Xinyi Wang

Hi! I’m a Ph.D. candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. My research interests are at the intersection of health, brain, and behavior. My research focuses on (1) curiosity and ways to enhance curiosity towards accurate health information, particularly for vulnerable populations who are most at risk for misperceptions and (2) the dynamic interplay between internal processes (e.g., within-person fluctuations of emotions and cognitions) and external influences (e.g., social influence, social relationships) in health behavior. I leverage intensive-longitudinal, neuroscientific, and computational methodologies to understand these questions.

Education
M.A. Statistics and Data Science (2024) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication (2020) University of Wisconsin-Madison.
B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication (2018) University of Wisconsin-Madison.