I am really bad with "about me" sections. I always thought I was being charming when I wrote it, only to end up cringing when I read it later.

The basics: I am a Ph.D. candidate in social psychology at UC Davis. I grew up in China and went to college in Massachusetts. I miss the East Coast, but I have come to love the West Coast too (Ocean! Sun! Food!).

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I travel and I like meeting people. Like most folks on this site, right?

Centres d'intérêt

Dance, music, reading, traveling, and being endlessly curious. I have a really low threshold of interest. I once read a table of sunrise and sunset times from an almanac and decided the best way to spend the next two hours is to graph and model the dataset.

• arts
• dancing
• education
• reading
• traveling
• music
• psychology
• science

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

This is where I casually mention that I used to write film reviews for a newspaper to impress people.

At the moment I am...
...listening to pop music;
...reading "The War for Empathy" by Jamil Zaki;
...watching "The Americans (Season 6)."

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I was a minor celebrity at age 12 after appearing on a nationally broadcasted public speaking competition. I danced semi-professionally.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I love talking and thinking about human mind and behavior in a broad sense. My liberal arts education has given me a broad range of academic interests and experience. I can share my research on what you think you like (e.g., "I like intelligence in a romantic partner") and how different that might be from what actually drives your liking (e.g., "Does intelligence actually characterize your past romantic partners?").

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Curiosity, cooking, and casual conversations.

Pays que j'ai visités

Canada, Laos, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

China, United States