Summary
Shu Hu is a Ph.D. student at Georgia State University's Media Comprehension Lab researching film and narrative comprehension under Prof. Joseph Magliano, combining psychology and computational methods. With nine years of experience and a strong academic foundation in computer science, mathematics, and psychology (B.S., 3.95), Shu bridges technical engineering and experimental design to study how audiences perceive stories. Past roles include building a Django/Vue/MySQL medical records demo and frontend experiments with jsPsych on Gorilla, showing fluency across full-stack web development and behavioral research tools. Shu also ran a Minecraft server project, demonstrating hands-on systems management and community engagement outside academia. Based in Atlanta, Shu blends rigorous quantitative training with practical software engineering to prototype research platforms that scale.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Psychology, 3.95, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Psychology, 3.95 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate of Arts Degree, Computer Science, 3.95, Associate of Arts Degree, Computer Science, 3.95 at Green River Community College