Biography

Matt Shin is a PhD candidate in communication studies currently on the job market. He is from Southern California where he was born and raised by Korean immigrants. He attended California State University, Fullerton where he earned his BA in American studies studying how military veterans of color helped desegregate Orange County, California and his MA in human communication studies studying Asian American stereotypes in the media and military veterans’ communication experiences in the college classroom.

Research Interests

Broadly speaking, my research interests center around communication experiences in close relationships and higher education contexts. Specifically, my substantive areas of interest include attachment, jealousy expression, motivation, race-focused and race-reimaged constructs, self-determination theory, and well-being.

​To study these topics, I use various latent variable modeling techniques such as factor analysis, longitudinal structural equation modeling, and mixture modeling aimed toward producing substantive-methodological synergies, which incorporate the latest advancements in statistical modeling to more creatively and thoroughly explore substantive issues.