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Chu Chu

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Contact Information

Psych 236

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence Tools

  • Natural language processing and machine learning methods
  • Equitable career guidance chatbot
  • Compare AI-based assessment tools and traditional survey instruments

Person-Job (P-J) Fit

  • Vocational interest measurement
  • Whole-person approach to fit assessment
  • Predictive validity of P-J fit for work and life outcomes

Individual Difference Development and Change

  • Interests, personality, life goals, work values
  • Longitudinal methods (e.g., longitudinal growth curve modeling)
  • Predictive validity of trait development for work and life outcomes

Education

Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in I/O Psychology with Minor in Quantitative Psychology (May 2024, expected)

  • Dissertation title: Development of an AI-powered Career Guidance Chatbot Prototype
  • Dissertation committee members: James Rounds (Chair), Fred Oswald, R. Chris Fraley, Bo Zhang, Kevin Hoff, Tianjun Sun
  • Anticipated date of dissertation defense: May 2024

M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (May 2021)

B.S. in Statistics and I/O Psychology (awarded with High Distinction; December 2017) 

Grants

Meredith P. Crawford Fellowship, Human Resource Research Organization 2023

  • Amount: $12,000

SIOP Small Grant, Society of Industrial Organizational Psychologists 2023 

  • Amount: $10,000. Topic: Development and Validation of an AI Career Guidance Chatbot
  • PI: Chu, Chu. Co-PI: Tianjun, Sun; Bo, Zhang

Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development 2022

  • Amount: $1500. Topic: Designing an AI-Powered Career Guidance Chatbot Prototype
  • PI: Chu, Chu.

Courses Taught

PSYC 455: Organizational PsychologyInstructor (Online) (Spring 2021)

PSYC 201: Intro to Social Psychology – (Instructor Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)

PSYC 468: Psychology and Law Teaching Assistant (Online) (Fall 2020 – Fall 2021)

Statistical Software Workshops – Instructor (Spring 2022 – Fall 2022)

Highlighted Publications

Chu, C., Russell, M., Hoff, K.A., Phan, W. M. J., & Rounds, J.  (2022). What do interest inventories measure? The convergence and content validity of four RIASEC inventories. Journal of Career Assessment. (Impact factor: 3.2)

Hoff, K. A., Einarsdóttir, S., Chu, C., Briley, D. A., & Rounds, J. (2021). Personality changes predict early career outcomes: Discovery and replication in 12-year longitudinal studies. Psychological Science, 32(1), 64-79. (Impact factor: 10.172)

Hoff, K. A., Chu, C., Einarsdóttir, S., Briley, D. A., Hanna, A., & Rounds, J. (2021) Adolescent vocational interests predict early career success: Two 12-year longitudinal studies. Applied Psychology: An International Review. (Impact factor: 7.2)

Palid, O., Cashdollar, S., Deangelo, S., Chu, C., Bates, M. (2023) Inclusion in practice: A systematic review of diversity-focused STEM programming in the United States. International Journal of STEM Education. (Impact factor: 5.789)