I am an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information, Department of Communication.

My work explores how people make informed decisions in today’s digital communication environment. My work investigates the roles of technology, identity, and community in shaping human communication processes. Using computational social science methods, quantitative methods, and mixed methods, my research examines how individuals use digital media to seek information, make sense of it, and engage in discussions, particularly in relation to issues of credibility, accuracy, and literacy.

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My research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, New Media & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Social Media + Society, Political Communication, Social Science & Medicine, among others. Recently, my research has focused on user skepticism toward digital technologies and examining efforts aimed at improving media and information literacy across various communities and contexts.

I have received the Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Paper of the Year award from Mass Communication and Society, and several Top Paper awards from the International Communication Association and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

I received B.A. in Journalism and Sociology from Peking University, M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ph.D. in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.