Yilin Wang
Assistant Professor Of Psychology at University of Toronto
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolYilin Wang is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto with a decade of research and teaching experience in social psychology, specializing in social perception, bias, and decision-making. Trained at UC Davis (MA, PhD), Yilin has led experimental programs from undergraduate honors work on racial bias in lie detection to doctoral research and current faculty projects, combining rigorous psychometric methods with programmatic experiment design. Her background spans academic, community, and policy-adjacent roles—from grassroots qualitative research with marginalized communities to large-scale participant recruitment and quantitative analysis—giving her a rare fluency in mixed methods. Based in Toronto, she brings both scholarly depth and practical experience translating findings into accessible timelines, databases, and community-facing outputs, reflecting a commitment to rigorous science that informs social change.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Dance, Dance at Mount Holyoke CollegeHigh School, High School at Shenzhen Experimental SchoolMandatory Education Diploma, Mandatory Education Diploma at Shenzhen Middle SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Social Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Social Psychology at University of California, DavisBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, 3.85/4.00, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, 3.85/4.00, Magna Cum Laude at Amherst College
English, Chinese, Spanish, FrenchGithub contributions (5)
yilinandrewang/pwrSEM
May 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 release, 18 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 9 months
yilinandrewang/covariate-simulations
May 2016 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
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