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Sy-Miin Chow
Faculty Spotlight

Chow, professor of human development and family studies, is one of five recipients of the 2023 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. As a quantitative psychologist, Chow has developed highly impactful analytical techniques that overcome some of the challenges of studying human behavior, which can be more complex to model than biological or physical systems, nominators said.