

Ho Kwan Cheung
Positions
Assistant Professor
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Psychology, George Mason University, 2018
Biography
Originally from Hong Kong but spent most of her life in the U.S., Dr. Ho Kwan Cheung received her Ph.D. from George Mason University in 2018 and worked as an assistant professor at the University at Albany, SUNY before joining UoC in 2022. She specializes in workplace discrimination and equity, diversity, & inclusion (EDI) issues, with a special focus on gender and family. She also has a broad interest in experiences for all marginalized employees (e.g., refugees, LGBTQ+). She has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic, and her work is currently funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). In addition to her research and teaching roles, she also serves as a human resources expert witness for employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
Course number | Course title | Semester |
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PSYC 321 | Industrial-Organizational Psychology | |
PSYC 503 | Workplace Diversity and Discrimination | |
PSYC 482 | Psychology of Working Groups and Teams |
Awards
- Early Career Fellow, Work Family Research Network. 2021
- Best Paper Award, Academy of Management- Gender and Diversity in Organizations Divison. 2016
Publications
- Hiring discrimination against refugees: The mediating role of symbolic and realistic threat. Journal of Vocational Behavior. (2022)
- Beyond the baby bump: Subtle discrimination against working mothers during the hiring process. Journal of Business and Psychology. (2021)
- A meta-analytic review of gender context influencing employees’ work outcomes: Implications for human resources development. Human Resources Development International. (2020)
- Are you true to the cause? Beliefs about Organizational and Unit’s Commitment to Sexual Harassment Training. Group & Organization Management. (2017)
- Two types of diversity training that really work. Harvard Business Review. (2017)
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