Yixiao Sun
Bio
Yixiao Sun (M.A. in Nanjing University) is currently a first-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Communication, whose research primarily lies in computational psycholinguistics, with a focus on how textual communication materials shape individual mental states and behaviors, or influence societal institutions. As a computational psycholinguistic researcher, she aims to push the boundaries of computational methods (e.g. natural language processing, longitudinal data analysis, causal inference) by developing new frameworks for analyzing complex elements of human communication—such as identity, context, narrative, and rhetoric—and by tracing how these elements reveal the evolving dynamics of people’s psychology and behavior.
Yixiao’s updated CV can be found on her website.
Research and Teaching
Yixiao has published her works in journals including the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, International Journal of Business Communication, Chinese Journal of Communication and Communication and the Public.
She has also been recognized with two academic honors from the National Communication Association: Top Paper Award from the Political Communication Division and the Top Student Paper Award from the Human Communication and Technology Division. Yixiao’s recent research can be found on her Google Scholar.