Curriculum Vitae

A summary of education, awards, funding, service, and skills is below. The complete CV — with full publications, presentations, and research experience — is available as a downloadable PDF (updated May 2026).

Education

2027Expected

Ph.D. in Communication (STEM) University of California, Santa Barbara. Committee: Dr. Jiaying Liu (Chair), Dr. Robin Nabi, Dr. Yingdan Lu (Northwestern).
2019Dec

M.A. in Communication Management University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
2017Jun

B.A. (Hons), International Communications Studies with German The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Exchange year: The University of Nottingham, UK (2015–16).

Honors, Awards & Scholarships

2026
Social Impact AwardDepartment of Communication, UCSB — $2,000.
2025
Social Science Research Grant Program (SSRGP)UCSB ISBER — $7,600. Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Dr. Jiaying Liu).
2025
Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) GrantUCSB Graduate Division — $1,200.
2025
Graduate Research FundingDepartment of Communication, UCSB — $500.
2019
CKIDS DataFest Research FundingUSC Viterbi School of Engineering — $3,600.
2017
Zhejiang Provincial Outstanding GraduatesMinistry of Education.
2014–16
Best Student of the Year (Top 1, two consecutive years)University of Nottingham. Also: President's Scholarship (two consecutive years); Dean's Scholarship (Top 10%, 2013–14).

Workshops

2025Aug

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Stanford) Stanford University; IPS funding ($1,200).

Service

Reviewer: BMC Public Health · Health Communication · Journal of Health Communication · International Journal of Communication · International Communication Association (Health Communication Division, Computational Methods Division) · National Communication Association · International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC²S²).

Skills

Programming & Statistics

Python R SPSS Mplus LaTeX

Methods

Experimental design fMRI Eye-tracking NLP Computer vision Interpretable ML Social media analysis

Languages

Chinese — Native English — IELTS 8.5 / C2 German — B2 Korean — TOPIK 3 / B1

Selected Work Experience

2020–23

Brand & Marketing Manager, NorthKing Information Technology Co. Ltd. Beijing, China. Led integrated brand strategy and B2B corporate communications for a financial-IT services firm serving major banks. Recognized as Outstanding Employee of the Year.
2018

Branded Entertainment Intern, SEGA Stories International. Los Angeles, CA.
2018

Marketing & PR Specialist, Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA.

For the complete record — including all publications, presentations, and research experience — please see the full CV (PDF).