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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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Hyejin Shin

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
hks5552@psu.edu

Education

B.A., Yonsei University, 2016
M.S., Yonsei University, 2021
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, anticipated 2028

Professional Bio

Hyejin Shin is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences. Her research lies at the intersection of AI-mediated communication (AI-MC), social support, personal relationships, and computational social science. As AI increasingly shapes everyday social interaction—from smart replies to video filters—she investigates how AI transforms the ways people seek, provide, and interpret interpersonal messages. Through this work, she aims to clarify how people communicate support, cope with stress, and maintain relationships in an AI-mediated world. Her work has been presented at national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals including Frontiers in Psychiatry and Urban Studies. In addition to her research, Hyejin teaches Effective Speech (CAS 100A) and serves as a teaching assistant for Communication and Information Technology I (CAS 283) and Group Communication Theory and Research (CAS 450W).