My Intellectual Journey since 1997
Work Experience
- July 2023 -
- Professor, Department of Communication, Michigan State University, United States of America
- August 2016 - June 2023
- Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Communication, Michigan State University, United States of America
- September 2013 - June 2016
- Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- September 2009 - June 2013
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau
- September 2008 - August 2009
- Research Fellow, Web Mining Lab, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Education Background
- 2005-2008, Ph.D. in Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2002-2005, M.A. in Communication, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- 1997-2001, B.A. in Management, Institute of International Relations, Beijing, China
Professional Services
- 2025 -
- Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Human Communication Research
- 2022 -
- Associate Editor, Journal of Communication
- 2019 -
- Editorial Board Member, Computational Communication Research
- 2019 -
- Editorial Board Member, Communication Methods and Measures
- 2018 -
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- 2018 -
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- 2019
- Guest Editor, Asian Journal of Communication
- 2018
- Guest Editor, Communication Methods and Measures
- 2014 - 2018
- Book Review Editor, Asian Journal of Communication
- 2018, 2019, 2020
- Chair, Ad hoc Best Paper Committee, Computational Methods Division, International Communication Association
- 2016 - 2017
- Co-founder and Inaugural Chair, Computational Methods Interest Group, International Communication Association
Affiliated Positions
- September 2017 -
- Associate Member, Center for Communication Research, City University of Hong Kong
- September 2016 -
- Member, Health & Risk Communication Center, Michigan State University
- September 2009 -
- Member, Web Mining Lab, City University of Hong Kong
- April 2017 - December 2020
- Quello Research Fellow, Quello Center, Michigan State University
- June 2014
- Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research