SHARON KOH
Curriculum Vitae
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road, Level 4
Singapore 178903
Email: [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT
2010 – Present
Graduate Student, Singapore Management University
2004 – 2010
Assistant Vice President, Government of Singapore
Investment Corporation
EDUCATION
2010 – Present
Ph.D. (in progress), Singapore Management University,
Singapore
Dissertation: The Value of Happiness: Pathogen Threats
Predict Cultural Differences in the Desirability of Happiness
Committee Chair: Christie Scollon
Committee Members: Norman Li, Guihyun Park, Nicholas
Harrigan
2000 – 2004
Masters of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Yale
University, New Haven , CT, USA
Magna Cum Laude. Awarded Angier Prize for top psychology
senior research thesis.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in understanding the causes and consequences of cultural and
individual differences in happiness and well-being. Specifically, my research
examines: (a) how environmental factors influence the value and experience of
happiness and (b) how cultural differences impact individual level processes related to
emotional experiences.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 – present
Ministry of Education Full Scholarship for Graduate Studies
2000 – 2004
GIC Full University Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies
2004
Angier Prize for Top Psychology Senior Research Thesis
2002, 2004
Mellon Forum Research Grant
2003-2004
Inducted into Psi Chi- National Honor Society for Psychology
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Koh, S., Napa Scollon, C., & Wirtz, D. (2014). The role of social relationships and
culture in the cognitive representation of emotions. Cognition & Emotion, 28(3), 507519.
Scollon, C., Koh, S., & Au, E. (2011). Cultural differences in the subjective
experience of emotion: When and why they occur. Social and Personality Psychology
Compass, 5 (11), 853-864.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Koh, S., & Scollon, C. S. (2014). Pathogen Threats Predict Cultural Differences in the
Desirability of Happiness. Paper to be presented at the 49th Annual Australian
Psychological Society Annual Conference, Tasmania, Australia.
Koh, S., Scollon, C., & Wirtz, D. (2013). The Role of Social Relationships in the
Cognitive Organization of Emotion Knowledge. Poster accepted for presentation at
the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Koh, S., Scollon, C., & Wirtz, D. (2012). The Influence of Serotonin Transporter
Gene Polymorphism (5HTTLPR) on the appraisal of stressful situations. Poster
presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Diego, California.
Scollon, C., Koh, S., & Wirtz, D. (2012). The Influence of Serotonin Transporter
Gene Polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and Culture in Emotional Experience. Poster
presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Diego, California.

Symposium/Conference/Workshop PARTICIPATION