Assistant Professor

865-974-5155

syang53@utk.edu

Shiyu Yang joined the School of Journalism and Media as an assistant professor in 2023. Her research focuses on the intersection of science, media, and the public. Her work is particularly concerned with how the algorithmically curated information environments are reshaping communication processes and how we can effectively connect with diverse audiences on important issues in science and democratic society. Her methodologies involve computational methods, surveys, experiments, as well as qualitative methods.

Yang’s work has been published in leading academic outlets such as Science Communication, New Media & Society, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Visual Communication, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Environmental Communication, among other peer-reviewed journals. Yang received her PhD in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also earned her MS in computer sciences. 

Education

• PhD in mass communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• MS in computer sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• MA in mass communication, Marquette University

Research Interests

• Science communication
• Risk communication
• Digital media
• Computational social sciences
• Visual communication