Now
PhD student, Social Psychology
University of Michigan, beginning Fall 2026.
Vol. III · Spring 2026
I will be herewith you, myfriends.
Introduction
Xianglu — most call me TJ.
Culture shapes how we understand agency. I'm drawn to the question of whether AI can help us see more clearly — not less.
Previously
Stanford HAI · Columbia Business School
With Dr. Geoffrey Cohen and Dr. Michael Morris.
Research focus
Culturally wise AI interventions
NLP modeling meets field work across East, West, and the Global South — asking how AI can help people find their agency.
§ One
Inquiries
Four threads I keep pulling on. They overlap more than they diverge — each one an attempt to ask what makes a system genuinely human-centered, not just human-shaped.
No. 01
Human Agency × AI
How can AI systems support — not suppress — the human capacity to choose, voice, and act?
No. 02
Voice & Power Dynamics
The psychological architecture of speech, status, and silence inside algorithmic systems.
No. 03
Value Alignment
Designing timely, tailored, targeted interventions that respect ethical and cultural context.
No. 04
Culture & Identity
How narratives and perceived scarcity shape behavior across cultural contexts.
§ Two
Recent dispatches
- 01 · Meta-Analysis
Stanford: AI Depression Detection Meta-Analysis
Meta-analytic evaluation of depression detection from social media data — pooled predictive accuracy and ethical considerations for real-world deployment. Screened 4,361 records, analyzed 67 eligible studies.
Stanford HAI
Accepted at AAAI 2025
- 02 · AI & Psychology
Stanford: Ubiquitous Well-being & Patchable AI
Runtime-adaptive architecture enabling timely, targeted psychological interventions that can be injected without retraining LLMs. Synthesizing ubiquitous computing and intervention science.
Stanford HAI
Feb 2025 – Present
- 03 · AI & Education
Stanford: SheRockets Child-Safe AI
Child-safe, web-based GenAI experience featuring a female engineer tutor for K-12 girls. Discrete-choice conjoint study with 125 parents on AI-powered STEM learning.
Stanford HAI
Feb 2025 – Present
- 04 · AI & Crisis Intervention
Stanford: LLMs for Crisis Detection
Evaluating 30 models across suicide risk detection and dynamic intervention timing. Two-phase evaluation with expert blind review and stakeholder-centered assessment in high-risk contexts.
Stanford HAI
Feb 2025 – Present
- 05 · AI & Negotiation
Columbia: ACE Negotiation Coaching
LLM-based Assistant for Coaching nEgotiation (ACE) with specialized feedback for underrepresented groups. Examining identity salience effects on AI coaching gains.
Columbia Business School
Mar 2024 – Present
§ Three
Chat with Xianglu
Ask me anything about my research, psychology, AI, or just have a casual chat.
Hi there! 👋 I'm Xianglu. Ask me anything about my research, psychology, or just say hi.
§ Four
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