Linda Chang Email & Phone Number

Los Altos, California, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Research on understanding decision-making biases in organizations and evaluating the effect of various behavioral interventions on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.• Designed and executed 40+ online experiments with human participants• Managed cross-disciplinary teams of 3+ collaborators (including professors, graduate students, research assistants, computer programmers)• 15+ research talks to academic researchers, practitioners, and the general public at international conferences, universities, and local educational events; won the Best Symposium Award at the leading professional organization for management and organization scholars

• Served as a behavioral science expert to uncover and apply behavioral science insights to craft product, communications, and marketing strategy for various health-related projects

New Jersey, United States

• Developed and facilitated curriculum (on topics such as ability status, age, body image, gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, intersectionality, solidarity, empathy) for annual summer youth leadership conference, including large workshops and small group discussions, to explore topics of identity and empower high-school students with skills to manage conflicts and bias• Supported the development of student-driven action plans, engaging in discussions with school representatives to assess feasibility and establish implementation timelines

• Research on bias and discrimination in social decision-making• Designed and executed 30+ online experiments with human participants• 3 papers (all first-authored) published in high-impact journals• Wrote Behavioral Scientist article for non-expert audiences describing findings and applications from my experiments on how to debias hiring• 15+ research talks to academic researchers, practitioners, and general public at international conferences, universities, and local educational events• Won competitive research funding and travel awards from the NSF, professional societies, and university agencies

• Won a teaching award (awarded for high teaching evaluations; 4.7/5) for a research methods course (Methods of Behavioral Research) where I lectured, reviewed course material, and supervised student-driven experiments in 2.5-hour lab sections

• Research in comparative cognition with various non-human species (Cebus apella, Rhesus macaques, Canis familiaris, Canis dingo)• 3 published papers• Managed and coordinated multiple research teams that included postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates and three summer internship research programs for the Comparative Cognition Lab and Canine Cognition Center• Presented research and coordinated media visits to the Canine Cognition Center at Yale for groups ranging from elementary school classes, Yale Development Office, to national (NBC Nightly News) and local (WSFB, WTNH) media

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Cognitive Science

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