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Prof. Jiaying Zhao, PhD

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
Dept. of Psychology
Faculty of Science
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Environment, Natural Resource Economics, Social / Personality, Sustainability
Expertise

Poverty, sustainability, psychology, cognition, decision making, judgment, perception, attention, learning, sustainable development,

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Jiaying Zhao (She/Her/Hers)
jiayingz@psych.ubc.ca
609–865–4765
http://zhaolab.psych.ubc.ca/
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