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Email: markab6@illinois.edu Research Interests My primary research areas center around film criticism, media studies, and digital media studies. My specific research interests center around: Courses Taught Academic Roles Awards and Honors Related Links
Email: chenqiz2@illinois.edu Research Interests Chenqi’s research interests lie in the intersection of media and communication study, history of science and STS. Generally, she’s drawn to how communicative, scientific and technological practices condition and transform each other across historical trajectories, and to their constitutive role in structuring human nature and broader social formations. At a more […]
Email: jiayiw13@Illinois.edu Research Interests Joy is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communications Research (ICR). Her research focuses on artificial intelligence in advertising and consumer behavior, with particular interest in how AI-generated advertising and persuasion knowledge shape consumer responses across digital platforms. She has contributed to multiple research projects examining AI-generated advertising and consumer […]
Email: boramc2@illinois.edu Research Interests AI Creativity, Human–AI Interaction and Collaboration, Persuasion Knowledge, Emerging Technologies and Media in Children and Older Adults, and Ethical AI Use Recent Publications/Presentations Boram Cho, Jiyeon Chang, Michelle Nelson, Joy Wang, “I don’t want ads, I just want information”: When and how persuasion knowledge is activated during product search on AI […]
Email: mh131@illinois.edu Research Interests Matthew Huh is a first-year Ph.D. student in Communications and Media at the Institute of Communications Research. His research focuses on cultural and audience shifts found in contemporary pop culture, animation, and nostalgia, along with the impact of blockbuster media in film culture. Using techniques of historiography, his goal is to […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Giuliana Means is a Class of 2028 journalism major. Why did you decide to major in journalism? During my freshman year of high school, I walked into the 96.1 KJTZ radio station, and that experience set my goal in stone that I wanted to be […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Nathan Murphy is a Class of 2026 media and cinema studies major. What first interested you in the media and cinema studies (MACS) major? Ever since I was young, I’ve loved watching movies, but as I got older, I became more interested in how they […]
Get to know some of our College of Media Students! Rafael Aguirre is a Class of 2028 advertising major. What made you choose advertising as your major? A specific moment that really confirmed my interest happened during my senior year of high school when I visited Revolution, a sports marketing agency. They work on advertisements […]
May 15, 2026 1. What first drew you to filmmaking and production, and how did that evolve into your current role today? Ever since I was a kid, I told people, “I want to make movies,” before I even knew what that meant or how that would even be possible. All I knew is that […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Rikkie Gunawan is a class of 2027 journalism major. What excites you most about being a journalism major at the University of Illinois? The most exciting part is how many opportunities there are as a journalism major. Students can get involved in The Daily Illini, […]