Yichao is a first-year doctoral student and teaching assistant who had both his undergraduate and Master's in Communication at Michigan State University. He also majored in Japanese when he was an undergraduate student.
Yichao's research interest covers various social issues, from flu vaccination to hate comments spread online, with a shared focus on the cultural/national differences people present in communication. His teaching experience includes COM-100 (Human Communication) and a summer Statistics camp operated by the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at MSU.