Ramsay Liem
Professor Liem's research interests cover a variety of areas, including: social processes and psychological well-being (e.g., economic change, unemployment and mental health); cultural psychology (e.g., ethnic identity of Asian Americans, culture and emotions); culture and mental health; and human rights and mental health. His principle current interest is memories and legacies of historical trauma, specifically Korean American memories of the Korean War.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Health Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Self and Identity
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Video Gallery
The Art of Remembering: Evoking Memories and Legacies of the Korean War
Journal Articles:
- Kim, G., & Liem, R. (2003). Ethnic self-awareness as a function of ethnic group status, group composition, and ethnic identity orientation. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 9, 289-302.
- Liem, R. (2009). The Korean War, Korean Americans and the art of remembering. Asia-Pacific Journal, 41.
- Liem, R. (2008). War and the art of remembering. International Journal of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3, 111-116.
- Liem, R. (2007). Silencing historical trauma: The politics and psychology of memory and voice. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 39, 153-174.
- Liem, R. (2005). “So I’ve gone around in circles…”: Living the Korean War. Amerasia Journal, 31, 157-177.
- Liem, R. (2003/4). History, trauma, and identity: The legacy of the Korean War for Korean Americans. Amerasia Journal, 29, 111-129.
- Liem, R. (1997). Shame and guilt among first and second generation Asian Americans and European Americans. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 28, 365-392.
- Liem, R., Lim, B., & Liem, J. (2000). Acculturation and emotion among Asian Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 6, 13-31.
- Lykes, B., & Liem, R. (1990). Human rights and mental health in the United States: Lessons from Latin America. Journal of Social Issues, 46, 151-165.
Other Publications:
- Liem, R. (Exhibit Project Director). (2009). Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the “Forgotten War.” [Multimedia exhibition based on oral histories with participants in the Boston and San Francisco areas]
- Liem, R. (1999). Community psychology and the new immigrants. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of Community Psychology. New York: Plenum.
- Liem, R. (1998). Psychology and the teaching of Asian American studies. In L. Hirabayashi (Ed.), Teaching Asian America. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Liem, R., & Liem, J. (1996). Mental health and unemployment: the making and unmaking of casualties. In B. Lykes, A. Banuazizi, R. Liem, & M. Morris (Eds.), Myths about the Powerless: Contesting Social Inequalities. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Ramsay Liem
Department of Psychology
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-3807
United States of America
- Phone: (617) 552-4108
- Fax: (617) 552-0523