Hi! I'm Xin Hui.
My given name is pronounced Sin-Hway (IPA: [sin hweɪ]); my family name rhymes with Long. My pronouns are they/she.
Emphasizing my love for Sophie De Grouchy. Photograph by Vicky Hu
I'm a PhD student in Philosophy at MIT; previously I was pursuing my PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. More here.
My research straddles social philosophy and decision theory along a central thesis: that inquiry is active and social, a decision that can be used to empower liberatory social movements and collective action towards remediating structural injustice. More here.
I'm the graduate co-director of PIKSI-Boston, and in 2021 I co-organized Wonder Philosophy Pittsburgh. More here.
Before graduate school, I received a B.S. from NYU in Finance, Computing and Data Science, and Philosophy, and worked in Sales & Trading in Hong Kong for two years.
When I'm not glaring at code or reading, I'm usually:
Lifting (I used to be a competitive powerlifter but now dabble in Olympic weightlifting, aka trust falling in the gym)
Playing a board game (currently obsessed with Spirit Island and Wingspan, though Betrayal At House on the Hill remains one of my favourite games)
Roleplaying a caricaturized version of myself in Dungeons & Dragons
usually not all at the same time.