I am really bad with "about me" sections. I always thought I was being charming when I wrote it, only to end up cringing when I read it later.

The basics: I am a Ph.D. candidate in social psychology at UC Davis. I grew up in China and went to college in Massachusetts. I miss the East Coast, but I have come to love the West Coast too (Ocean! Sun! Food!).

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I travel and I like meeting people. Like most folks on this site, right?

兴趣

Dance, music, reading, traveling, and being endlessly curious. I have a really low threshold of interest. I once read a table of sunrise and sunset times from an almanac and decided the best way to spend the next two hours is to graph and model the dataset.

• arts
• dancing
• education
• reading
• traveling
• music
• psychology
• science

音乐、电影和书籍

This is where I casually mention that I used to write film reviews for a newspaper to impress people.

At the moment I am...
...listening to pop music;
...reading "The War for Empathy" by Jamil Zaki;
...watching "The Americans (Season 6)."

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I was a minor celebrity at age 12 after appearing on a nationally broadcasted public speaking competition. I danced semi-professionally.

教，学，和分享

I love talking and thinking about human mind and behavior in a broad sense. My liberal arts education has given me a broad range of academic interests and experience. I can share my research on what you think you like (e.g., "I like intelligence in a romantic partner") and how different that might be from what actually drives your liking (e.g., "Does intelligence actually characterize your past romantic partners?").

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Curiosity, cooking, and casual conversations.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Laos, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

China, United States