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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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Youzhen Su

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
yxs5505@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802
Youzhen Su
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Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/04/Su_CV_public.pdf

Education

B.A., Sun Yat-sen University, 2017
M.Phil., Hong Kong Baptist University, 2020
Ph.D., Penn State, Anticipated 2025

Professional Bio

Youzhen Su is a Ph.D. candidate whose research advances theories of persuasion and social influence and their application to address health and environmental issues. Her two lines of inquiry focus on normative influence, with special attention to contradictory normative messages, and risk messages in technology-mediated settings.

Her research has been published in journals such as Human Communication Research, Health Communication, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

At Penn State, Youzhen teaches Persuasion (CAS 220) and Effective Speech (CAS 100: Public Speaking), and serves as a teaching assistant for courses such as Computer-Mediated Communication (CAS 283), Communication Theory (CAS 303), Communication Methods (CAS 304), and Persuasion and Propaganda (CAS 175N).

Advisor: Rachel Smith