Shuyan Zhou

Shuyan Zhou is a PhD student in Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Laws in Sociology from Renmin University of China. Her research interests include cultural sociology, gender, science, technology/knowledge, and economic sociology. She's particularly interested in examining the societal impacts of AI on women's life chances through cultural processes of evaluation, including algorithmic ranking and rating. She uses both qualitative and computational methods.