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Joy Jia, Ph.D.

Joy Jia, Ph.D.

Yuane “Joy” Jia

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Title:

Associate Professor

Department:

Interdisciplinary Studies

Phone Number: (973) 972-7877

Office Location: 65 Bergen Street, Room 358B, Newark, NJ 07107

Education

Ph.D., University of Virginia, Curry School of Education

Professional Achievements

Co-Chair of 2026 program planning of AERA Division I: Education in the Professions, 2025-2026
Member of the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award Committee of the AERA, 2025-2027
Rutgers University Equity and Inclusion Faculty Diversity and Collaborative Mutual Mentoring Team Grant Award for The Affinity Network, 2024-25
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) OASIS Leadership & Professional Development program, 2023-24
The Walter Eugene Campbell Scholarship, University of Virginia, 2017
Doctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2014

Research Interests

Methodological: Measurement instrument development and validation, Large-scale data analysis, Multilevel modeling, Latent variable modeling, Mediation and moderation.
Substantive: Health professions education, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Meditation and mental health.

Title Sponsor Effective Dates Role
Internet Assisted Career-Oriented Soft-skills Training (iCareer) for Transition Age Youth with Psychiatric Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIDILRR Field Initiated Projects Research 9/2022-8/2025, $600,000 Co-I
Exploring Oral Health Experiences for People with SMI and Developing Stakeholder-Informed Guidelines and Training Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, Field Initiated Project 2023-2025, $599,994 Co-I
Dismantling the U.S. Social Norm of the “Kids’ Food” Archetype that Includes Ultra-processed Foods such as Chicken Nuggets and Fries in the Newark, NJ Community REACH Community-Academic Grants Program 2024Jan-2024Dec, $107,909 Co-I
Investigating oral health disparities between dental patients with and without mental health conditions using Machine Learning. NJ Health Foundation Research Grant FY22 2022-2023 Co-I
An Innovative Nutrition Flipped-Curriculum in Physician Assistant Studies Dean’s Teaching Innovation Award 2022-2023 Co-I
STEM Education Pathways for Students with Disabilities Rutgers University’s Research Council Grant Award 2020 June PI
Validation of a Peer Observation for Teaching Evaluation Tool Dean’s Teaching Innovation Award 9/1/2020 – 8/31/2021 Co-PI
Needs Assessment of Family Functioning around Food Related Behaviors National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2020 Co-Investigator
The Effect of a Diagnosis of Dementia on Social Engagement among Older Adults Rutgers University’s Research Council Grant Award 2020 June Co-Investigator
Creating Student Co-Ownership of an Online Experiential Approach to Scientific Inquiry Innovations in Education and Teaching Pilot Grants 2020-2021 9/1/2020 – 8/31/2021 Co-Investigator
Identifying Needs, Barriers, and Facilitators in the Care and Rehabilitative Services for Hispanic Adults with Post-stroke Aphasia: Perspectives from Caregivers Advancing Health Equity and Social Justice pilot grant 11/1/2020-10/31/2021 Co-Investigator
Exploring Phenotypes for Predicting Optimal Body Weight and Survival in Hemodialysis Rutgers Dean’s Intramural Seed Grants 2022-2023 Co-I

Publications

Title Authors Where and When
Validation of the Awareness Atlas – A new Measure of the Manifestation of Consciousness Jia Y., Schenkman M., O Connor H., Jayanna K., Pearmain R., van’t Westeinde A., Patel K. Frontiers in Psychology, 2024
The Role of College Self-efficacy and the Development of Professional Identity: Preparing Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioners. Waynor W., Jia Y., Dolce J., & Mariani J. Psychiatric Rehabilitation 2025
Leveraging big electronic data to identify oral care disparities in those with serious mental illness. Singhal V., Jia Y., Gao N., York J., Gold-Rosenbach M., Ginu N., Arya R., Patel J. General Dentistry of AGD 2025
A Novel Flipped Nutrition Curriculum in Physician Assistant Education. Wright M., O’Cornell, C., Yeh D., Tomesko J., Cogan-Drew T., Vidal E., Jia Y. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 2025
Control Beliefs After a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: The Need to Foster Resilience. Reynolds, A., Amano, T., & Scher, C., & Jia, Y. Journal of Applied Gerontology 2024
A co-produced mixed methods protocol: Exploring perceptions of oral health care and quality of life in people with mental health conditions. Zechner M. R., Jia Y., Hill N., Kasper A., York J., Singhal V. Rothpletz-Puglia P. PLoS ONE 2025
Validation of a Peer Observation and Evaluation Tool for Teaching Jia Y., Spagnolo A., Barrett N., Murphy A., Basto P. M., & Rothpletz-Puglia P. & Luther S. Educational Technology Research and Development 2024
Team science in interdisciplinary health professions education research: A multi-institution case study. Gesing P., Tornwall J., Kulo V., McBrien S., Hoang T., Jun HJ., Burbage A.K., Jia Y., Cestone, C. Advances in Health Sciences Education 2024
Factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in persons with serious mental illness. Lu, W., Mueser, K. T., Jia, Y., Yanos, P. T., Siriram, A., Bullock, D., … & Rosenberg, S. D. Clin Schizophr Relat Psychoses 2024
Factor Structure of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Persons with Serious Mental Illness Lu W., Mueser, K. T., Yanos, P., Jia, Y., Siriram A., et al. Journal of Mental Health 2024
Neuropsychological profiles of deployment-related mild traumatic brain injury: A LIMBIC-CENC Study De Souza N., Lindsey H., Dorman K., Dennis E., Kennedy E., Menefee D., Parrott, J. S., Jia, Y., … & Esopenko, C. Neurology 2024
An evaluation of pathology laboratory workforce performance during mergers and acquisitions Chiou PZ, Herring RP, Jia Y. Healthcare Management Forum 2024
Control Beliefs After a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: The Need to Foster Resilience Reynolds, A., Amano, T., & Scher, C., & Jia, Y. Journal of Applied Gerontology 2024
The dynamic and reciprocal relationship between perceived everyday discrimination and cognitive function in later life Amano T., Jia Y., & Redding A. Aging and Mental Health, 2024
Investigating Factors Associated with Faculty Perspectives on Changes in Teaching Modalities within Health Professions Education Programs Jun H., Jia Y., & Kulo V. Education and Information Technologies 2024
Using latent class growth analysis to detect group developmental trajectories in preclinical medical education Xiaomei Song, Yuane Jia Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2023
The impact of community of inquiry and self-efficacy on student attitudes in sustained remote health professions learning environments Amanda K Burbage, Yuane Jia, Thuha Hoang BMC medical education, 2023
Evaluation of a PlayPosit guided group project’s impact on student engagement in an undergraduate course Dasantila Sherifi, Yuane Jia, Thomas J Hunt, Memory Ndanga Discover Education,2023
Educational Expectations Matter in College Application and STEM Major Choices
for Students with and without Disabilities
Jia, Yuane; Eissenstat, SunHee; Gao, Ni Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Investigating First Instinct Fallacy in Cytology Education and Cytomorphology Examination Chiou, PZ. & Jia, Y. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology,2024
On Pathology Laboratory Recruitment and Retention: Insights from the 16 Personalities Type Indicators Chiou P., Mulder L., & Jia Y. American journal of clinical pathology 2021
A Mixed Methods Study on the Use of Non-Gynecological Virtual Microscopy Platform in Cytology Education. Chiou P. & Jia Y. American Journal of Clinical Pathology,2023
Investigating career advancement in academic cytopathology workforce: A gender and regional Comparison Chiou P., Jia Y. & Vinod R. Cytopathology 2025
Moving to the Next Level: Doubly Latent Multilevel Mediation Models with a School Climate Illustration Jia Y., Konold T. The Journal of Experimental Education 2019
The impact of validity screening on associations between self-reports of bullying victimization and student outcomes Jia Y., Konold T., Cornell D., Huang F. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Utilization of a Flipped Classroom Improves Exam Performance Compared to a Traditional Lecture in Physician Assistant Student Wright M.., Jia, Y., Vidal E., Cornell C., Palfreyman L. & Parrott J. S. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 2021
Psychometric Properties of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5 in Persons with Serious Mental Illness Lu, W., Yanos, P., Waynor, W., Jia, Y., et al. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022
Influence of Certification on Pathology Laboratory Professional’s Career Mobility Chiou PZ. & Jia Y. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2022
Latent Neuropsychological Profiles to Discriminate Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Active-duty Service Members de Souza N., Esopenko C., Jia Y., Parrott J. S., et al. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 2022
The Effect of Receiving a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias on Social Relationships of Older Adults Amano T., Reynolds, A., Scher, C., & Jia, Y Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2021
The Competencies of Telehealth Peer Support: Perceptions of Peer Support Specialists and Supervisors during the COVID-19 Pandemic Spagnolo A., Pratt, C., Jia Y., et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2022
Exploring the impacts of learning modality changes: Validation of the learning modality change community of inquiry and self-efficacy scales Yuane Jia, Peggy Gesing, Hyun-Jin Jun, Amanda K Burbage, Thuha Hoang, Violet Kulo, Christina Cestone, Sarah McBrien, Joni Tornwall Education and Information Technologies 2022
O11 Development and Pilot Implementation of an Online Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Educational Module for Graduate-Level Nutrition Students Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Yuane Jia, Melanie Newkirk, Amy Morel L’Horset Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2022
On building cytomorphology skills: Influence of slide reviewing habits on diagnostic competency in cytology Paul Z Chiou, Yuane Jia Cytopathology 2022
School climate, student engagement, and academic achievement: a latent variable, multilevel multi-informant examination Konold T., Cornell D., Jia Y., Malone M. AERA Open,2018
An outcome-wide analysis of the effects of diagnostic labeling of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias on social relationships. Takashi Amano, Cal J. Halvorsen, Seoyoun Kim, Addam Reynolds, Clara Scher, Yuane Jia Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2023
Family Systems Cultural and Resilience Dimensions to Consider in Nutrition Interventions: A Qualitative Study Exploring Preschoolers’ Eating and Physical Activity Routines During COVID-19 Rothpletz-Puglia, P., Ryan, E., Jones, V. M., Eubanks, R., Ziegler, J., Sackey, J., Jia Y., & Byham-Gray, L. D. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2022
Student threat assessment as a standard school safety practice: Results from a statewide implementation study. Cornell D., Maeng J., Burnette A. G., Jia Y., Huang F., Konold T., Datta P., Malone M., Meyer P. School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
A model of subject teaching competencies: Based on the Grounded Theory and in-depth interviews with 10 outstanding teachers of secondary school Wei S., Wang Q., Jia, Y., & Chen F. Teacher Education Research, 2017
Authoritative school climate and high school dropout rates Jia Y., Konold T., Cornell D. School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
Using Rasch measurement to validate the instrument of student’s understanding of models in science Wei S., Liu X., & Jia Y. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
Evaluating the Use of Virtual Microscopy in Cytology Education Chiou, PZ. & Jia, Y. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2023
Financial and other life stressors, psychological distress, and food and beverage consumption among students attending a large California state university during the COVID-19 pandemic Lin, P., Hillstrom, K., Gottesman, K, Jia, Y., Kuo, T. & Robles, B. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023
Workplace Bullying in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Chiou, PZ., Mulder L., & Jia, Y. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2023
Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Psychometric Properties in Clients with Serious Mental Illness and Co-Occurring PTSD Lu, W., Mueser, K. T., Yanos, P., Siriram A., Jia, Y., et al. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 2023