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Prof. Wong has been elected Visiting By-Fellow at the University of Cambridge from May to July 2020!

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Dr. Wong gave a talk at the Department of Psychology, Gender Development Research Centre, University of Cambridge.

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Our collaborator Dr. Doug VanderLaan, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, visited our lab and talked on "Childhood Gender Diversity in the Community and Across Cultures" in the Gender Studies Seminar on 20 May 2019.

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2018:

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Times Higher Education article featured Dr. Wong and Sylvia Shi's (MPhil graduate) recent research on sex segregated education. Full-text is available here: https://bit.ly/2TZfODw  [Download PDF]

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Dr. Wong and Icy Yeung, former thesis student, talked about their research on gender-typed play, color, and stereotypes on RTHK radio show Agender Cafe. The interview is available here: https://bit.ly/2MmCwTA

 

Dr. Wong presented at the Gender Development Research Conference in San Francisco in Oct 2018; and chaired the New Investigators section of promising young scholars.

 

Congratulations to our lab's former thesis student and current RA, Icy Yeung, for being awarded the China Oxford Scholarship Fund to read for MSc in Psychological Research at the University of Oxford in 2018-2019!

 

Interviewed for PsyPost https://www.psypost.org/2018/09/study-suggests-childrens-perception-of-gender-related-colors-can-be-easily-manipulated-52159

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Interviewed for South China Morning Young Post: The rising popularity of Battle Royale Games

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 Dr. Ivy Wong, in collaboration with Dr. Gu Li from the University of British Columbia, has published an article titled "Single-Sex Schooling: Friendships, Dating, and Sexual Orientation" in Archives of Sexual Behavior on 14 March! Full-text is available here: http://rdcu.be/IZL0

 

The undergraduate thesis of our RA, Icy Yeung, titled "Gender Labels on Gender-Neutral Colors: Do they Affect Children’s Color Preferences and Play Performance?" is published in Sex Roles on 4 January! Full-text is available here: http://rdcu.be/D5XW. The research is also selected by Springer for press release! The news article “Pretty in pink and boisterous in blue?” is disseminated on Springer Media, EurekAlert!, Phys.org, Science Daily, and Science Newsline.

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Our color and toy study was also covered in various news reports and websites, including:

• Daily Mail: Our color-coded world: Photographer documents gender stereotypes throughout children's lives as studies show how easily kids'perception of these labels can be manipulated (2019-04-22)

• Motherly: Research confirms gendered toys help create inequality (2018-11-15)

• Mindbodygreen: Can we influence our kids' color preferences? Maybe — and here's why it might be worth trying (2018-09-25)

• PsychCentral: Preschoolers easily manipulated on gender issues (2018-08-08)

• The Swaddle: Pink and blue toys and the gendering of play (2018-01-18)

• The Student Newspaper: The danger of gendering children’s toys (2018-01-15)

• Asian Scientist: Gender labels affect color preference in children (2018-01-12)

• Bustle: A new study on “gender colored” toys shows the lasting effects of teaching pink is for girls, blue is for boys (2018-01-11)

• The New Indian Express: Stop limiting kids choices to only blue and pink to curb gender differences, says study (2018-01-07)

• Springer: Pretty in pink and boisterous in blue? (2018-01-04)

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 2017:

Dr. Wong appeared in Commercial Radio 881 在晴朗的一天出發 (17 Nov 2017) to talk about the science of gender research ("香港大學心理學系助理教授黃泓：學是學非係典型角色定型例子").

 

Our Research Assistant, Icy Yeung, has got her undergraduate thesis "Gender labels on gender-neutral colors: Do they affect children's color preferences and play performance?" accepted by Sex Roles! Congratulations!

 

Congratulations to Sylvia Shi, who has successfully defended her MPhil thesis on single-sex schooling!

 

 

2016:

Dr. Wong appeared in RTHK TV program “非常宅” (29 Nov 2016)
to talk about children’s gender-typed color preferences
(“非常好境-兒童心理與家居顏色”).

 

Dr. Wong was invited to speak as New Investigator in the 
2016 Gender Development Research Conference! (Oct 2016)

 

Dr. Wong explained why people are attracted to Tsum Tsums in
Young Post “Tsum Tsum: so much more than just a toy” (22 Aug 2016).

 

South China Morning Post: “More women in the lab will help propel Hong Kong’s economy” (26 Apr 2016). "Ivy Wong and Tjonnie Li say all highly developed economies have made investments in the sciences, so it is a shame that more local students – especially women – do not choose to study them.”

 

2015:

Dr. Wong expressed her opinion on physical education in China Daily “Game for more play?” (12 May 2015).

 

2014:

The Wall Street Journal: “Chinese Fathers Who Beat Their Kids Get a Beating Online” (13 Jun 2014).
Dr. Wong talked about how parenting differs in Chinese and Western cultures: “The focus on 'guan' in China…is thought to stem from Confucian traditions that emphasize discipline and obedience…Children who get spanked are at increased risk for mental illnesses such as depression, are more likely to exhibit violent behavior themselves and have strained relationships with parents…”

 

AM730 心理‧腦科學: “男藍女粉，請對號入座” (24 Apr 2014).
Dr. Wong talked about the prevalence of gender color-coding and children’s
gender-typed color preferences.

 

2013:

The Young Reporter, Baptist University, Department of Journalism, Department Magazine: 
"[Cover Story] Extra-marital dating website lands in Hong Kong" (16 Dec 2013).

“Women's sexual interests and preferences change across their menstrual cycles following changes in their circulating levels of hormones,” said Dr. Wong Wang Ivy, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Hong Kong."

 

2011:

Dr. Wong appeared in BBC Radio 4 documentary “Fighting the power of pink” (9 May 2011).