Shige Oishi: Bio
My name is Shige Oishi (pronounce like “she-gay oh-e-she”), the Marshall Field IV Professor of Psychology at UChicago. I was born and raised in Japan. My parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, indeed all my ancestors as far as I know, lived in one small town. My parents still live there. I left my hometown exactly 20 days after I turned 18 and went to college in Tokyo.
After college, I went to Columbia University’s Teachers College to study counseling psychology. There, I realized that I was more interested in personality and social psychology than the clinical end of psychology, in particular, culture and well-being. So, I went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for my Ph.D. UIUC was an ideal place to study culture and well-being at that time (1995-2000). My advisor Ed Diener pioneered the scientific study of happiness. He was a wonderful scientist and human being! In addition, UIUC had Harry Triandis, the founder of cross-cultural psychology, and young Dov Cohen, a rising star of cultural psychology. I was able to work with the renowned experimental social psychologist, Bob Wyer, as well. The Diener lab at that time had star graduate students, Mark Suh (now a professor at Yonsei) and Rich Lucas (now the MSU foundation professor at Michigan State), as well as international visiting students (e.g., Uli Schimmak, now a professor at UToronto) and professors (e.g., Michael Eid, professor at Free University Berlin).
My first faculty position was at the University of Minnesota (2000-2004). I then moved to the University of Virginia (2004-2022). In July 2022, I moved to the University of Chicago. My main research interests center on culture, social ecology, and well-being.
I love baseball, basketball, and novels.
Teaching
Intro to Personality
Intro to Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Subjective Well-Being Seminar
Social Psychology Proseminar
Socio-ecological Psychology Seminar
Research Methods in Social Psychology
Youngjae Cha
Youngjae is interested in psychological richness, curiosity, and evolution.
Kyle Barrentine
Kyle is interested in diversity, social networks, and well-being. His primary advisor is Adrienne Wood.
Nava Caluori
Nava is interested in globalization, religiosity, culture, and intergroup relations. Her primary advisor is Jazi Brown-Iannuzzi.
Shelly Tsang
Shelly is interested in social interactions, social connections, and well-being. Primary Advisor: Adrienne Wood
Maya Ingram
Lab Manager
Maya is interested in the concept of psychological richness, specifically to find ways in which psychologically rich experiences can encourage empathy and connection between people.
Former Lab Members
Oishi Lab Almuni include…
Michael Steger: Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University (Psychology at Colorado State University – Faculty and Staff Listing (colostate.edu)). Primary advisor: Pat Frazier.
Helen Sullivan: Food and Drug Administration. Primary advisor: Alex Rothman.
Jaime Kurtz: Professor of Psychology, James Madison University (Jaime Kurtz – JMU Psychology Faculty). Primary advisor: Tim Wilson.
Erin Whitchurch: CIA. Primary advisor: Tim Wilson.
Gary Sherman: Associate Professor, College of Bussiness, SUNY Stony Brook (Profile | College of Business (stonybrook.edu). Primary advisors: Jon Hadit, Jerry Clore.
Felicity Miao: President, Bay Area Language Emersion Schools.
Thomas Talhelm: Associate Professor, Booth School of Business (Thomas Talhelm | The University of Chicago Booth School of Business).
Asuka Komiya: Associate Professor, Hiroshima Unviersity.
Hyewon Choi: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dong-A University.
Selin Kesebir: Associate Professor, London Business School (Selin Kesebir | London Business School). Primary advisor: Jon Haidt.
Janetta Lun: NIH. Primary advisor: Stacey Sinclair.
Jesse Graham: Associate Professor, Eccles School of Business (Jesse Graham | David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah). Primary advisor: Jon Haidt
Minkyung Koo: Assistant Professor, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico (Anderson Faculty Member Profile :: Anderson School of Management | The University of New Mexico (unm.edu). Co-advised with Tim Wilson
Kate Ratliff: Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Florida (Dr. Kate Ratliff | Department of Psychology (ufl.edu). Primary advisor: Brian Nosek.
Casey Eggleston: U.S. Census. Primary advisor: Tim Wilson.
Patrick Seder: Instructor, University of Virginia. Primary advisor: Jon Haidt.
Jordan Axt: Assistant Professor of Psychology, McGill University (Jordan Axt | Department of Psychology – McGill University). Primary advisors: Brian Nosek, Sophie Trawalter.
Erin Westgate: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Florida (FLORIDA SOCIAL COGNITION AND EMOTION LAB – Home (erinwestgate.com). Primary advisor: Tim Wilson
Nick Buttrick: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin (Nick Buttrick). Primary advisor: Tim Wilson
Samantha Heintzelman: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University (Samantha Heintzelman). Post-doc fellow co-advised with Ed Diener.
Kosta Kushlev: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University (Kostadin Kushlev Ph.D., Georgetown University). Post-doc fellow co-advised with Ed Diener.
Matt Motyl: Meta. Primary advisors: Jon Haidt, Brian Nosek.
Jane Tucker: Nike. Primary advisors: Ben Converse, Tim Wilson.
Liz Gilbert: PsychologyCompass.com. Primary advisors: Bobbie Spellman, Ben Converse.
Charlie Ebersole: Education Systems at the American Institutes for Research. Primary advisor: Brian Nosek.
Kelly Hoffman: vice president, Coqual (Kelly M. Hoffman, PhD (kellymhoffman.com). Primary advisor: Sophie Trawalter.
Brandon Ng: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Richmond (Brandon Ng – Psychology – University of Richmond). Primary advisor: Jamie Morris.
Jin Bak: Post-doc Fellow, Yale University. Primary advisor: Sophie Trawalter.