Qian (Joe) Wu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Statistics and Data Science at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He received his B.A. in Economics, with a minor in Statistics, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2015, his M.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2018, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Missouri in 2023. His research lies in econometrics and applied microeconomics, with particular interests in ordinal data, hypothesis testing, health economics, development economics, and rural economics. His work includes publications and working papers in these areas, as well as presentations at major econometrics and economics conferences. He has also received several academic honors and research awards.