Dr. Mona Xu

Professor, Department of Psychology

Dr. Xiaomeng (Mona) Xu 徐 晓 梦 was born in Fuling, China and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 5. She grew up in New York City and received a B.A. in Psychology from New York University (on Lenape land), an M.A. in Psychology from Stony Brook University (on Setauket land), and a Ph.D. in Social Health Psychology from Stony Brook University. They completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital (on Narragansett and Wampanoag land).

Dr. Xu joined Idaho State University (on Shoshone-Bannock land) in 2013 and is a Professor in the Department of Psychology. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and mentors students through the Teaching, Health, and Optimal Relationships Laboratory. Dr. Xu’s service, teaching, and research have been recognized by awards and honors from numerous sources including the College of Arts and Letters, ISU’s TRIO Ronald E. McNair Program, ISU’s Psychology Graduate Students Association, ISU, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of the American Psychological Association), the Mountain West Clinical Translational Research-Infrastructure Network, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.