Helen Huiting Zheng

PhD Student, Psychology & Neuroscience

Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA

Helen Huiting Zheng Headshot

About Me

I am a PhD student at the Morality Lab in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Boston College. My research focuses on how people perceive emerging technologies, such as AI agents, and how these artifacts impact human moral reasoning. Ultimately, I am interested in exploring how new technologies can be leveraged to creatively solve longstanding problems and promote human flourishing.

Education

PhD Student, Psychology & Neuroscience

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

2024 – present

Master of Liberal Arts, Psychology

Harvard Extension School (Cambridge, MA)

2024

Bachelor of Management, Financial Management

Fudan University (Shanghai, China)

2014

Publications & Research

Preprint

In God We Trust, In AI We Ask: Religiosity and Moral Advice Seeking in the AI Age

Zheng, H. H., Law, K. F., Haman, S., DeSteno, D., & Young, L. (PsyArXiv)

2026
View Preprint → View Repo → View Project Site →

Presentations

Conference Presentations

Presentation

An Open Conversation on the Morality of AI Use in Higher Education

PennGSE AI & Education Symposium, Philadelphia, PA

Apr 2026 Event Site →
Poster

Moral Reasoning with AI Chatbots: Choices, Perceptions, and Value Alignment

SPSP 2026 Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (w/ S. Haman, S. Koc, S. Anzellotti, & L. Young)

Feb 2026
Workshop

Building Free-Form Data Pipelines for Human-AI Conversations in Surveys

SPSP 2026 Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (w/ S. Haman & S. Koc)

Feb 2026 View Repo →
Data Blitz

In God We Trust, In AI We Ask: Religiosity and Moral Advice-Seeking in the Digital Age

Psychology of Religion & Spirituality Preconference, SPSP 2026 Chicago, IL (w/ S. Haman, K. F. Law, & L. Young)

Feb 2026

Invited Talks

Colloquium Speaker

What Can and Cannot Gen-AI Do for Our Morality

Colloquium on AI as Moral Advisor, Religious Studies Department, Knox College

Feb 2026
Panel

Outsourcing Judgment: Exploring AI’s Role in Moral Decision-Making

BC Talks AI: Innovate with Integrity, Boston College

May 2025
Poster

Divine Guidance or Digital Counsel? Investigating the Relationship Between Religiosity and AI Advice-Seeking

BC Talks AI: Innovate with Integrity, Boston College (w/ K. F. Law & L. Young)

May 2025
Guest Speaker

Divine Guidance or Digital Counsel? Investigating the Association Between Religiosity and AI Advice-Seeking

Crockett Lab, Princeton University

Apr 2025
Guest Speaker

Moral AI Agent

PSYC5543: The Psychology of Morality, Boston College (w/ L. Gaitan)

Feb 2025

Academic & Professional Experience

Graduate Assistant

Center for Digital Innovation in Learning, Boston College

2025

Research Assistant

Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab, Harvard University

2023 – 2024

APAC Finance Transformation Manager

VF Corporations (Shanghai, China)

2021 – 2022

Senior Project Manager

SOCIAL SUPPLY (Shanghai, China)

2019 – 2020

Senior Data Analyst

ele.me (Shanghai, China)

2018 – 2019

Senior Consultant

EY Advisory (Shanghai, China)

2014 – 2018

Volunteer & Service Experience

Annual Convention Review Board Member

The Society for Personality and Social Psychology

2025 – Present

Editor

Application Statement Feedback Program

2024 – Present

Peer Mentor

Pre-Doctoral Mentorship Program at Boston College

2024 – Present

Reviewer

Marginalia Science Conference

2025 – Present

Student Research Symposium Judge and Reviewer

The Virginia Junior Academy of Science

2023 – 2024

Operations Manager (Appointed Member of Operations & Risk Board)

Shanghai Sunrise

2020 – 2021

Event Manager

Shanghai Sunrise

2019 – 2020

Academic Honors

Clough Center Doctoral Fellowship

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

2024

Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award

Harvard Extension School (Cambridge, MA)

2024

Baden-Württemberg Stipendium

Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (Stuttgart, Germany)

2012

ST Engineering Fellowship

ST Engineering (Singapore)

2010