Media Production

Health Communication

Technologies

Media Effects

Education

• Ph.D., Mass Communications, Penn State University (2023)
• M.A., Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University (2019)
• M.A., Translation, Beijing Technology and Business University (2017)
• Dual B.A., Marketing and International Finance, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics (2012)

Courses

• MASC 333: PR Technical Writing and Media Relations

BIO:

Dr. Jin Chen is an assistant professor at the Richard T. Robertson School of Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Penn State University. Her research focuses on media effects and processes, health and strategic communication, and emerging technologies. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked in marketing and retail management and freelanced as a translator, publishing six translated books in marketing, communication, psychology, and philosophy.

Research Interests:

• Health Communication
• Technologies
• Media Effects
• Emotions

Awards:

• 2024 AEJMC Third Place Teaching Paper Award, Public Relations Division
• 2024 Kopenhaver Center Fellow, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication
• 2022 AEJMC Professional Relevance Award, Media Ethics Division
• 2020 AEJMC Top Student Paper Award, ComSHER Division
• 2019 University Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University
• 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Northern Illinois University
• 2017-2019 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Northern Illinois University
• 2016 National Studying Abroad Scholarship, Beijing Technology and Business University
• 2016 First Prize Scholarship, Beijing Technology and Business University
• 2012 Outstanding Graduates, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
• 2011 Outstanding Student Leader Award, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
• 2010 Outstanding Student Award, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
• 2009 First Prize Scholarship, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics