Biography
As of Spring 2026, I am a fifth-year PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I also earned a Master's degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (in May 2024). I am originally from Seoul, South Korea. Before coming to the USA, I completed dual bachelor's degree programs in Counseling Psychology and Management (both earned in February 2018) as well as a master's degree in Psychology (earned in July 2019) in South Korea.
Research Interests
• Personnel Selection (personality, fairness/adverse impact, impression management/faking)
• Well-Being (subjective well-being, job satisfaction)
• Research Methods (multi-objective optimization, SEM/bifactor predictive models, longitudinal designs/multi-level models, IRT)
Awards and Honors
Hobson Fellowship (2026)
Hulin Fellowship (2025)
Diversity Research Award (2025)
Teaching Excellence (Spring 2024, Spring 2025)
SIOP Travel Award (2023, 2024)
Courses Taught
PSYC 455: Organizational Behavior (Spring 2023) - Instructor
PSYC 332: Social Psychological Methods (Fall 2023) - Teaching Assistant
PSYC 455: Organizational Behavior (Spring 2024) - Instructor (received Teaching Excellence recognition)
PSYC 475: Personnel Psychology (Fall 2024) - Teaching Assistant
PSYC 455: Organizational Behavior (Spring 2025) - Instructor (received Teaching Excellence recognition)
Recent Publications
Choi, J., Zhang, B., Shi, D., Kwon, S., & Alexander III, L. (Accepted). You must parcel carefully if you have to! Comparing eight item parceling strategies with the item-level model for bifactor predictive models. Psychological Methods.
Choi, J., Newman, D.A., Fraley, R.C., & Newman, B.A. (2026). Relationship-specific adult attachment, subjective well-being, and job satisfaction: A multitrait-multirelationship approach. Personality and Individual Differences.
Choi, J., Kim, N., Zhang, B., Park, S., Cho, S., Sohn, Y. W., Soto, C.J., & John, O.P. (Online Advance). The Big Five Inventory-2 in Korea: Validation and Cross-Cultural Comparisons with the U.S. and Chinese Versions. Assessment.
Choi, J., Kwon, S., & Zhang, B. (2025). A Structural After Measurement Approach to Bifactor Predictive Models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32(2), 173-186.
Kim, N., Choi, J., Park, Y., & Sohn, Y. W. (2022). The Multidimensional Workaholism Scale in a Korean population: A cross-cultural validation study, Journal of Career Assessment. 30(2), 258-284.
Choi, J., Park, Y., & Sohn, Y. W. (2021). Corporate social responsibility increases job applicants’ application intention: A mediated moderation model of calling and value congruence. Career Development International, 26, 65-82