Digital and Public Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022
Hall Center for Humanities, University of Kansas

Ph.D. in Mass Communications, 2022
with minor in Science and Technology Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication, 2017
University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S. in International Journalism (First Class Honors), 2015
Hong Kong Baptist University

Wang, Y. & Wang, Y. (forthcoming). Dangai fandoms under crossfire: The making of queer love in a permeable and convergent media ecology. Transformative Works and Cultures. 

Wang, Y. (2023). The voice of the voiceless: Queerphobic statism and queer youth advocacy in China. In P. Pain (ed.), Global LGBTQ activism: Social media, digital technologies, and protest mechanisms, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003395805 

Wang, Y. & Xun, X. (2023). Marry or not for democracy and love: Dialogic framing in the Taiwan marriage equality movement and countermovement. Media, Culture, and Society. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231188462 

Sun, X., Wang, Y., & McLeod, D. (2023). National independence vs. traditional culture: Framing the 2016-2017 same-sex marriage movement and countermovement in Taiwan. International Journal of Press/Politics. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231171265 

Wang, Y. (2022). Feminists against same-sex marriage: Queer counterpublic in a contested digital space. In P. Pain (ed.), LGBTQ Digital Cultures: A Global Perspective, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003196457 

Wang, Y. (2021). The twink next door, who also does porn: Networked intimacy in gay porn performers’ self-presentation on social media. Porn Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2020.1841019

Wang, Y., Belair-Gagnon, V., & Holton, A. (2020). The technologization of news acts in networked news participation: LGBT self-media in China. International Journal of Communication, 14(2020), 4971-4889. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/14192

Wang, Y. (2019). Local identity in a global city: Hong Kong localist movement on social media. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 36(5), 419-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2019.1652837  

Robinson, S. & Wang, Y. (2018). Networked news participation: Future pathways. Media and Communication, 6(4), 91-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1674

Wang, Y. (2018). Digital amplification of fringe voices: Alternative media and street politics in Hong Kong. International Journal of Communication, 12(22), 3707-3728. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/8904

Areas of teaching:

Introduction to communication theories

Race, multiculturalism, and mass media

History of mass communication

Ecological approaches to communication studies

Sociology of media and communication

Gender and sexuality in media communication

Queer media studies

Journalism studies

Qualitative research methods

Investigative reporting

Multimedia storytelling

Media and public relations

Audience engagement and community outreach

Public-facing communication training

Served at

Kettering Foundation (Project Assistant)

Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (Program Specialist)

Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (Outreach Committee)

Chinese Rainbow Network (Peer Support Project; Rainbow Poll Center)

Cultural and Critical Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Graduate Outreach Liaison; Newsletter Editor)

Teaching Assistants' Association (Publicity Committee)

Envision Energy (Brand Strategy Department)

Center for Journalism Ethics (Fellow)

Agence France-Presse Hong Kong Bureau (Video Producer)

The Young Reporter (Deputy Editor)