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 Jason Thatcher and Jaehwuen Jung.
Research Interests
- Video-sharing platform
- Creator economy and Influencer marketing
- Generative artificial intelligence (AI)
Research Methodologies
- Econometrics
- Feild experiment
Working Papers
- Meixian Wang, Jaehwuen Jung “A Comparative Analysis of Human and Virtual Influencers: Identifying Key Features Driving Virtual Influencer Impact and Potential Replacement”
Drafting. Target: Information Systems Research. - 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”
Under first-round review at Information Systems Research - Meixian Wang, Guohou Shan, 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
- David Schuff, Susan Mudambi, Meixian Wang “Understanding Review Bombing and Its Effect on Online Review Aggregators.” HICSS 2023.
- Meixian Wang, Guohou Shan, Jason Bennett Thatcher “AI versus Human? Investigating the heterogeneous effect of Online Shopping Living Streamers.” In AMCIS 2022 Proceedings. (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
- 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