Qiyao Peng彭琪瑶

Teaching & Mentorship

I have taught as a standalone instructor and as a teaching assistant in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara, across courses in communication theory, emotion, health communication, persuasion, research methods, data science, and risk communication.

Independent Instructor of Record  ·  UC Santa Barbara

  • 2025Summer A
    COMM 89 — Communication Theories ~50 students. Designed syllabus, lectures, activities, and assessments.
  • 2025Spring
    COMM 139 — Communication and Emotion ~50 students. Designed and delivered in-person lectures.
  • 2024Summer B
    COMM 139 — Communication and Emotion ~50 students. Designed syllabus, lectures, and assessments.

Teaching Assistant  ·  UC Santa Barbara

  • 2026Summer B
    COMM 117 — PersuasionProf. Robin Nabi
  • 2026Spring
    COMM 187 — Data ScienceDr. Prateekshit Pandey
  • 2026Winter
    COMM 155 — Health CommunicationDr. Jiaying Liu
  • 2025Fall
    COMM 88 — Communication Research MethodsDr. Amy Gonzales
  • 2025Summer A
    INT 93LS — Research in STEM: Decoding BiasMusa Malik
  • 2025Winter
    COMM 148 — Risk CommunicationDr. Katie Elder
  • 2024Spring & Fall
    COMM 89 — Communication TheoriesProf. Walid Afifi
  • 2024Winter
    COMM 139 — Communication and EmotionProf. Robin Nabi
  • 2023Fall
    COMM 137 — Global CommunicationProf. Michael Stohl

Invited Talks & Guest Lectures

  • 2026Jun
    "Don't make it about me": When AI-tailored health messages help, hurt, and why it depends on who you are. Affect, Ambivalence, and Adjustment Lab, Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences.
  • 2026Apr
    Understanding health message effectiveness: Message profiles, neural responses, and behavior change. Health Communication Symposium, Department of Communication, UCSB. With Dr. Jiaying Liu.
  • 2026Mar
    Personalizing vaping prevention messages among young people with generative AI: What we learned. Tobacco Prevention Summit, Santa Barbara County. With Dr. Jiaying Liu.
  • 2026Jan
    Internet, technology & health. Guest lecture, COMM 155 Health Communication, UCSB.
  • 2025Apr
    Digital media in times of well-being. A Symposium on Digital Media & Well-Being, Department of Communication, UCSB.

Mentorship

I have supervised and trained 10+ undergraduate research assistants in the CHARM Lab on data collection, coding, and analysis. Mentees have presented at major conferences (e.g., ICA, NIH Tobacco Regulatory Science Conference) and received departmental research awards at UCSB.