Dr Woo Pei Jun
- Head of Department
Biography
Woo Pei Jun obtained her bachelor and master’s degrees in Psychology from Ohio State University and Boston University, USA respectively. She completed her PhD in Psychology with the University of Grenoble Alpes, France. She has several years of experience working with children and families in various organisations such as the South Bay Mental Health Center (US), Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, Hospital Permai and Sunway Medical Centre, and in private practice in Malaysia. Currently, she is Senior Lecturer and researcher at Sunway University’s Department of Psychology. She has also authored four books on mental health and was awarded the Award for Excellence in Teaching at Sunway University in 2011.
She has received grants for the following projects:
2017 Sunway Lancaster Grant (RM60,000)
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- PhD in Psychology, University of Grenoble Alpes, France
- MA in Psychology, Boston University, USA (2000)
- BA in Psychology, Ohio State University, USA (1999)
Research Interests
- Face perception in infants, children and adults
- Implicit and explicit racial bias in children and adults
- Word learning in bilingual and monolingual infants
- Tone perception in bilingual and monolingual infants
Notable Publications
- Low, S. Z., & Woo, P. J. (2009). The effects of employer knowledge and product awareness on job seekers’ application decision. Sunway Academic Journal, 6, 103-113.
- Mattock, K., & Woo, P. J. (2015). Perception of lexical tone in the first year of life by bilingual infants learning one or two tone systems. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Teoh, H. J., & Woo, P. J. (2003). Attention deficit hyperactive disorder. Malaysia: Oak Publishing.
- Teoh, H. J., & Woo, P. J. (2003). Children of separated and divorced parents: Feelings, behaviour and coping. Malaysia: Oak Publishing.
- Teoh, H. J., & Woo, P. J. (2003). Shaping your child’s behaviour. Malaysia: Oak Publishing.
- Teoh, H. J., Woo, P. J., Cheong, S. K., & Neo, E. L. (2008). A preliminary study on the social and emotional experiences of parents of children with cleft lip and palate. Sunway Academic Journal, 5, 82-96.
- Teoh, H. J., Cheong, S. K., & Woo, P. J. (2008). Student learning disability experiences, training and services needs of secondary school teachers. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 17 (2), 12-17
- Teoh, H. J., Toh, C. L., Woo, P. J., Cheong, S. K., & Foo, X. Y. (2009). Stigma amongst children and families of children with mental health problems and disabilities. Technical report required by Malaysia Ministry of Health.
- Tham, D. S. Y., Bremner, G., Hay, D., & Woo, P. J. (2015). Face representation in memory: The other-race effect in children from homogeneous and heterogeneous populations. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Woo, P. J. (2007). Stress management. In Parenting at work module for National Population and Family Development Board, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.
- Woo, P. J. (2008). Autism. In M. K. Thong, C. P. Wong, & W. S. Lee (Eds.), Handbook of hospital paediatrics (pp. 163-165). Selangor: UNIPRESS Publishing.
- Woo, P. J., & Teoh, H. J. (2004). Understanding speech and language development. Malaysia: Oak Publishing.
- Woo, P. J., & Teoh, H. J. (2007). An investigation of cognitive and behavioural problem in children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder and speech delay. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 16(2), 50-58.
- Woo, P. J., & Pascalis, O. (2015). The other race effect: A preliminary study with Malaysian children. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Yeoh, S. H., & Woo, P. J. (2010). Parental involvement: Effects on satisfaction of parent child relationship. Sunway Academic Journal, 7, 48-62.
- Yeoh, S. H., & Woo, P. J. (2013). Parental involvement in child’s development: Father vs mother. Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 2, 1 – 33.
