I am Bai (pronounce like bye)!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology, affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in Cognitive Science, and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning at Princeton University.
I study dynamic social minds: the interplay between individual decision processes and societal phenomena in the field of social cognition. My current work explores the psychological origins of social stereotypes. You can learn more about my work by reading [Research] and [Teaching] Statements, or [this] paper.
I will join the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, starting in July 2024 [CV].
I am Bai (pronounce like bye)!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology, affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in Cognitive Science, and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning at Princeton University.
I study dynamic social minds: the interplay between individual decision processes and societal phenomena in the field of social cognition. My current work explores the psychological origins of social stereotypes. You can learn more about my work by reading [Research] and [Teaching] Statements, or [this] paper.
I will join the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, starting in July 2024 [CV].
I am Bai (pronounce like bye)!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology, affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in Cognitive Science, and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning at Princeton University.
I study dynamic social minds: the interplay between individual decision processes and societal phenomena in the field of social cognition. My current work explores the psychological origins of social stereotypes. You can learn more about my work by reading [Research] and [Teaching] Statements, or [this] paper.
I will join the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, starting in July 2024 [CV].
Xuechunzi Bai 白 雪純子

I am Bai (pronounced like bye)!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology, affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in Cognitive Science, and the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning at Princeton University.
I study dynamic social minds: the interplay between individual decision processes and societal phenomena in the field of social cognition. My current work explores the psychological origins of social stereotypes. You can learn more about my work by reading [Research] and [Teaching] Statements, or [this] paper.
I will join the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, starting in July 2024 [CV].
***I plan to recruit postdocs, graduate students, and research assistants to start in the 2024-25 academic year. I am excited to explore the directions listed in "A Future Framework for Dynamic Social Minds" in my research statement. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you are interested in these topics too!***
Illustrative Publications
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Bai, X., Fiske, S. T., & Griffiths, T. L. (2022). Globally inaccurate stereotypes can result from locally adaptive exploration. Psychological Science. [paper][data & code][slides]
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Presented at Social Biases in Machine Learning and in Human Nature workshop, Princeton, 2021.
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A 15-min talk presented at the Computational Social Cognition symposium, SPSP, 2022.
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Bai, X., Ramos, M.R., & Fiske, S. T. (2020). As diversity increases, people paradoxically perceive social groups as more similar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [paper][data & code][slides]
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Grigoryan, L., Bai, X., Durante, F., Fiske, S. T., Fabrykant, M., Maloku, E., Verbilovich, V., Hakobjanyan, A., Kadirov, K., Mullabaeva, N., Makashyili, A., Morozova-Larina, O., Yahiiaiev, I., Samekin, A., Berdyna, E. M. (2020). Stereotypes as historical accidents: Images of social class in post-communist versus capitalist societies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [paper] [data & code][slides]
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Winner of SPSP Student Publication Prize.
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