Shiyao Wang

Shiyao (Wesley) Wang

王诗尧

I am a Master's student at the University of Chicago, jointly enrolled in the Department of Computer Science and Harris School of Public Policy. I hold dual Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Mathematics from the Renmin University of China. I will be joining the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a PhD student in Management starting Fall 2026.

About

My area of focus is Organizational Behavior, and I am particularly interested in Social Cognition and Cultural Evolution. For example - how stereotypes form, persist, and shift — and how these cognitive and cultural processes leave their marks on organizations.

To investigate these questions, I use Computational Methods — including natural language processing (NLP), word embeddings, agent-based modeling, and topic modeling — often applied to large-scale archival and textual data.

I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Xuechunzi Bai (University of Chicago, Psychology) and have previously worked with Prof. Junjian Yi (Peking University, National School of Development). I will be joining HKUST as a PhD student advised by Prof. Ying Lin.

Research

Social Cognition & Cultural Evolution

Investigating how social stereotypes and group perceptions form, persist, and evolve across time and cultures — and how cultural transmission shapes the cognitive landscape of social groups.

Organizations, Leadership & Creativity

Examining how social cognitive processes such as leadership, stereotypes, and creativity shape outcomes in organizational settings.

Computational Social Science

I use computational methods ranging from word embeddings, topic modeling, to agent-based modeling to analyze large-scale text and behavioral data.

Working Papers

Early Life Disaster Exposure and Long-term Cognitive Effects

Under review

Female Leadership and Stereotypes in Job Postings in Civil Service Recruitment

Work in progress

Computational Analysis of Immigrant Stereotypes Using 100 years Historical Word Embeddings

Presented at SPSP 2026 Main Conference, Computational Psychology Preconference

In submission for Psychological Science

News

September 2025

Joined the University of Chicago as a Master's student in Computer Science (jointly with Harris School of Public Policy).

CV & Documents