Student Profiles

Email: spark110@illinois.edu Research Interests Se Il is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communications Research (ICR). Se Il’s interdisciplinary research focuses on persuasive messages in the context of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Metaverse, and Web… Read More

Email: wd12@illinois.edu Research Interests Weiting Du is a first-year Ph.D. student at the Institute of Communications Research. Weiting’s research interests encompass media effects and risk communication under the context of climate change, with a particular interest in climate inactions. In… Read More

Email: vp21@illinois.edu Research Interests Veranika’s master’s thesis focused on the topic of time perception during media use. Her current research focuses on time perception, message fatigue, and computational approaches to communications research.  Veranika completed her bachelor's degree in… Read More

Email: zixuan26@illinois.edu Research Interests Melodie is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communications Research, primarily researching the social and psychological effects of media messages and digital media use. Her specific interests revolve around the interactions between interactive… Read More

Email: jz150@illinois.edu Research Interests Junwei's research interests are centered around the relations between subjectivity, governmentality, global media network and the network’s interpretive power, which eradicate the boundary between public/private space, human/posthuman and self-… Read More

Email: yewonh2@illinois.edu Research Interests Cuteness, aesthetics, affect, game, critical theory, cultural studies, cultural analysis Recent Publications/Presentations Puzar, Aljosa and Yewon Hong. “Korean Cuties: Understanding the Performed Winsomeness (Aegyo) of South Korean Women.” Asia… Read More

Email: weixiao8@Illinois.edu Research Interests Wei Xiao is a Ph.D student in ICR. She is broadly interested in exploring alternative approaches to the reasoning behind sharing dis/misinformation to debunk dis/misinformation or inoculate people against misinformation. Her research also involves… Read More

Email: nisapr2@illinois.edu Research Interests Nisa Rahman is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Communications Research. Nisa’s research interest lies in emerging technologies and their effect on social behavior in the context of health communication. This exploration takes shape through… Read More

Email: niniz2@illinois.edu Research Interests Critical studies of communication Free labor of women online Female digital communities Courses Taught MACS 100: Intro to Popular TV & Movies Academic Roles Teaching Assistant for MACS 100

Email: shiyue2@illinois.edu   RESEARCH INTERESTS Jennifer is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Communications Research. She is primarily interested in using social media for strategic communication in the context of health, scientific, and environmental topics. Her research utilized… Read More