Chia-Jung Tsay

Chia-Jung Tsay is an Associate Professor in the UCL School of Management. Her research examines the psychological processes that influence decision making and interpersonal perception in performance contexts. She investigates the role of expertise and nonconscious biases in professional selection and advancement. 

Tsay graduated Phi Beta Kappa with an A.B. in Psychology and an A.M. in History of Science from Harvard University. In other professional experience, as a classical pianist, Tsay has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the U.S. Embassy. She holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where she later served as faculty. Tsay received a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Psychology with a secondary Ph.D. field in Music from Harvard University, and previously taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Research

Tsay’s work has been published in academic journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and volumes such as the Academy of Management Annals, the SIOP Frontier series, and the Frontiers in Social Psychology series. Tsay has been recognized as an Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star, and her primary stream of research examines the impact of visual information on judgment about performance.

Tsay's research has been featured in media outlets including ABC, APA Monitor, Ars Technica, the Atlantic, Australian, BBC, Boston Globe, Business Insider, CBC, Economist, Daily Mail, Der Spiegel, Der Standard, Deutsche Welle, Die Presse, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Discover Magazine, El País, Fast Company, Financial Times, Forbes, Fox Business, Gramophone, Haaretz, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Gazette, Huffington Post, International Business Times, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Le Soir, Le Temps, Los Angeles Times, Nature, NBC, New York Magazine, NPR, Psychology Today, Radio France, Salon, Scientific American, Slate, Strad, Telegraph, TIME, Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and WirtschaftsWoche.

Companies

• Bruce and Janice Ellig Professor in Management University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021)
• Associate Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021)
• Associate Professor UCL (2017)
• Assistant Professor University College London (2012 — 2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor The Wharton School (2014 — 2015)
• Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellow Harvard Law School (2011 — 2012)
• Faculty The Peabody Conservatory (2006 — 2007)

Academic Background

• 2012 Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University
• 2009 Master of Arts Harvard University
• 2006 Master of Music Johns Hopkins University
• 2004 Bachelor of Arts Harvard University
• 2004 Master of Arts Harvard University