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Dr. Jacqueline (Jaki) Yi<\/a> received the 2026 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research from the Asian American Psychological Association<\/a> (AAPA). This national award recognizes an early career psychologist whose scholarship has made significant contributions to advancing psychological theory and research in Asian American psychology. Dr. Yi was honored at the 2026 AAPA Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yi also presented research with University of Washington Bothell IAS alumni, Wing Hadrann and Dhishitha Madhavan, as well as Dr. Jenny Xiao from UW Tacoma. Their presentation highlighted findings from a qualitative study examining how Asian Americans define, experience, and heal from scarcity mindset and perfectionism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jenny Xiao, Dr. Jaki Yi, Dhishitha Madhavan and Wing Hadrann
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