SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY

 

The Social Psychology Lab is headed by Dr Luis DOS SANTOS. The Social Psychology Lab is an interdisciplinary lab with multiple focuses on social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, sociology, sociocultural anthropology, education, and career development and transition. Based on the background of Dr DOS SANTOS, the Social Psychology Lab offers regular seminars, discussions, and activities in qualitative research designs with people’s experiences and stories. 

Currently, Dr DOS SANTOS and the Social Psychology Lab continue to conduct academic studies and social impact-based projects with male sex workers, sexually minoritized people, marginalized students, teachers and staff, international students and teacher, women in engineering, career development, and second-career-changing people’s career transition. 

The Social Psychology Lab welcomes all types of research cooperations, seminars, conferences, discussions, activities, and media talks. 

 

      Dr. Luis DOS SANTOS

         Doctoral Degree in Education, Northeastern University, United States
         Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Malmo                       University, Sweden
         Master’s Degree in European Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
         Master’s Degree in Teaching Studies, University of Birmingham, United                       Kingdom
         Master’s Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages,                       University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
         Master’s Degree in Management (Human Resources Management), Lasell               University, United States
         Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary, Taylor University,               United States
         Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other                                                                                               Languages, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom
                                                                         Postgraduate Certificate in Translation Studies, University of Portsmouth,                                                                                 United Kingdom
                                                                         Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese Language and Literature, University of                                                                                           Massachusetts, United States  
 
Edited Book Project 
• Professional development of global teachers and educators: The current challenges and the future growth (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Marginalized student, teacher, staff, and minorities in educational environments (PI: DOS SANTOS) 
 
Approved Projects 
• Academic learning experiences of Asian international graduate students in U.S. higher education: A qualitative inquiry (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Career development, intention, motivations, and challenges of social workers: A qualitative inquiry (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Career motivations, decisions, and sense-making processes of social work faculty members: A qualitative inquiry (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Challenges and social stigma of foreign teachers in South Korea (PI: DOS SANTOS) 
• Gay men who married women in a heterosexual marriage (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Sexually minoritized students, staff, and professionals in Australian and New Zealander universities (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Sexually minoritized students, staff, and professionals in Korean universities (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• The third place and remembered place: Companion dogs and senior residents in nursing homes 
• The relationships between career decisions, lived experiences, and enrollment motivations of second-career-changing nursing students and nurses: A qualitative inquiry (PI: DOS SANTOS)
• Volunteerism in non-profit organizations in Hong Kong 
 
• The motivation for why foreigners want to join the Chinese social media platforms (PI: DOS SANTOS) 
• The relationship between stress, career development, and sexual orientation of sexual minorities and LGBT communities in Hong Kong (PI: DOS SANTOS)

Dos Santos, L. M. (2024). From university students and graduates to male sex workers: The career decisions and decision-making processes. Sage Open, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241253428

Dos Santos, L. M. (2024). From upper-level professional engineers to secondary engineering teachers: A study of pre-service second-career teachers in Australia and the United States. Journal of Education for Teaching, 50(1), 189–191. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2024.2315645

Dos Santos, L. M., Kwee, C. T. T., Wu, J. B., & Lo, H. F. (2025). The motivations underlying  foreigners’ desire to join Chinese social media platforms: A research based on the social cognitive career and motivation theory. In X. Xu, M. Zhao, & M. Wang (Eds.), Chinese social media: Insider, intercultural and interdisciplinary perspective II (pp. 61–76). Routledge. 

Dos Santos, L. M., Lo, H. F., & Kwee, C. T. T. (Accepted). The relationships between the failure of curriculum, practicum, career development, and turnover in social work education: A qualitative inquiry of gay MSW graduates in Hong Kong. Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services.

Kwee, C. T. T., Dos Santos, L. M., & Lo, H. F. (2024). The double-edged sword of shame: Hindrance and catalyst for immigrant teachers’ career development. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2024.2410327

Kwee, C. T. T., Dos Santos, L. M., Wu, J. B., & Lo, H. F. (2025). Decoding truths in digital interculturality: A case study on Australian influencers on Chinese social media platforms. In X. Xu, M. Zhao, & M. Wang (Eds.), Chinese social media II: Insider, intercultural and interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 44–60). Routledge.