Email: sakshib3@illinois.edu Research Interests Recent Publications/Presentations R Ray, S Bhalla, H Taneja. (2025). Partisan news users in the United States and India on either side seldom use fact checkers. Journal of Communication, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaf018 Bhalla, S., Nelson, M. R., & Spikes, M. (2025). Classroom contexts: Teachers talk teaching media literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 17(2), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2025-17-2-3 […]
Email: namita2@illinois.edu Research Interests Namita is a PhD student at the Institute of Communications Research, with an interest in examining urban technologies and platform economies in South Asia. She is particularly interested in the everyday functioning of these technologies in relation to questions of class, gender and caste. She has a BA and MA in […]
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 […]
Email: anirban3@illinois.edu Research Interests I am interested in the history of communication/media technologies; media and space, race and media, resistance and social movements; media policies and critical information studies. I am intrigued by how media affect cultural changes in the public sphere, build cultural citizenship and (re)produce frameworks of everyday life. I am driven by questions […]
Email: tingyuc3@illinois.edu Research Interests Tingyu Chen is a Ph.D candidate at the Institute of Communications Research with a focus on cinema and media studies. Her research interests include gender and screen cultures, women’s cinema, Chinese cinema, VFX, globalization and cultural modernity. She is also interested in the application of digital tools in humanities research. One of […]
Assistant Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Dr. Troy is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism. Prior to earning her PhD, she worked in nonprofit and sustainability communication. These professional experiences gave her the opportunity to work on a range of educational and strategic communication efforts, such as explanatory signage design, newsletter writing, […]
Assistant Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Yang joined the Sandage Department of Advertising in the fall of 2024. She has been actively engaged in academia, teaching a diverse range of advertising and public relations courses. Yang serves as a committee member on the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Research Committee and as a reviewer […]
Email: jiyeonc2@illinois.edu Research Interests Jiyeon is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Communications Research. Jiyeon studies media psychology and technology-mediated communication. Her research explores cognitive frameworks to understand perceptions that influence information processing and online behaviors. Prior to joining ICR, Jiyeon received her M.A. and B.A. in communication and media from the Ewha Womans […]
Email: hji10@illinois.edu Research Interests Haochen is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Communication Research. Before joining ICR, she earned her master’s degree in communication from Northwestern University and her bachelor’s degree in public relations with a minor in applied statistics from Boston University. Her primary academic interests focus on the impact of emerging technologies […]
Email: klw6@illinois.edu Research Interests Recent Publications/Presentations Williams, K., McKoy, C. D. (2023, November 17). Abbott Elementary: Utilizing Critical Communication Pedagogy, Intercultural Communication, and Social Justice within the Classroom to Decenter Whiteness. National Communication Association, National Harbor, MD. Williams, K. (2023, April, 13). If Beale Street Could Talk: Representation, Colorism & Black Womanhood. Southern States Communication […]