Kim Tsai

Kim Tsai is an Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Development at San José State University's Lurie College of Education. Her research examines familial and cultural influences on adolescent psychosocial adjustment using daily experience sampling and longitudinal methods.

Key investigations explore how cultural values shape family dynamics in immigrant communities, particularly Vietnamese-American and Mexican-American families. Tsai's sleep research identifies mechanisms linking family stress, discrimination, and sleep difficulties through mediators like loneliness and HPA axis functioning.

Her teaching portfolio includes Child Development, Critical Issues in Adolescent Development, and Social-Emotional Development courses. Tsai's methodological approaches integrate survey, daily diary, and biomarker data to capture dynamic family processes.