Overview
Her research focuses on the intersection among intergroup relations, social cognition, and human-animal relations. She is especially interested in how social and developmental processes shape our perceptions of humanity and hierarchy. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include evolutionary anthropology, social and developmental psychology, and moral decision making.
She has had papers published in leading academic journals including Developmental Science, Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Conservation Biology, Human Nature, and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. She is a member of the editorial board of Psychology of the Human-Animal Intergroup Relations.
Zhou obtained her Ph.D. degree in evolutionary anthropology from Duke University and a Bachelor degree in psychology at Beijing Normal University. She also holds secondary appointments with Duke University and Wuhan University.
