Biography
Meixian(Mei) Wang is a PhD student in information systems management at Fox Business School, Temple University. Before Temple, Wang obtained her master’s degree (Business Analytics and Project Management) at the University of Connecticut. Wang also had six years of working experience in the retail industry (Uniqlo and Adidas) in China.
Wang’s current advisor is Sunil Wattal and Jaehwuen Jung.
Research Interests
- Digital platform
- Creator economy and Influencer marketing
- Generative artificial intelligence (AI)
- Human-AI collaboration
Research Methodologies
- Econometrics
- Field experiment design
- Lab experiment design
Working Papers
- Meixian Wang, Jaehwuen Jung, Ravi Bapna “The Impact of Realism and AI Disclosure on Virtual Influencer Effectiveness: A Large Field Experiment”
Under review. - Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Sunil Wattal “When Prosocial Opportunities Collide: Tipping vs. Charity on Digital Platforms”
Drafing. Target: Information Systems Research. - Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Jason Bennett Thatcher “The Impact of Superstar Exits on Live Streaming E-Commerce Platforms”
Under review - Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Jason Bennett Thatcher “AI versus Human? Investigating the heterogeneous effect of Online Shopping Living Streamers”
Preparing for journal submission. Target: Information Systems Research.
Conference Papers
- Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Sunil Wattal “When Prosocial Opportunities Collide: Tipping vs. Charity on Digital Platforms.” WISE 2024. (Presenter)
- Meixian Wang, Jaehwuen Jung, Ravi Bapna “The Impact of Realism and AI Disclosure on Virtual Influencer Effectiveness: A Large Field Experiment” Platform Strategy Research Symposium 2024 and CIST 2024. (Presenter)
- David Schuff, Susan Mudambi, Meixian Wang “Understanding Review Bombing and Its Effect on Online Review Aggregators.” HICSS 2023.
- Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Jason Bennett Thatcher “AI versus Human? Investigating the heterogeneous effect of Online Shopping Living Streamers.” In AMCIS 2022 and WITS 2024 . (Presenter)
- Meixian Wang, Keran Zhao, Jason Bennett Thatcher “The Absence of ‘Pushing Force’: Examining the Effect of Superstar Streamer’s Exit in Live Streaming E-commerce.” WITS 2022. (Presenter)
Honors and Awards
- 1th Research Advancement And Impact Seedfunding (RAIS) Symposium Award (Temple University), $2000 2024
- 27th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Funding (Temple University), $2000 2023
- 26th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Funding (Temple University), $2300 2023
- Best Paper Award Nomination of Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) 2022
- 25th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Funding (Temple University), $2300 2022
- 24th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Funding (Temple University), $2500, 2022
- 23rd Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Funding (Temple University), $1800, 2021
- Technology Incubation Program Scholarship (University of Connecticut), $5000, 2019
Education
- Ph.D. Student — Management Information Systems, Temple University, 2026(Expected)
- MS — Business Analytics and Project Management, University of Connecticut, 2020