huynh, N., Tu, M., Lam, K., Sia, K.J., Lam, J., Ngo, H. (2011, August). Experiences of Interpersonal Discrimination among Chinese Immigrants with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Investigation. Poster Session, presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Asian American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Chen, S., Yung, J, Chang, E., Wu, O., Tu, M., & Yiu, P. (2011, August), Do Tonal Deficits in Schizophrenia Occur in Tonal Speaking Languages? Impacts among Chinese-speaking Schizophrenia Patients. Poster Session, presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.

Tu, M., Li, V. A., & Hersch, S. B. (2011, March), Impacts of Explanatory Models of Schizophrenia upon Mental Illness Labeling among Chinese Immigrant Families. Paper Presentation, presented at the 2011 Diversity in Research & Practice Conference, New York, NY.

Tu, M.,Chen, C. Y., Yiu, R. F., Frantz, R, & Li, V. A. (2010, August).Secrecy as a Self-Protective Response to Stigma among Chinese Immigrant Families with Severe Mental Illness.Poster Session,presented at the2010Annual Convention of Asian American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Chen, S., Tu, M., & Liu, T. (2010, August). Predictors of the Cultural Idiom ''Excessive Thinking'' as an Explanation for Schizophrenia among Chinese Americans. Poster Session, presented at the 2010 Annual Convention of Asian American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Tu, M., Nguyen, K., & Liu, H. (2012, February).Impacts of Immigration and Westernization on Explanatory Models of Schizophrenia among Chinese Immigrant Families Poster Session, in review at the 2012 Teachers College Winter Roundtable, New York, NY.

Languages

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese

Professional Organizations & Services

Student Affiliate, American Psychological Association

Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology

Division 45: Ethnic Minority Issues

Student Member, Asian American Psychological Association

Board of Directors / Student Representative (2016-2018), Executive Committee

Chair (2014-2016), Executive Board of Division on Students

Secretary‐Historian (2012-2014), Executive Board of Division on Students

Student Member, New York State Psychological Association

Member, New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health

Member, Taiwanese Psychologist Network

Ming-Che Tu, Curriculum Vitae1

August2016