Sijia Qian

Sijia Qian Portrait
Bio

Education

  • M.A. in Communication, University of Utah, 2020
  • B.A. in English Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University, 2018

About

Sijia is a PhD student in the Department of Communication at University California, Davis. Her research interests broadly center around computational social science, misinformation, and persuasion in health and political contexts. Her current research focuses on developing and examining the effects of digital media literacy intervention on combating multimodal misinformation.

Publications

Qian, S., Shen, C., & Zhang, J. (2023). Fighting cheapfakes: using a digital media literacy intervention to motivate reverse search of out-of-context visual misinformation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(1), zmac024.

Teaching

Associate Instructor:

Introduction to Public Speaking (CMN 001)

Teaching Assistant:

Introduction to Public Speaking (CMN 001)

Data Visualization in Social Science (CMN12Y)

Social Science with Online Data (CMN 152Y)

Introduction to Mass Communication (CMN140)


Awards

2022 Top Four Paper, ICA Communication Science and Biology Interest Group
2021 Small Grant, UC Davis ($500)
2021 Development Grant, Association for Communication Excellence ($2,000)
2020 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, University of Utah
2019 Top Four Paper, ICA Health Communication Division