email: Byoung@cypresscollege.edu
phone: 714.484.7000 ext. 48233
office: H-254

Part of why I am committed to teaching at Cypress College is that my educational career started at a community college. Like many students, I faced the challenge of pursuing my educational goals while concurrently working a full-time job. However, hard work and perseverance did eventually pay off as I transferred to UCLA.

After graduating with a B.A. in psychology from UCLA, I received a M.A. and Ph.D. from UC Irvine. Most of my research has focused on understanding the development of racial identity, attitudes, and relationships. My areas of specialization are in cross-cultural psychology, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. I have conducted studies on interracial dating and on the perception/categorization of mixed-race persons.  Results of some of my research projects were published in the Journal of Social Psychology and in Advances in Psychology.

I started as a full-time instructor at Cypress College in Fall 2005.  Thus far I've taught PSY101 General Psychology, PSY139 Developmental Psychology, and PSY/SOC 237 Cross-Cultural Relationships. In Fall 2006 I will be very excited to teach a newly offered course, PSY251 Social Psychology. Prior to teaching here at Cypress, I taught several courses at UC Irvine and at CSU  Los Angeles. Most of my university teaching has focused on four primary areas of psychology: Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Research Methods/Statistics.

When I'm not pursuing my passion for teaching, you will find me at home with my family. I am very happily married and am now the proud mother of two young boys (ages 4 and 2 months). When I manage to find free time (which is more and more rare these days), I love to cook, scrapbook, eBay, and go camping with my family.

I am currently on maternity leave but will return in Fall 2006. I am very happy to be a part of the Cypress family and I hope that I will see you in one of my classes!

Educational background

      Ph.D., Human Development, University of California, Irvine
            M.A., Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
            B.A., Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles           

Publications

            Young, B., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2002). Family, peer, and
            individual correlates of interethnic dating attitudes and behavior. In S.
            P. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in psychology research (Vol. 13) (pp.93-107).                                     Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

            Chen, C., Edwards, K., Young, B., & Greenberger, E. (2001). Close relationships                         between Asian American and European American college students.                                     Journal of Social Psychology, 141, 85-100.