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 Elite Program in Economics at 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.
My research sits at the intersection of social cognition, cultural evolution, and organizational behavior. I am broadly interested in how people perceive and reason about social groups — how stereotypes form, persist, and shift — and how these cognitive and cultural processes leave their marks on organizations.
On the organizational side, I explore topics such as leadership stereotypes and creativity, examining how group-based expectations shape opportunities and outcomes in workplace and institutional contexts.
To investigate these questions, I primarily rely on 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.
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.
Examining how social cognitive processes such as leadership, stereotypes, and creativity shape outcomes in organizational settings.
I use computational methods ranging from word embeddings, topic modeling, to agent-based modeling to analyze large-scale text and behavioral data.
Early Life Disaster Exposure and Long-term Cognitive Effects
Under review at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Gender Differences in Civil Service Recruitment Positions
Work in progress
Computational Analysis of Ethnic Stereotypes Using Word Embeddings
Presented at SPSP 2026 Main Conference, Computational Psychology Preconference
September 2025
Joined the University of Chicago as a Master's student in Computer Science (jointly with Harris School of Public Policy).
June 2025
Graduated from Renmin University of China with dual degrees in Economics and Mathematics.