CV

Please download my CV here.

Education

• B.A. in Journalism, Tsinghua University, 2018
• M.Phil. in Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2020
• Ph.D in Communication, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2025 (expected)

Work experience

• Spring 2023: Instructor
  • Department of Advertising, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • JOUR 480: Social Media Analytics
• Spring 2021 - Fall 2022: Teaching Assistant
  • Department of Journalism, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • JOUR 460: Data Storytelling
  • JOUR 425: Multimedia Editing and Design

Teaching

ADV 480: Social Media Analytics

Publications

Using STM to Analyze China’s Foreign Propaganda About the 2019 Hong Kong Protests on Twitter

Zhang, M. M., Wang, X., & Hu, Y. (2021). Strategic Framing Matters But Varies: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach to Analyzing China’s Foreign Propaganda About the 2019 Hong Kong Protests on Twitter. Social Science Computer Review, 08944393211042575.

Topic modeling the research-practice gap in public relations 2011-2020

Wang, X., & Zhang, M. M. (2022). Sharing the same bed with different dreams: Topic modeling the research-practice gap in public relations 2011-2020. Journal of Marketing Communications, 1-25.

Service and leadership

• 2022/2023: ICR representative in College of Media Academic Misconduct and Capricious Grading Committee at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Skills

• Text mining
• Computational methods
• Machine learning
• Computer vision
• Network analysis