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Students Teaching Students

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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Xiaoran Cui

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
xpc5159@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building
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Education

B.A., Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 2021
M.A., Michigan State University, 2026
Ph.D., Penn State, Anticipated 2030

Professional Bio

Xiaoran Cui studies interpersonal and family communication, with particular interests in supportive communication, intergenerational relationships, and technology-mediated communication. Her research examines how communication processes and features of mediated interactions shape people’s relationship and wellbeing over time.