导师风采 Supervisor's Information

主要学术经历：
2021-今      清华大学新闻传播学院副教授
2020-2021 美国宾州布鲁斯堡大学副教授、终身教授
2015-2020 美国宾州布鲁斯堡大学助理教授
2011-2015 美国普度大学 博士
2009-2011 美国普度大学 硕士
2005-2009 中国传媒大学 学士

Education

Ph.D.                        Communication (2015)
                                Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

M.A.                          Public Relations and Issue Management (2011)
                                 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

B.A.                           International and Broadcast Journalism (2009)
                                 Communication University of China, Beijing, China

Academic Appointments

2021-                                 Associate Professor

Faculty, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University
Director, International Graduate Programs (2022-)

2020-2021                                  Associate Professor (with tenure)
2015-2020                                  Assistant Professor

Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University
Director, Center for Center for Community Research and Consulting

讲授课程：
健康传播、人际传播、风险传播、公共演讲、研究方法等

Recent Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua (2021-):
Communication Theory (graduate), Risk Communication (graduate), Communication Research Methods (graduate), Public Speaking (graduate), Interpersonal Communication (undergraduate)

Associate & Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Bloomsburg (2015-2021):
Health Communication (undergraduate), e-Health (undergraduate), Communication and Emerging Technology (undergraduate), Interpersonal Communication (undergraduate), Communication Research Methods (undergraduate)

Graduate Lecturer, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue (2009-2015):
Communication and Emerging Technology (undergraduate), Quantitative Methods for Communication Research (undergraduate), Mass Communication and Society (undergraduate), Introduction to Advertising (undergraduate), Fundamentals of Speech Communication (undergraduate)

致力于研究在人际传播和媒介传播交叉点的健康和风险传播，包括健康传播中的不确定性、健康信息获取、人际关系中的社会支持等。使用多种研究方法，包括整合分析、定量分析（比如问卷调查、实验设计）、和定性访谈。曾在Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Research, Health Communication等多本国际顶级SSCI期刊发表论文，积极活跃在ICA、NCA等国际顶级传播学年会并多次获得最佳论文奖。担任Human Communication Research, Health Communication等十余家期刊审稿人。

Research Expertise

Uncertainty in illness and health information management;
Support seeking and provision in health communication;
Communication resilience processes and outcomes;
Risk message design and evaluation;
Societal risk perceptions and collective actions in climate communication.

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Kuang, K., & Wang, N. (2023). Predictors and outcomes of help-seeking behaviors: A longitudinal investigation in mental illness. Health Communication, online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2247157

Kuang, K., Tian, Z., Wilson, S. R., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2023). Memorable messages as anticipatory resilience: Examining associations among memorable messages, communication resilience processes, and health outcomes. Health Communication, 38(6), 1136-1145. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1993585

Kuang, K., Wilson, S. R., Betts, T., Boumis, J. K., Hintz, E. A., DeBeck, D., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2023). A longitudinal analysis of involuntary job loss and communication resilience processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Communication, 73(4), 382-397. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad004

Kuang, K., & Wang, N. (2023). Coping with uncertainty in mental illness: Associations among desired support, support seeking strategies, and received support from family members. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(3), 1018-1043. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221123093

Kuang, K., Wilson, S. R., Tian, Z., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2022). Development and validation of a culturally adapted measure of communication resilience processes for Chinese contexts. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 91, 70-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.09.003

Kuang, K., Zhao, X., Basnyat, I., & He, T. (2022). From offline to online: Understanding Chinese single mothers’ uncertainty management in interpersonal and online contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13(Article 845760), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845760

Kuang, K., & Wang, N. (2022). A longitudinal investigation of uncertainty’s effects on information seeking and support seeking in mental illness context. Communication Monographs, 89(4), 470-492. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2021.2022736

Kuang, K., & Babrow, A. S. (2022). Problematic integration theory: A systematic review. Annals of the International Communication Association, 45(4), 234-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2022.2033633

Wilson, S. R., Kuang, K.,  Hintz, E., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2021). Developing and validating the Communication Resilience Processes (CRP) Scale. Journal of Communication, 71(3), 478-513. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab013

Kuang, K., & Wilson, S. R. (2021). Theory of motivated information management: A meta-analytic review. Communication Theory, 31(3), 463-490. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtz025

Kuang, K., & Gettings, P. E. (2021). Interactions among actual uncertainty, desired uncertainty, and uncertainty discrepancy on anxiety and information seeking. Journal of Health Communication, 26(2), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.1883774

Kuang, K., & Gettings, P. E. (2020). Uncertainty management in sexual communication: Testing the moderating role of marital quality, relational closeness, and communal coping. Health Communication, online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1751401

Kuang, K., & Gettings, P. E. (2020). Applying the theory of motivated information management to family health history. Personal Relationships, 27(4), 846-879. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12340

Kuang, K., & Gettings, P. E. (2020). Testing the theory of motivated information management across three contexts: Theoretical and practical implications. Communication Quarterly, 68(5), 473-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2020.1821736

Kuang, K., Connaughton, S. L., Linabary, J. R., Krishna, A., Vibber, K. S., Anaele, A., & Yakova, L. (2020). Extending communication campaign from health to peacebuilding: A locally driven communication campaign approach as part of a peacebuilding initiative in Liberia. Health Communication, 35(8), 984-993. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2019.1602818

So, J., Kuang, K., & Cho, H. (2019). Information seeking upon exposure to risk messages: Predictors, outcomes, and mediating roles of health information seeking behaviors. Communication Research, 46(5), 663–687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650216679536

Kuang, K. (2018). Reconceptualizing uncertainty in illness: Commonalities and variations in the literature, and the multidimensional nature of uncertainty. Annals of the International Communication Association, 42(3), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2018.1492354

Kuang, K., & Wilson, S. R. (2017). A meta-analysis of uncertainty and information management in illness contexts. Journal of Communication, 67(3), 378-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12299

Kuang, K., & Cho, H. (2016). Delivering vaccination messages via interactive channels: Examining the interaction among threat, response efficacy, and interactivity in risk communication. Journal of Risk Research, 19(4), 476-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2014.988284

So, J., Kuang, K., & Cho, H. (2016). Reexamining fear appeal models from cognitive appraisal theory and functional emotion theory perspectives. Communication Monographs, 83(1), 120-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2015.1044257

代表性教育与科研奖项：

2023 国际传播协会(ICA)人际传播分会最佳论文奖
2022 中华传播学会(CCA)最佳论文奖
2022 美国传播协会(NCA)中华传播研究分会最佳论文奖
2020 美国传播协会(NCA)人际传播分会最佳论文奖
2019 美国布鲁斯堡大学最具影响力教授奖
2017, 2019, 2020 美国布鲁斯堡大学杰出女性奖
2016 美国传播协会(NCA) Gerald R. Miller最佳博士毕业论文奖
2016 美国传播协会(NCA)健康传播分会最佳论文奖
2015 国际传播协会(ICA)组织传播分会最佳论文奖
2014 美国传播协会(NCA)应用传播分会最佳论文奖

International & National Awards

Recipient, John Garrison Memorial Award, International Communication Association (2023)

Recipient, Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, National Communication Association (2016)

Fellow, Emerging Leaders in Science and Society (ELISS), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014)

Recipient of the following Top Paper/Panel Awards:

Top Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2023

Top Faculty Paper, Chinese Communication Association (CCA), National Communication Association, 2022

Top Paper, Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), National Communication Association, 2022 

Top Four Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2022

Top Panel Award, Central States Communication Association, 2021 

Top Four Paper, Communication and Aging Division, National Communication Association, 2021 

Top Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2020

Top Paper, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2016 

Top Four Paper, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2015

Top Four Paper, Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2013