Zhuoya Wang

Psych · Stat · Artist | 27‘ Undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, United States

About

Hey from a growing psychologist (and graphic designer, baker, ceramicist)! :) As a Psychology and Statistics student, I'm interested in positive and prosocial emotions (especially empathy and awe), intergroup relations, social connections, creativity and curiosity, and how art affects people. I love traveling (often for conference purpose lol), graphic design, ceramics, and baking outside academic life!

Experience

  • Fellow of the Program for Research in Markets & Organizations (PRIMO) at Harvard Business School
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    I will work with Dr. Lumumba Seegars in Organizational Behavior. I will use qualitative methods to study the evolution of equity and inclusion in organizations.

  • University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Research Assistant | Social and Moral Judgment (SOMO) Lab
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      Co-PIs of SOMO Lab: Dr. Juliana Schroeder and Dr. Clayton Critcher Work on multiple tasks including piloting study, coding and checking the transcript of video stimuli

    • Honors Student | Haas Intersectionality, Group Hierarchy, Emotions Research (HIGHER) Laboratory
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Develop my project on awe and empathy gap to my honor thesis for psychology. Stay tuned for the interesting findings! :)

    • Research Assistant | Haas Intersectionality, Group Hierarchy, Emotions Research (HIGHER) Laboratory
      Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      PI: Dr. Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn Hudson I make data analysis with R studio, write literature review, organize repository of scales, and assist to develop empathy-training app Empathable.

  • UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science (1 yr 3 mos)
    • Research Assistant | Social Interaction Lab
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      PI: Dr. Dacher Keltner | Graduate student mentor: Lindsey Deringer RAing for visual art study! Current work includes running in-person lab sessions and coding the transcripts of video stimuli.

    • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
      May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

      Faculty research advisor: Dr. Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn Hudson I received the $5000 fellowship for my proposed research project on awe and empathy. This project aims to investigate the potential of using awe to reduce the gap phenomena in empathy, where people more empathize with in-group than out-group members.

  • Greater Good Science Center Undergraduate Fellow at The Greater Good Science Center
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Faculty research advisor: Dr. Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn Hudson I received the fellowship of $2575 to further investigate the potential of using awe to reduce empathy gap during the 25-26 academic year. The budget covers the fee of recruiting participants and traveling to conferences. I'm so honored and excited to receive two fellowships (SURF & GGSC) for my first independent project!

  • Social Science Research Pathway Fellow at Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    I received the year-long fellowship of $2000 as one of the mentees for my mentor Gisselle Rodriguez Benitez, for her projects in the field of computational social science.