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Through this strong faculty support, our students have earned honors like:

• NCA Doctoral Seminar Fellowships
• Top Paper Awards from ICA, NCA, RSA and APSA
• Dissertation funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health
• College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowships
• Mark Diamond Research Fund grants

Many students also work independently, pushing boundaries with conference papers and peer-reviewed publications. Others join faculty-led grant-funded research projects that shape the future of communication science.

• Dong, X.**, & Yang, J. Z.^# (2023). PFAS contamination: Pathway from communication to behavioral outcomes. Journal of Health Communication, 28(4), 205-217.    
• Lattimer, T. A.**, Tenzek, K. E.^#, & Ophir, Y.^# (2023). Shouts from the void: A mixed-method analysis surrounding the online chronic illness community, #NEISVoid. Health Communication.   
• Liu, S.*, & Yang, J. Z.^# (2023). Narrative persuasion and psychological distance: Analyzing the effectiveness of distance-framed narratives in communicating ocean plastic pollution. Risk Analysis.   
• Moore, M. M.**, Green, M. C.^#, Ophir, Y.^#, & Wang, H.^# (2023). The effects of corrective strategies on romantic belief endorsement. Communication Research.  
• Schibler, K.*, Hahn, L.^#, & Green, M. C.^# (2023). Investigating audience responses to cliffhangers in written narratives using affective disposition theory. Media Psychology.  
• Wong, J. C. S.*, Yang, J. Z.^#, Liu, Z.* (2023). It’s the thoughts that count: How psychological distance and affect heuristic influence support for aid response measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Communication.
• Lattimer, T. A.**, Tenzek, K. E.^#, Ophir, Y.^#, Sullivan, S. S. (2022). Exploring web-based Twitter conversations surrounding National Healthcare Decisions Day and advance care planning from a sociocultural perspective: Computational mixed methods Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research-Formative Research, 6(4), e35795,
• Liu, A. K.**, Ophir, Y.^#, Walter, D., & Himelboim, I. (2022). Hashtag activism in a politicized pandemic: Framing the campaign to include Taiwan in the efforts to combat COVID-19. New Media & Society.  
• Toh, Z.**, & Lee, D. S. ^# (2022). Is that Instaworthy? Predicting content sharing behavior on social media through interpersonal goals. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 16(4),   
• Andrews, E.**, & Yang, J. Z.^# (2021). Behavioral modeling: Inspiring college students to intervene in instances of sexual assault. Communication Research Reports, 38(1), 33-45.   
• Liu, Z.**& Yang, J. Z.^# (2021). Public support for COVID-19 responses: Cultural cognition, risk perception, and emotions. Health Communication.  
• Maki, K.**, & Feeley, T. H.^# (2021). Influencing HIV testing intentions: Comparing Narrative and Statistical Messages. Communication Studies, 72/2, 178-194.
• Moore, M. M.**, & Ophir, Y.^# (2021). Big Data Actually: Analyzing the Thematic Content of 200 Romantic Comedies Using Unsupervised Machine Learning. Psychology of Popular Media. 
• Moore, M.**, Green, M.C.^#, Fitzgerald, K.**, & Paravati, E. (2021). Misuses of inspiration: Narrative effects on attributions and helping. Media and Communication, 9(2), 226-236.   
• Wong, J. C. S.**, & Yang, J. Z.^# (2021). Beyond party lines: The roles of compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception on Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures. Journal of Risk Research, 24(3-4), 352-368.   
• Yue, Z.**, Lee, D. S.^#, & Xiao, J. (2021). Social media use, psychological well-being and physical health during lockdown. Information, Communication and Society.  
• Yue, Z.**, & Stefanone, M. A.^# (2021). Submitted for your approval: A cross-cultural study of selfie-related behavior. Behavior and Information Technology,                           

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