Affiliated with the Quantitative Division

My research interests are in the areas of intergroup relations and diversity, culture and help-seeking attitudes, and vocational interest structure and assessment. Several lines of my ongoing research include Asian/Asian Americans' status-based rejection sensitivity and essentialist and malleable lay theory on social functioning, cultural influences on Asian/Asian Americans' likelihood of seeking counseling help, perception of subtle racism, and examination of vocational interest structure and assessment.

Representative Publications:

• No, S., Hong, Y., Liao, H-Y., Lee, K., & Wood, D., & Chao, M. M. (2008). Lay theory of race affects and moderates Asian Americans' responses toward American culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 991-1004.
• Liao, H-Y., Armstrong, P. I., & Rounds, J. (2008). Development and initial validation of public domain Basic Interest Markers [Monograph]. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 159-183.
• Spanierman, L. B., Neville, H. A., Liao, H-Y., Hammer, J. H., & Wang, Y. (2008). Participation in formal and informal campus experiences: Effects on students' racial democratic beliefs. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 1, 108-125.
• Hong, Y., Liao, H-Y., Wang, R.Y.M., Chan, G., Chiu, C., Ip, G.W., Fu, H., & Hansen, I.G. (2006). Temporal causal links between outgroup attitudes and social categorization: The case of Hong Kong 1997 transition. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, 265-288.
• Liao, H-Y., Rounds, J., & Klein, A.G. (2005). A test of Cramer's (1999) help-seeking model and acculturation effects with Asian/Asian American college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52, 400-411.