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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 third-year Ph.D. student in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State. As artificial intelligence increasingly shapes everyday social interactions—from smart replies to video filters—she investigates how AI transforms the ways people communicate. Through this work, she seeks to understand how people express themselves, cope with stress, and maintain relationships in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Her work has been presented at national and international conferences and published in Frontiers in Psychiatry and Urban Studies. In addition to her research, Hyejin teaches Effective Speech (CAS 100A) and has served as a teaching assistant for Communication and Information Technology I (CAS 283), Group Communication Theory and Research (CAS 450W), and Quantitative Methods for Communication Research (CAS 304).