Yiran Gao

Email: yirang3@illinois.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Yiran Gao is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communications Research. Her interdisciplinary research interests lie at the intersection of media studies, critical cultural studies, science and technology studies, and global studies. Her current research focuses on the roles and the impact of digital media on the formation of digital public sphere at a transnational level. She has presented her works at the top conferences in the fields, including International Communication Association (ICA), International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), and Cultural Studies Association (CSA). 

As a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, Yiran has consistently been ranked as excellent by her students, based on Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES), and received the 2022 Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the College of Media.

ACADEMIC ROLES

Teaching Assistant    

WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME

I am obsessed with collecting creative fridge magnets when traveling, one magnet a place.