Professor Yow Wei Quin
Head of Cluster, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Yow Wei Quin is the Head of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) cluster at SUTD. Prior to this, she served as the Acting Head for HASS, and as the Associate Head for HASS (Research). She obtained her PhD in Psychology, MA in Psychology, and MSc in Statistics from Stanford University, USA.
Prof Yow has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters in top-tier journals and conferences such as Developmental Science, Child Development, Journal of Gerontology Series B, Innovation in Aging, Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, Cognitive Science Society, Society of Research in Child Development and the Gerontological Society of America. Her research areas include social cognition, bilingualism, technology, and aging.
Prof Yow is currently the Associate Editor for Innovation in Aging, Associate Editor for Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, and the Consulting Editor for Child Development. She co-chairs the Publications Committee of the Society of Research in Child Development, and the international search committee for the Editor-in-Chief for Child Development. She is also the chair of the MOE Humanities and Social Science Research Programme, member of the Research Advisory Board, Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism, Visiting Lead Senior Academician, Changi General Hospital, and Principal Research Scientist, Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation, SingHealth. She has received numerous awards, such as the Public Administration Medal (Bronze), GSA Diversity, Mentoring & Career Development Fellowship, SUTD Outstanding Education Award - Excellence in University Service, Society of Personality and Social Psychology Teacher/Scholar Award, etc.