I'm a second-year PhD student in Cognitive Science at Teachers College, Columbia University. Iām very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Renzhe Yu, where Iām also a member of the AEQUITAS Lab! Before that, I earned my Masterās degrees from both Teachers College (majoring in Learning Analytics) and Beijing Normal University (majoring in STEM Curriculum and Pedagogy), where I was advised by Prof. Ping Zhang.
With a background that bridges cognitive science, pedagogy, learning analytics, and artificial intelligence, I study how education is being transformed in the age of AI. My research focuses on developing AI-based approaches to understand and improve postsecondary curricula and instruction
Recently, I am working on two interconnected directions:
- Examining the systemic impact of AI on higher education. I explore how the rise of AI is reshaping educational goals and instructional practices through institutional-level data analysis to capture and understand these shifts at scale.
- Evaluating AIED tools from a learning sciences perspective. Iām interested in developing learning science-based evaluation frameworks and approaches for AIED tools, with a focus on their pedagogical capabilities.
Along the way, Iāve also developed a side interest in exploring AI as research tool, exploring how human-AI collaboration can enhance educational research.
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- 2025.07 ā I will attend AIED, EDM, and L@S in July 2025 in Perlamo, Italy. Happy to connect if you'll be there too!
- 2025.04 ā I will give an online talk as a Guest Speaker and Panelist at the Educational Technology Sub-Forum of the 16th China Education Symposium at Harvard University.
- 2025.03 ā I will give an online talk as a Guest Speaker at the AI Application Sub-Forum of Columbia University Teachers College China-US Education Forum.
- 2025.03 ā I will present a collection of work from our lab at the AI in Education: Research and Practice session, part of the Columbia AI Summit.
- 2024.11 ā Our paper āIntersectional inequalities in asynchronous academic communicationā won Best Student Paper Awards at SCiP 2024š.
- 2024.09 ā I will start my PhD in Cognitive Science at Teachers College, Columbia University!