YAN RUAN
Education
2021 Ph.D., University of Rochester
Social Psychology
2017 M.A., University of Rochester
Social Psychology
2014 B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Economics
Grants and Awards
2020 Research grant from the Mental Research Institute
2020 Departmental Dissertation Grant, University of Rochester
2019 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
2019 Emory Cowan Award for Best First-Authored Publication
2018 International Association for Relationship Research Conference Student Travel Award
Publications
Ruan, Y., Le, D.V., Reis, H. T. (2023) How Can I Help?: Specific Strategies Used in Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in a Relationship Context. Emotion. Advanced Online Publication. [LINK]
Reis, H. T., Li, S., Ruan, Y., de Jong, D. C., & Tsai, F. F. (2022). Are you happy for me?: Responses to sharing good news in North America and East Asia. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(11), 3458-3486. [LINK]
Reis, H. T., Itzchakov, G., Lee, K. Y., & Ruan, Y. (2022). Sociability matters: Downstream consequences of perceived partner responsiveness in social life. In J. P. Forgas, W. Crano & K. Fiedler (Eds.) The psychology of sociability: Understanding human attachment (pp. 239–257). Routledge. [LINK]
Ruan, Y., Reis, H. T., Zareba, W., & Lane, R. D. (2020). Does suppressing negative emotion impair subsequent emotions? Two experience sampling studies. Motivation and Emotion, 44(3), 427-435. [LINK]
Ruan, Y., Reis, H. T., Clark, M. S., Hirsch, J. L., & Bink, B. D. (2020). Can I tell you how I feel? Perceived partner responsiveness encourages emotional expression. Emotion, 20(3), 329-342. [LINK]
Conference Presentations
* denotes undergraduate mentee co-author
Ruan, Y. & Reis, H.T. (2020, February) Actual and Perceived Emotional Similarity in Romantic Relations. Poster presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, New Orleans, LA.
Reis, H. T., Itzchakov, G., Ruan, Y., & Lee, K. Y.(2020, February). Downstream Benefits of Perceived Partner Responsiveness. Symposium presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, New Orleans, LA.
Ruan, Y., Reis, H. T., Zareba, W., & Lane, R. D. (2019, February). The Lasting Costs of Emotion Suppression: Two Experience Sampling Studies. Poster presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Portland, OR.
Ruan, Y. (chair), Reis, H. T., Sels, L., Kuppens, P. & Ceulemans, E. (2018, July). Let’s talk about emotions: Emotional expression to responsive and unresponsive partners. Symposium presentation at the International Association of Relationship Research conference in Ford Collins, CO.
*Yellen, K., Ruan, Y. & Reis, H.T. (2018, April). Rigidity of romantic partner expectations for growth and destiny theorists. Poster presentation at the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research in Edmond, OK.
Reis, H. T., Ruan, Y., Lee, K. Y., & Clark, M. S. (2017, October). Perceived partner responsiveness, egoic self-enhancement and emotion regulation: Bridging relationship research and social psychological theories. Symposium presentation at the Society for Experimental Social Psychology conference, Boston, MA.
Ruan, Y. & Reis, H.T. (2017, July). Emotion expression to responsive and less responsive partners. Poster presentation at the Mini International Association of Relationship Research conference, Syracuse, NY.
Reis, H.T. & Ruan, Y. (2016, July). Relationship Contexts Influence Almost Everything. Presentation at the biennial International Association of Relationship Research conference, Toronto, Canada.
Ruan, Y. & Reis, H.T. (2016, February). The effect of relationship context and culture on emotional expression. Poster presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, San Diego, CA.
Ruan, Y. & Reis, H.T. (2015, February). Willingness to express emotion in relationships: The effect of relationship context. Poster presentation at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Long Beach, CA.
Employment
12/2020 – 06/2022 UX Researcher, Facebook Inc.
05/2019 – 08/2019 UX Research Intern, Facebook Inc.
05/2019 – 09/2014 Teaching Instructor, University of Rochester