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Hello, my name is Lu Tang and I am
an Associate Professor at the Department
of Communication, Texas A&M University. I received my doctorate in
communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at
the University of Southern California. I taught at University of Tennessee,
Knoxville and the University of Alabama before I joined TAMU in 2017. I am a health communication
researcher studying social media and emerging infectious diseases using new
computational methods such as natural language processing and social network
analysis. I also conduct research on culture, health communication, and minority
health using mixed methods. My research has been published in journals such
as Journal of Health Communication,
Health Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research,
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication
Quarterly, and Journal of Medical
Internet Research. I am the Director of the Data Justice Lab, a lab
affiliated with the Texas A&M
Institute of Data Science. My work on risk and crisis
communication during public health crises and misinformation has been
especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. · My recent paper on how YouTube creates filter bubbles of
vaccine misinformation was cited in the
Surgeon General’s report on Vaccine Misinformation. · My work on COVID-19 information seeking and avoidance has
been included in the recently published 12th edition of the classic textbook:
Theories of Human Communication
(Littlejohn, Foss, & Oetzel, 2021). · More media coverage in CNBC,
Time, Bloomberg
Law, Houston
Chronicle among others. I teach undergraduate and graduate
courses on health communication and communication theory. I am the Vice President of the Chinese Communication Association, a
scholarly organization with a focus on research on Chinese communication
topics. I also serve on the editorial boards of five journals, including Communication Monograph, Health Communication, and Journalism and Mass Communication
Quarterly.
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