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TINGTING LIU
Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Add: 3044 East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Tel.: (734)747-3341 | Email: tingtliu@umich.edu
EDUCATION
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Psychology (Ph.D.), Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area, Department of Psychology | Dec. 2017 – Aug. 2020 |
| Graduate Data Science Certificate | Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2019 |
| Psychology (M.S.), Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area, Department of Psychology | Sept. 2015 – Dec. 2017 |
| Renmin University of China | Beijing, China |
| Basic Psychology (M.Ed.) | Sept. 2012 – July 2015 |
| Sichuan University | Chengdu, China |
| Major: Computer Science and Technology (B.Eng.) | Sept. 2008 – July 2012 |
| Minor: Human Resource Management (B.M.S.) | Mar. 2010 – Jan. 2012 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| Consumer Behaviors, Evolutionary Psychology, Motivation & Emotion, Close Relationships |
| Pro-social Behaviors, Risk-taking Behaviors, Decision-making, Hoarding, Cognition & Neuroscience |
PUBLICATIONS
| Liu, T., Vickers, B.D., Seidler, R.D., Preston, S.D., (in preparation). Neural correlates of the drive to save valued possessions in a novel decision task. |
| Liu, T., Ackerman, J., Preston, S.D., (in preparation). Dissociating Compulsive Washing and Hoarding Through Emotions and Appraisals. |
| Preston, S.D., Liu, T., Danienta, N. (in preparation). Neoteny: The Adaptive Attraction toward “Cuteness” Across Ages and Domains. |
| Xing, C., Liu, T., Zhang, X. (2015). Pro-social Behaviors in Emergencies: Mating Motives Change Men and Women’s Heroic Helping Tendencies Differently. Journal of Psychological Science. 38(1), 172-178. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C. (2015). Does He or She Make You a Shopaholic? Mating Motives Elicit Conspicuous Consumption. Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference Proceeding. |
| Ma, Y., Qu, C., Liu, T., Yang, N., Tang, C. (2012). Searching Similar Trajectories in Real Time: An Effectiveness and Eciency Study. Web-Age Information Management (pp. 90-102). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. |
| Duan, L., Tang, C., Zuo, J., Peng, J., Liu, T., Gou, C. (2011). Self-study Algorithm for Filtering Chinese Text Content through Two Layers in Web Real-time Environment. Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science & Technology, 5(8), 695-706. |
| Wang, X., Liu, T., Fu, R. (2010). The Design of Time Management System for College Youth Volunteer Service. Software Guide, 9(7), 92-93. |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
| Liu, T., Shackelford, T., Scott. R., Preston, S.D. (2020). Conspicuous Consumption in Committed Relationships: A Signal of Relationship Dissatisfaction by Heterosexual Men. Talk at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, New Orlean, LA, USA. |
| Symposium Chair of Why We Buy: Novel Insights from Evolutionary Consumer Psychology at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, New Orlean, LA, USA. |
| Liu, T., Shackelford, T., Scott. R., Preston, S.D. (2019). Conspicuous Consumption in Close Relationships: A Signal of Relationship Satisfaction by Heterosexual Men. Developmental talk at Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area forum, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. |
| Liu, T., Ackerman, J., Preston, S.D. (2018). Dissociating Compulsive Hoarding and Washing Through Emotions and Appraisals. Poster at The Emotion Preconference at the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Atlanta, GA, USA. |
| Liu, T., Ackerman, J., Preston, S.D. (2017). Washing and hoarding: How Emotions and Their Targets of Concern Predict Diverging Responses. Blitz talk at University of Michigan’s Jaffe Symposium on Security and Scarcity, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. |
| Liu, T., Ackerman, J., Preston, S.D. (2017). Washing and hoarding: How Emotions and Their Targets of Concern Predict Diverging Responses. Developmental talk at Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area forum, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. |
| Liu, T., Ackerman, J., Preston, S.D. (2017). Cleanliness or Clutter: How Emotions and Their Targets of Concern Predict Diverging Responses. Poster at The Emotion Preconference at the 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, San Antonio, TX, USA. |
| Liu, T., Vickers, B., Seidler R., Preston, S.D. (2016). Don’t throw that away! People work to save valued items from being discarded. Poster at the 28th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C., Zhang, X., Fung, H. H., Yang, M. (2015). Time Flies When Watching Negative Faces: Emotions Color Time Perception in Older Adults Oppositely. Oral Presentation at U.S. – Hong Kong 2015 Conference, Hong Kong, China. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C., Zhang, X., Fung, H. H., Yang, M. (2014). How Emotions Influence Time Perception in Older Adults. Oral Presentation at the 17th National Academic Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C., Zhang, X., Fung, H. H., Yang, M. (2014). Happy Times are Longer When We are Older: Emotions Affect Time Perception in Older Adults. Oral Presentation at the International Symposium on Psychology of Aging, Beijing, China. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C. (2014). Emergency Helping Altered: Romantic Mindset Makes Men and Women’s Tendency Opposite. Poster at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas, USA. |
| Xing, C., Liu, T. (2014). The Effect of Mating Motivation on Men’s Risk-Taking Tendency: Relationship Experience Matters. Poster at the 2014 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Austin, Texas, USA. |
| Liu, T., Xing, C. (2013). Does He or She Make You a Shopaholic? Mating Motives Elicit Conspicuous Consumption. Oral Presentation at the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. |
| Xing, C., Sun, J., Liu, T., Zhang, X. (2013). Prosocial Behaviors in Emergencies: Mating Motive Change Men and Women’s Helping Tendencies Differently. Oral Presentation at the 2013 Chinese Economic Society Annual Conference, Chengdu, China. |
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
| Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan ($800) | 2020 |
| Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship ($10,890) | 2020 |
| Evolution and Human Adaptation Program Research Award, University of Michigan ($1,000) | 2019 |
| Barbara Perry Roberson Fellowship, University of Michigan ($2,000) | 2019 |
| Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan ($2,978) | 2019 |
| ISR-Rackham Summer Training Award, University of Michigan ($3,700) | 2018 |
| Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan ($800) | 2018 |
| Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan ($800) | 2017 |
| Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan ($800) | 2016 |
| Fully Funded Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan | 2015-2020 |
| China National Scholarship for Graduate Student ($3,000, Top 0.2%) | 2015 |
| Outstanding Graduate Student of Renmin University of China | 2014-2015 |
| First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Renmin Univ. of China ($1,800) | 2014-2015 |
| Outstanding Graduate Student of Renmin University of China | 2013-2014 |
| First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Renmin Univ. of China ($1,800) | 2013-2014 |
| Outstanding Graduate Student of Renmin University of China | 2012-2013 |
| First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Renmin Univ. of China ($1,800) | 2012-2013 |
| Stars of School of Computer Science, Sichuan University (Top 6/430) | 2012 |
| 2008-2009 Outstanding Volunteer, Sichuan University | 2009 |
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
| ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI | 2018 |
| Summer Program provides rigorous, hands-on training in statistical techniques, research methodologies, and data analysis. | |
| Training Course in fMRI, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | 2016 |
| Summer intensive course on fMRI methods and analysis. | |
| Teaching Academy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | 2015 |
| Semester-long course on best practices for teaching as a Graduate Student Instructor. | |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Instructor | |
| Psych 402-004: Evolutionary Consumer Psychology | Jan. 2019 – Apr. 2019 |
| Graduate Student Instructor | |
| Psych 111: Introduction to Psychology (with Dr. James Hoeffner) | Jan. 2018 – Apr. 2018 |
| Psych 240: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (with Dr. Taraz Lee) | Sept. 2017 – Dec. 2017 |
| Psych 240: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (with Dr. James Hoeffner) | Jan. 2017 – Apr. 2017 |
| Psych 240: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (with Dr. Thad Polk) | Sept. 2016 – Dec. 2016 |
| Psych 240: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (with Dr. Nick Ellis) | Jan. 2016 – Apr. 2016 |
| Renmin University of China | Beijing, China |
| Teaching Assistant | |
| Psychology of Chinese People (with Dr. Helene Fung) | July 2013 |
SERVICE
| Departmental Associate for Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area | 2019-2020 |
| Department of Psychology, University of Michigan | |
| Graduate Student Leadership Council member | 2019-2020 |
| Department of Psychology, University of Michigan | |
| Admission Committee for Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area | 2018-2019 |
| Department of Psychology, University of Michigan | |
| Committee member | 2017-2019 |
| Young Chinese Association for Personality & Social Psychology | |
| Social Committee for Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area | 2017-2018 |
| Department of Psychology, University of Michigan |
SKILLS & CREDENTIALS
| Research & Stats: R, SPSS, Survey Design & Analysis, E-Prime, fMRI Analysis in SPM, Matlab |
| CS & Software: SQL, Tableau, Python, Latex, Photoshop, EndNote, Lightroom |
| Certification: Certificated National Psychological Counselor in China (Level II) |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
| Society for Personality and Social Psychology |
| Association for Psychological Science |
| Young Chinese Association for Personality & Social Psychology |