Etsuko Hoshino-Browne, Ph.D.
Being born and raised in Japan, educated in Canada for her honours B.A. and Ph.D., and now working in the United States, Dr. Hoshino-Browne has a unique cultural and ethnic background. She has extensive experiential insight into the inner-workings of three cultures. Taking advantage of this unique and privileged position among North American researchers, she has a passionate interest in examining cultural influences on social psychological processes. She also has a great interest in studying prejudice, stereotyping, and intergroup relations. Her published research includes cross-cultural examinations on cognitive dissonance and social perspective taking as well as stereotype activation and application processes. Most recently, she published several chapters in books on international conflict, peace, and reconciliation processes.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relations
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Cohen, D., Hoshino-Browne, E., & Leung, A. K-y. (2007). Culture and the structure of personal experience: Insider and outsider phenomenologies of the self and social world. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 39). San Diego: Academic Press.
- Hoshino-Browne, E. (2012). Cultural variations in motivation for cognitive consistency: Influences of self-systems on cognitive dissonance. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 126-141.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Zanna, A. S., Spencer, S. J., Zanna, M. P., Kitayama, S., & *Lackenbauer, S. (2005). On the cultural guises of cognitive dissonance: The case of Easterners and Westerners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 294-310.
- Jordan, C. H., Spencer, S. J., Zanna, M. P., Hoshino-Browne, E., & Correll, J. (2003). Secure and defensive high self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 969-978.
- Sakuma, M., Castanheira, H., Hoshino-Browne, E., Kim, M-S., Murata, A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (2009). Perceptions of the effectiveness of apology in reconciliation among respondents from Japan, South Korea, and the United States. International Psychology Bulletin, 13, 11-14.
Other Publications:
- Cohen, D., & Hoshino-Browne, E. (2005). Insider and outsider perspectives on the self and social world. In R. Sorrentino, D. Cohen, J. M. Olson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Culture and Social Behaviour: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 10). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbraum.
- Fein, S., Hoshino-Browne, E., Davies, P. G., & Spencer, S. J. (2003). Self-image maintenance goals and sociocultural norms in motivated social perception. In S. J. Spencer, S. Fein, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Motivated Social Perception: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 9, pp. 21-44). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbraum.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Saltzman, L., *An, S., Murata, A., Kim, H. M-s., Murata, M., & Jones-Rooy, A. (2013). Achieving peace and reconciliation in East. In K. Malley-Morrison, A. Mercurio, & G. Twose (Eds.), International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation (pp. 605-629). New York: Springer.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Villamil, A. N., Wu, T., Kim, H. M-s., Stone, A., Murata, A., Murata, M., & Jones-Rooy, A. (2013). Perspectives on invasion in East Asia. In K. Malley-Morrison, S. McCarthy, & D. A. Hines (Eds.), International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism (pp. 487-505). New York: Springer.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Wu, T., Villamil, A. N., Kim, H. M-s., Murata, A., Murata, M., & Jones-Rooy, A. (2013). Perspectives on torture in East Asia. In K. Malley-Morrison, S. McCarthy, & D. A. Hines (Eds.), International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism (pp. 645-661). New York: Springer.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Zanna, A. S., Spencer, S. J., & Zanna, M. P. (2004). Investigating attitudes cross-culturally: A case of cognitive dissonance among East Asians and North Americans. In G. Haddock & G. R. Maio (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on the Psychology of Attitudes. New York: Psychology Press.
- Hoshino-Browne, E., Zhu, J. H., Plassaras, A., Kim, H. M-s., Murata, A., Murata, M., & Jones-Rooy, A. (2013). Apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation in East Asia. In K. Malley-Morrison, A. Mercurio, & G. Twose (Eds.), International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation (pp. 411-430). New York: Springer.
- Kunda, Z., Davies, P. G., Hoshino-Browne, E., & Jordan, C. (2003). The impact of comprehension goals on the ebb and flow of stereotype activation during interaction. In S. J. Spencer, S. Fein, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Motivated Social Perception: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 9, pp. 1-20). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbraum.
- Wilson, A., Hoshino-Browne, E., Ross, M., & Smith, M. (2002). Spontaneous comparisons in children’s conflict narratives. In I. Walker & H. Smith (Eds.), Relative deprivation: Specification, development, and integration (pp. 313-331). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Courses Taught:
- Behavioral Sciences Statistics
- Critical Thinking in Psychology
- Research Methods I
- Social Psychology
Etsuko Hoshino-Browne, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, Pennsylvania 19014
United States of America
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