Haidar Buldan

buldanName: Haidar Buldan Thontowi, S.Psi., M.A., Ph.D.
Email: haidar.buldan@ugm.ac.id, haidar.buldan@gmail.com

Education
1. Master’s degree in General Psychology Program, New York University, 2013.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2010.
3. Doctor’s degree in St Andrews University, Unites Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), 2020.

Training
2005 Participant in National Debating Workshop, Islamic Indonesian University, Yogyakarta
2006 Participant in International Workshop: “Emergency Response towards Natural Disaster”, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2006 Participant in Soft Skill Training, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Research Experience

2014-present Acculturation orientations of Muslim majority group members towards minority Chinese in Indonesia. I am the principal investigator.
2014-2015 The role of implicit theories and competition on group bias and perception of threat towards the Chinese. I am the principal investigator.
2012-2013 Master’s thesis “Intergroup Bias between Ethnic Groups: The Role of Competition and Implicit Theories.” I was involved in: designing and conducting the experiment, data entry and data analysis, writing the report.
2012-2013 Research Assistant in Aronson Lab, New York University. I was involved in doing literature reviews and data entry.
2010-2011 Research Assistant for Research Project “Study of Conflict in Indonesia: Post Reforms Era”, Faculty of Psychology Universitas Gadjah Mada. I was engaged in discussing the method of the experiment, collecting data, statistical analyses using SPSS, and writing the report.
2009-2010 Undergraduate Thesis “Influences of Affect on Borrowing Behavior”
2009 Research Assistant for World Class Research University Team “Studies on Trust, Happiness and Achievement in Indonesia”, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada in collaboration with Inha Univesity, Korea. I was engaged in collecting data, data analyses by categorizing responses into themes, research meetings in evaluating the methods and findings of the research.
2009 Research Assistant for Development of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) Scales in Indonesia, in collaboration with Faculty of Psychology, University of Boras, Sweden. I was engaged in the process of linguistic validation of the scales, data collection as well as data analyses using SPSS.
2009 Research Assistant for Research Project “Influences of Affective Personality on Organizational Citizenship Behavior”. I was engaged in writing the research proposal, data collection, data analyses using SPSS, and writing the final report.

Work Experience

2013-2015 Teaching staff, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
2009-2011 Research Assistant in Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2007-2011 Freelance Translator (Indonesian-English, English-Indonesian)
2011 Translator of Focused Group Discussion for Assessment of UNFPA “Dignity Kits,” organized by UNFPA and Rifka Annisa
2011 Translator of 1st Youth Men’s Camp on Gender, Sexuality and Prostitution, organized by Rifka Annisa
2006 Note taker and translator for international workshop: ”Emergency Response towards National Disasters,” Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2005-2006 Debating Instructor for the Indonesian Schools Debating Championship in cooperation with the Association for Critical Thinking and the National Education Department.

Organizational Experience

2015 Secretary, Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2014-2015 Head of research division, Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2011-2013 Member of Dharmaswara Gamelan Ensemble
2010 Organizing Committee, 1st International Conference for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I was engaged in correspondence with conference participants and socializing updates to the conference participants.
2008 Sub-Unit Coordinator, Community Development in Pacing Village, Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia. Coordination between main unit and sub-unit, planning the programs for the sub-unit, managing relationships and conflicts between sub-unit team and local residents, writing the final report for the sub-unit.
2006 Volunteer for humanitarian aid distribution to Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia. Organize collection of goods and distribution to the victims of the Pangandaran Tsunami.
2006 Volunteer for Psychological assistance in the Yogyakarta Earthquake Emergency Response Program, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Engaged in interviewing local victims on needs and assisting child victims by involving them in play activities.

Achievements

2013 Park Jung-heun Young Scholar Travel Award, Asian Association for Social Psychology (AASP)
2013 Master’s Scholar Award for excellent academic achievement, New York University
2013 Best Poster (honorable mention) Department of Psychology MA Conference, New York University
2011 Fulbright-DIKTI Masters Scholar Award
2011-2012 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) tuition scholarship from New York University
2008 Recipient of Grant for the Student Creativity Program Competition, to implement “Program for Improving Social Skills for Child Prisoners in Kutoarjo Child Prison to Reduce Aggression,” organized by the National Department of Education 2008

Publications And Presentations

Ramdhani, N., Thontowi, H. B., & Ancok, D. (2018). Affective reactions among students belonging to ethnic groups engaged in prior conflict. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.1017/prp.2017.22

Thontowi, H. B. (2015). Something to share about AASP Summer School 2013, Yogyakarta. Asian Association of Social Psychology Newsletter, Issue: 30, page: 8-9.

Thontowi, H. B., Wulandari, R. C., Hakim, M. A., Moordiningsih., Yuniarti, K. W., & Kim, U. (2014). Causes of anger among senior high school students in Indonesia: An indigenous psychology approach. International Journal of Research 3(2), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2014.104

Hakim, M. A., Thontowi, H. B., Yuniarti, K. W., & Kim, U. (2012). The basis of children’s trust towards their parents in Java, ngemong: Indigenous psychological analysis. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 1(2), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2012.v1i2.78

Thontowi B.H. (2011). Causes of anger among Indonesian senior high school students. Poster presented in 9th Biennial Conference of Asian Social Psychological Association, Kunming China.

Ancok, D., Ramdhani, N., & Thontowi, H. B. (2011). Emotional expression of in-group members towards out-group members among groups involved in Ethnic Conflicts. Presented by the first author in the 9th Biennal Conference of Asian Social Psychological Association, Kunming China.

Ancok D. Ramdhani N. Thontowi, H. B. (unpublished). Affective Personality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Employees in Kudus State Owned Electrical Company. Yogyakarta: Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada