Xuechunzi Bai
baix@uchicago.edu
Department of Psychology
The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago
I am a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in the Department
of Psychology
at the University of Chicago, affiliated with Center for Decision Research
at Booth,
Program in Behavioral Economics at Becker Friedman
Institute,
and Center for
Computational Social Science.
I study dynamic social minds: the interplay between (micro) individual decision processes and
(macro) social structures in the field of social cognition [CV]. My recent
research explores various aspects of human stereotyping; its historical antecedents, cognitive
mechanisms, and societal consequences. Despite being a century-old puzzle,
advances in data-driven observational
analysis, computational cognitive modeling, large-scale behavioral experiments, and comparative analyses
with large language models are now offering exciting new insights.
Prospective students and postdocs: You can learn more about my current and future research by
reading
[research] statement, and about my
mentorship in [teaching]
statement. If you would like to work with me, please read this reasonably up-to-date [doc]
for project ideas, and feel free to send me an email.