{"id":703,"date":"2017-01-13T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/IClab\/?page_id=703"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:24:14","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/IClab\/new-page\/people\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Doctoral and Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Graduate Students                                              <\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Xijia Zhang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My name is Xijia Zhang and I am from China. I am interested in the psychology of language learners, especially how their language learning is affected by their motivation, how their motivation may be influenced by social factors such as acculturation, and how students\u2019 motivation may interact with language teachers\u2019 teaching motivation. I am also interested in the role of psychology and social contexts in Chinese heritage language learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: xijia1@ualberta.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andy Han<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My name is Andy Han, I am a doctoral student in the IC Lab. I\u2019m interested in
acculturation, especially how sociocultural context influences individuals\u2019 acculturation
strategies. I am also interested in autonomy in the motivational domain, and how culture
shapes our motivational processes. My research interests have been influenced by my
personal experience of navigating language, acculturation and identity in different
societies, which have expanded and enriched my perspectives. In my free time I enjoy
reading, listening to podcasts, and travelling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Jingyi Zhang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I am Jingyi Zhang, a senior graduate student. Benefiting from travelling and volunteering, I have interacted with numerous international people, especially diverse families, which strengthened my research interest in immigration families\u2019 acculturation and family bicultural socialization. I enjoy cooking without recipes, skiing, hiking, and camping at leisure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bilan Abdulkadir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bilan is in the last year of the Master of Arts program, and the current ICLab manager. She began in the Intercultural Communication Lab in 2021 during her undergraduate honours degree. Bilan\u2019s parents are Somali immigrants, and she was born and raised in a small town; those aspects of her identity have shaped her research interests. Her project focuses on the stress and coping strategies of Black Canadians. In her free time, she enjoys reading, knitting, and volunteering.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Andrei Gatchalian (he\/him)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Andrei is in his first year of the Master of Arts (Thesis) program. He recently earned his BA (Honors) in Psychology from the University of Alberta. Having immigrated to Canada at an early age, he understands the importance of language, especially retaining his mother tongue, Tagalog, while growing up. He is interested in exploring the factors that influence a person\u2019s decision to learn another language. Outside of academia, Andrei enjoys travelling (backpacking) and trying new activities to stay active. His recent choice of sport has been running; he ran three races this summer and hopes to complete a full marathon in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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