Guangju Wen

Guangju Wen is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Psychology at NYU Shanghai. He was a member of the NYU Shanghai-East China Normal University Joint Training program (N.E.T) where he obtained his PhD degree before joining NYU Shanghai. Dr. Wen's primary research interests lie in the field of sexuality and gender, with a particular focus on evolutionary psychology. His current research aims to explore how the Behavioral Immune System and the Physiological Immune System interplay and their effects on human behavior. He is actively involved in LGBTQ+ studies, particularly in relation to stress and health.

Select Publications

• Wen, G., Zhang, Y., Nyman, T. J., Jern, P., & Santtila, P. (2023). Effects of ginger on disgust, sexual arousal and sexual engagement: A placebo-controlled experiment. The Journal of Sex Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2175191
• Wen, G., Niu, C., Zhang, Y., & Santtila, P. (2023). Bidirectional relationship between sexual arousal and (sex-related) disgust. PloS one, 18(5), e0285596. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285596
• Wen, G., & Zheng, L. (2020a). Relationship status and marital intention among Chinese gay men and lesbians: The influences of minority stress and culture-specific stress. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(2), 681–692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01528-6
• Wen, G., & Zheng, L. (2020b). Facial width to height ratio predicts physical aggression in committed relationships in men and dominance in women in China. Personality and Individual Differences, 157, Article 109832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109832  
• Zheng, L. §, Wen, G., & Zheng, Y. (2018). Butch-femme identity and visuospatial performance among lesbian and bisexual women in China. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(4), 1015–1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1128-9

Education

• PhD, Psychology
  East China Normal University, China

• MS, Psychology
  Southwest University, China 

Research Interests

• Evolutionary psychology

• Behavioral immune system

• LGBTQ+