Our Faculty
Weihua Niu
Professor
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology - NYC
Location
- @New York City
41 Park Row 1315
- Biography
- Publications & Presentations
- Research & Creative Works
- Professional Contributions & Service
Biography
Dr. Weihua Niu received a B.A in Psychology from Beijing Normal University and a M.S. in educational psychology from the Chinese Academic of Sciences (CAS) while working as an educational psychologist there. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Yale University in 2003 and joined Pace University as an assistant professor in 2003. She is now a full-professor in the Department of Psychology at the Downtown campus.
Education
BA, Beijing Normal University
Psychology
MPhil , Yale University
Psychology
MS, Institute of Psychology
Psychology
PhD, Yale University
Psychology
Awards and Honors
Pace University,
2009
- Scholarly Research Award
Pace University,
2008
- Provost Research Award
Pace University,
2007
- Presidential Award
Pace University,
2007
- Scholarly Research Award
Pace University,
2006
- Scholarly Research Award
Pace University,
2005
- Provost Research Award
Pace University,
2004
- Scholarly Research Award
2003
- APA International Research of Excellence Award
2002
- APA Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award
RESEARCH INTEREST
She is internationally known for her research in creativity, cross-cultural psychology, educational testing, and comparative education, with more than 30 publications on peer reviewed journals such as “Psychology Review,” “International Journal of Psychology “Comparative Education”,“ Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology”,“ Psychology in the Schools”,” Journal of Creative Behavior,” and “Psychology of Aesthetics, creativity, and the Arts.” She helped establishing the Confucius Institute at Pace University and became the first Director of the Institute in 2009. .
Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological Association
Eastern Psychological Association