name: xiaomeng hu
address: department of psychology, renmin university of china
room 903, hui xian building, 50 zhongguancun street, haidian district, beijing, 100872, china
email: xiaomenghu@ruc.edu.cn
work experience
september 2020 - present
lecturer/assistant professor, department of psychology, renmin university of china
may 2018 - may 2020
postdoctoral researcher/assistant researcher, department of psychology, tsinghua university
collaborative supervisor: professor kaiping peng
education
september 2014 - june 2017
ph.d. in psychology, rutgers, the state university of new jersey, usa
september 2011 - june 2014
m.s. in psychology, rutgers, the state university of new jersey, usa
september 2008 - june 2011
m.ed. in education, beijing normal university, china
september 2004 - june 2008
b.s. in psychology, beijing normal university, china
research areas
cultural psychology: focus on how different cultural backgrounds and contexts shape individuals' psychology and behavior.
moral psychology: explore individual differences in moral judgment and behavior, cultural variations, and temporal changes.
international students: investigate how multicultural experiences reconstruct the psychology and behavior of international students.
honors and awards
2020-2022
renmin university of china young distinguished scholar support program
2018-2020
tsinghua university postdoctoral support program overseas project scholarship
2011-2015
china scholarship council scholarship for ph.d. study abroad
2010
outstanding graduate student award, beijing normal university
2008
third prize in the national "challenge cup" extracurricular academic science and technology works competition for college students
2007-2008
outstanding student cadre, beijing municipal committee of the communist youth league
2007
first prize in the beijing municipal "challenge cup" extracurricular academic science and technology works competition
2004-2007
social work award, beijing normal university
plublications
journal articles (first author or corresponding author)
li, h. x., & hu, x*. (2022). dialectical thinking is linked with smaller left nucleus accumbens and right amygdala. frontiers in psychology, 13, 760489-760489.
hu, x.*, wang, y., liao, s., & peng, k. (2021). do experiences studying abroad promote dialectical thinking? empirical evidence from chinese international students. frontiers in psychology, 1966.
yu, f., peng, k. and hu, x*. (2020), knowledge is money: do people think cultural capital can be transformed into economic value? psych journal. doi:10.1002/pchj.387
hu, x., zhu, y., yu, f., wilder, d.a., zhang, l., chen, s.x. and peng, k*. (2020) a cross-cultural examination on global orientations and moral foundations. psych journal, 9: 108-117. doi:10.1002/pchj.315
hu, x., chen, s, zhang, l, yu, f, peng, k* and liu, l.* (2018) do chinese traditional and modern cultures affect young adults’ moral priorities? frontiers in psychology 9:1799.
zhou, x. , yang, q. and hu, x* (2018), when money meets morality: human universals and cultural differences. psych journal, 7: 105-106. doi:10.1002/pchj.213
hu, x.*, kim, a., siwek, n., and wilder, d. (2017). the facebook paradox: effects of facebooking on individuals’ social relationships and psychological well-being. frontiers in psychology 8:87.
hu, x.*, chen, y. (2010). psychology and micro-blogging: self-presentation, social interaction and social culture. proceedings of 2nd ieee symposium on web society, 71 -76
chinese journal articles (first author or corresponding author)
teng, y., zhang, h., zhao, s., peng, k., & hu, x. (2023).* multicultural experiences enhance human altruistic behavior towards robots. acta psychologica sinica.
wang, y., teng, y., peng, k., & hu, x. (2022).* factors influencing the psychological health of overseas chinese students during the covid-19 pandemic and intervention strategies. applied psychology.
hu, x.*, peng, k., & chen, x. (2021). cultural psychology interpretation of the globalization paradox. applied psychology.
guo, y., & hu, x. (2021).* seeking truth, serving others, attaining freedom. exploration in psychology, 2, 186-192.
liao, s., ding, f., xu, e., hu, p., & hu, x. (2021).* from "study abroad fever" to "return wave": psychological and behavioral effects of reverse cultural shock on returnees. applied psychology, 27(3), 204-214.
hu, x., han, y., yu, f.*, & peng, k. (2021). the dual-edged sword effect of multicultural experiences: psychological consequences and boundary conditions. applied psychology.
yu, f., xu, l., han, t., liu, z., qian, x., peng, k., & hu, x. (2020).* moral rhythm: changes in moral motivation per minute based on sina weibo. chinese science bulletin (0023-074x).
hu, x., yu, f., & peng, k. (2018).* how does culture influence morality? perspectives from intercultural variation, intragroup variation, and multiculturalism. advances in psychological science, 26(11), 2081-2090.
books
hu, xiaomeng (ed.). (2022). how psychology shapes the world. tsinghua university press.
hu, xiaomeng. (2023). cultural psychology and life. tsinghua university press.
hu, xiaomeng (trans.). (2024). social psychology and human nature. renmin university of china press.
hu, xiaomeng et al. (trans., 2024). reflections: memoirs. renmin university of china press.
hu, xiaomeng (ed.). (2024). chatting with psychology giants. jieteng culture publishing company.
research grants
innovation fund, department of psychology, renmin university of china
project: the moral status of generative artificial intelligence
duration: september 2023 - september 2024
status: ongoing
role: principal investigator
interdisciplinary platform of philosophy and cognition, renmin university of china
project: does virtue enhance well-being?
duration: september 2022 - august 2023
status: ongoing
role: principal investigator
new faculty start-up project, renmin university of china
project: how multicultural experiences reshape moral judgments
duration: january 2021 - january 2023
status: ongoing
role: principal investigator
positive psychology fund, china
project: does multicultural experience enhance dialectical thinking?
duration: june 2019 - june 2020
grant: 100,000 rmb
status: completed
role: principal investigator
major project of national social science fund, china
project: study on cognitive differences in thinking modes from the perspective of sino-western cultural comparison
duration: november 2019 - october 2024
grant: 800,000 rmb
status: ongoing
role: participant
university of konstanz project, germany
project: cross-cultural dining: tradition and modernity
duration: october 2017 - june 2019
grant: 500,000 rmb
status: completed
role: participant
apple inc. project, usa
project: aesthetic cultural differences in selfies among apple users
duration: october 2018 - october 2020
grant: 500,000 rmb
status: completed
role: participant
academic conferences
hu, x. (2022). the three beauties of cultural psychology (keynote speech). annual conference of cultural psychology, chinese psychological society, renmin university, beijing.
teng, y., hu, x. (2022).* how to capture moral behaviors? from lab to everyday life. annual conference of cultural psychology, chinese psychological society, renmin university, beijing.
hu, x. (2021). culture, morality, and cognitive systems: human universals and cultural differences. inaugural youth forum, chinese society of social psychology.
hu, x. (2021). culture, morality, and cognitive systems: human universals and cultural differences. 23rd annual conference of the chinese psychological society, inner mongolia normal university.
hu, x., yu, f., peng, k. (2019).* do multicultural experiences promote more open-minded psychological processes and behavioral patterns? (oral presentation). first annual conference of cultural psychology, chinese psychological society, renmin university, beijing.
hu, x., yu, f., peng, k. (2019).* do multicultural experiences promote more open-minded psychological processes and behavioral patterns? (oral presentation). 11th cross-strait psychologists academic symposium special forum, nanjing university, nanjing.
hu, x., chen, s., yu, f., wilder, d., peng, k. (2019). moral foundations in a globalizing world: preliminary evidence from chinese and american cultures (oral presentation). 22nd national conference on psychology, hangzhou normal university.
hu, x., chen, s., yu, f., wilder, d., peng, k. (2018). mapping out morality in a globalizing world (oral presentation). tsinghua university's 107th anniversary celebration – positive psychology youth forum, tsinghua university, beijing.
hu, x., chen, s., yu, f., wilder, d., peng, k. (2017). exploring the link between global orientations and endorsements of moral foundations (oral presentation). annual meeting of social psychology committee, chinese psychological society, fuzhou university, fuzhou.
hu, x., chen, s., yu, f., wilder, d., peng, k. (2017). mapping out morality in a globalizing world (oral presentation). cultural psychology summit forum, renmin university, beijing.
hu, x., yu, f., wu, s., stevens, s., liu, l. (2016). "justice or relationship": the symbolic power of traditional culture on moral judgments (poster presentation). 17th annual meeting of the society for personality and social psychology, san diego, california, u.s.
hu, x., zhou, c., & liu, l. (2014). "when justice is not desirable": the symbolic power of traditional culture on moral judgment (oral presentation). 15th biennial conference of international society for justice research, new york, ny, u.s.
hu, x., kim, a., siwek, n., wilder, d. (2013). facebook paradox? the effects of facebooking on individuals’ social relationships and psychological well-being (poster presentation). 15th annual meeting of the society for personality and social psychology, austin, texas, u.s.
hu, x., liu, l. (2009). advances and future prospects of cultural psychology (oral presentation). 12th national psychology academic conference, shandong normal university, jinan.
hu, x. (2009). construction of the competence characteristics model of college student volunteers in the 2008 beijing olympics (conference abstract). beijing social psychology society annual conference, peking university, beijing.
professional memberships
member, international association for cross-cultural psychology
committee member, cultural psychology special committee, chinese psychological society
member, society for personality and social psychology (spsp)
member, society for the teaching of psychology (stp)
member, association for psychological science (aps)
journal reviewer
journal of cross-cultural psychology (guest editor)
journal of experimental social psychology
asian journal of social psychology
acta psychologica sinica
advances in psychological science
psychological science
professional apointments
since 2023: deputy director, cultural science research center, school of social sciences, tsinghua university
january 2017 - present: founder and editor-in-chief, psychology new youth
january 2018 - present: scientific consultant, documentary "happiness lab"
february 2013 - present: founder and chairman, chinese young scholars association of personality and social psychology
september 2008 - june 2010: secretary, beijing social psychology society
april 2007 - april 2008: participant, beijing municipal committee of the communist youth league's new century talents school
september 2006 - june 2007: vice chairman, student union of beijing normal university
september 2005 - june 2007: editor-in-chief, college journal my university, beijing normal university
domestic/international collaborators
professor kaiping peng
department of psychology, school of social sciences, tsinghua university
address: room 501, weiqing building, tsinghua university, haidian district, beijing
email:
professor xinyue zhou
department of marketing, school of management, zhejiang university
address: room 905-02, school of management, zijingang campus, zhejiang university
email:
researcher huajian cai
institute of psychology, chinese academy of sciences
address: no. 16, lin cui road, chaoyang district, beijing
email:
professor xiaohua chen
department of applied social sciences
the hong kong polytechnic university
address: hj410 department of applied social sciences, the hong kong polytechnic university, hung hom, kowloon, hong kong
email:
professor guannan lu
mit sloan school of management
massachusetts institute of technology
address: 100 main street, cambridge, ma 02142
email:
professor feng yu
department of psychology, school of philosophy
wuhan university
address: zhenhua building, wuhan university, wuchang district, wuhan, hubei province
email: