Masters Social and Organizational Psychology Asian American

I am a Taiwanese American woman who is very in touch with her cultural roots and I have paid close attention to situations where my Asian American friends and colleagues have struggled with cultural and social issues in the workplace, very often having an adverse effect on their performance and level of motivation. While I have also had to struggle to overcome cultural barriers, having focused on these hurdles as my own point of intellectual departure (and arrival), and having dedicated my professional identity to these issues, has contributed to my own capacity for their successful resolution, turning challenge into victory, a potential handicap into a resource, and what is a debilitating experience for many into my own taste of victory. My fascination with the experience of immigrant adjustment in America has led me to apply to your distinguished master's program in social and organizational psychology, to continue to prepare myself as professional researcher. Social-organizational psychology is where I hope to make my mark in life.

Master's Degree student in Social and Organizational Psychology

I am most interested in behavior as a function of the interaction between employees, on the one hand, and the social or industrial organization to which they belong, on the other. I identify myself as a Taiwanese woman, primarily, even though I came to America at the age of two, because immigrant Taiwanese parents raised me. In fact, I had little to no exposure to English until the age of five, when most of my cognitive, analytical, and even social categories were already largely formed. Thus, I am fascinated by the complex ways in which I came to understand our social structures here in New York, having been raised in Queens - through Taiwanese eyes.

My interests in sociology, psychology, and the role of the media in framing our perceptions led me to complete my undergraduate studies at __U with a double major in psychology and journalism. I hope very much to be accepted to your program because I am convinced that the greatest contribution that I might be able to make to society would be to help people reach their potential  - whether that means making a lot of money, maximizing their potential to serve humanity, learning how to communicate as successfully as possible, or simply to get a better job doing something that they enjoy. My own greatest love is helping people to succeed at what most matters to them. To this end I have dedicated myself to multiculturalism. While Taiwan will always be my second home, I am not only well read but also well-traveled, having visited China twice, as well as Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; London, Istanbul, Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt, Venice, Verona, and Rome in Italy. Everywhere I go I study, how people think, feel, and what matters most at every place in time.

For the past half decade, I have worked in human resource training and development in both financial services and education, especially diversity and inclusion initiatives. I am convinced that ____'s Social-Organizational Psychology Program is the ideal program for the optimization of my own acumen and expertise. My Taiwanese roots have encouraged me to give back to the community, especially minority groups. Your program will train me to be creative, enhancing my vision of an improved workplace where everyone can reach their potential, learning to make the most of our increasing diversity, creative reform, and human acceptance.

Masters Social and Organizational Psychology Asian American