Journalism and Strategic Media
Jin Yang, Ph.D.
Professor
Email jinyang@memphis.edu
Office 310 Meeman Journalism Bldg.
Office Hours As posted on syllabi
Education
Ph.D., Journalism, Southern Illinois University
M.A., Communication, Pittsburg State University
B.A., English, Shanxi University
About Dr. Jin Yang
Dr. Jin Yang is a Professor at the University of Memphis. She obtained her M.A. in Communication at Pittsburg State University and her Ph.D. in journalism at Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Yang has worked in the mass communication area as a bilingual broadcaster in China, web content editor, reporter and public relations officer in U.S.
She won the Dean's Outstanding Research award in 2009 for her dedicated research in international communication. She has published in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Newspaper Research Journal, Mass Communication and Society, Journal of Interactive Advertising, International Communication Gazette, Howard Journal of Communications, Telematics and Informatics, Telematics and Informatics Reports, Journal of Communication Technology, and Journal of Higher Education Management . She specializes in international communication, journalism education and universal values, and new media technology including VR mobile gaming. She earned the 2019, 2021, 2023 Communities of Research Scholars Grants from the University of Memphis. She also won 2023 AEJMC 3rd Place Top Faculty Paper Award from the Media Management Economics & Entrepreneurship Division.
Dr. Yang teaches in the areas of visual media, web publishing, multimedia, mass communication theory and research methods. Courses she has taught include Visual Media, Multimedia Storytelling, Web Publishing I: html/css, Web Publishing II: html/css, Interactive News, Publication Design, Mass Communication Theory, and Quantitative Research Method.
Dr. Yang was the editor of The Bridge, the newsletter of the Memphis PC User Group for 15 years from 2007 to 2021.