XIANG ZHENG

Experience

Academic Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University (October 2026-present). Mentor: Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Information, Information School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (September 2021-September 2026). Core member of the Metascience Research Lab.
  • M.S. in Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (December 2023-December 2024).
  • M.A. in Education, School of Education, Tsinghua University, China (August 2018-July 2021).
  • Bachelor of Management; Bachelor of Arts (dual degree), Tsinghua University, China (August 2014-July 2018).
  • Direct Enrollment Education Program, Tohoku University, Japan (October 2016-March 2017).

Teaching

  • Lecturer / Primary Instructor, LIS 407 Data Storytelling with Visualization, Information School, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Summer 2024-Summer 2026). Seven consecutive semesters, with in-person and online instruction using Python, Tableau, and Gephi.
  • Teaching Assistant, LIS 351 Introduction to Digital Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Spring 2022). Instructor: Corey Jackson.
  • Teaching Assistant, LIS 706 Data Mining Planning and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fall 2021). Instructor: Ian Hutchins.

Awards and Honors

  • Best Speaker Award, International Conference on the Science of Science & Innovation (ICSSI), June 2026.
  • Nominee for the 2027 Schmidt Science Fellows, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2026.
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award, Information School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 2026.
  • Best Poster Finalist, iConference, Indiana University Bloomington, March 2025.
  • Humane Studies Fellowship ($5,000), Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, December 2024.
  • Travel Funding Award ($600), ICSSI, June 2023 and July 2024.
  • Student Research Grants Competition Award ($600), University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2023.
  • 1st Prize in Comprehensive Excellent Scholarship, Tsinghua University, December 2019.

Professional Service

  • Program Committee: Wiki Workshop 2025; Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (ATLC) 2025.
  • Session Chair: AI in Education, IC2S2 2024.

Journal Peer Review

  • Interdisciplinary: Science; Nature Human Behaviour; Nature Communications; Science Advances; Communication Medicine; Scientific Data; PLOS ONE; Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
  • Information Science: Scientometrics; Journal of Medical Internet Research; Information Processing and Management; Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology; Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics; Journal of Information Science; Publications.
  • Education: Education Sciences; MedEdPublish; Trends in Higher Education; International Journal of Chinese Education; Teaching of Psychology.
  • General Social Sciences: Discover Global Society; Family Relations; Economies; Genealogy; Psychology of Language and Communication; Social Currents; Journal of Accounting Literature; Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention; Sustainability.

Conference Peer Review

  • iConference 2027.
  • NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on AI-Native Academia.
  • Wiki Workshop 2025 and 2026.
  • International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) 2025.
  • Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (ATLC) 2024.
  • ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) 2024.
  • International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI) 2023.
  • Comparative & International Education Society annual conference (CIES) 2023.