Education
Ph.D., University of Miami
M.A., Columbia University
M.A, Capital Normal University
B.A., Capital Normal University
Areas of Focus
Health communication, intercultural communication, new media, quantitative research methods.
- Journal of Health Communication “Are social networking sites making health behavior change interventions more effective? A meta-analytic review.”
- CDC Health Communication Science Digest. “Social support, trust, and health information seeking behaviors (HISBs): A study using the 2012 Annenberg national health communication survey (ANHCS).”
- Health Information Management Journal “A meta-analytic review of health information credibility: Belief in physicians or belief in peers?”
- Communication Education “Are you satisfied? Explore the mediating effects of mentoring communication strategies in predicting international graduate students’ program satisfaction.”
- Health Education “What health-related information flows through you every day? A content analysis of Microblog messages on air pollution.”
- Computers in Human Behavior “What’s on the other side of the great firewall? Motivations for Chinese Web users’ bypassing the Internet censorship.”
- Journal of Communication Media Studies “A picture is worth a thousand words: Chinese college students’ self- presentation on SNSs.”
- Computers in Human Behavior “Mozart or Metallica, who makes you more attractive? A mediated moderation test of music, gender, personality, and attractiveness in cyberspace.”
- Postdoctoral research fellow of Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- Graduate instructor and research assistant of School of Communication, University of Miami
- Top Paper Award, National Communication Association (NCA), Health Communication Division
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science (TCORS), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- Outstanding Research Assistant, University of Miami Graduate School
- Graduate Student Travel Grant, ICA, San Juan, PR
- Graduate Student Travel Grant, ICA, Seattle, WA
- Academic Excellence, Leadership & Service Award, University of Miami Graduate School
- Second Century Scholarship, Columbia University
- First Place Scholarship for Graduate Students, Capital Normal University
- Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Capital Normal University
- Outstanding Olympic Family Assistant, Beijing Olympic Committee
- National Communication Association (NCA)
- International Communication Association (ICA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)