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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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Weimiao Zhou

Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
wmzhou@psu.edu
212 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802
Weimiao Zhou headshot photograph. She stands in front of a dark gray background and wears a white cardigan over a dark top.
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Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Weimiao-Zhou_CV_2025-Fall.pdf

Education

B.A., Xiamen University, 2015
M.A., Renmin University of China, 2017
Ph.D., The University of Kansas, 2023

Websites

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RHjg8JIAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Weimiao-Zhou

Professional Bio

Weimiao Zhou studies interpersonal communication within multifaceted family systems. Her work investigates how siblings shape one another through processes such as socialization, support, and comparison. A second line of her research examines how families communicate about sensitive topics, including divorce and repartnering, parental differential treatment, and youth risk-taking behaviors. She employs advanced quantitative and mixed methods to analyze data from individuals, dyads, and family systems. Professor Zhou teaches courses on Interpersonal Communication (CAS 203) and Family Communication Theory and Research (CAS 405).