Communication studies professor named journal associate editor

Min Jiang, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies, will begin a four-year tenure as associate editor of the Sage journal, Communication and the Public, in January 2019.

This international, peer-reviewed journal publishes “both theoretical and empirical research articles in the intersections of communication and the public broadly defined.” The latest issue of the journal, for instance, is a special issue on neoliberalism and the public sphere. Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) and Zhongdang Pan (University of Wisconsin-Madison) are co-editors.

Jiang, who also serves as chair of the Confucius Institute Faculty Advisory Council, will be a presenter for the 2018-19 National Humanities Center’s Humanities in Class webinar series. Her topic, being delivered Tuesday, Sept. 25, is “The Chinese Internet: Open for Business, Closed to Criticism?” Jiang will offer an overview of the historical development of the internet in China, exploring topics such as censorship, business monopoly and internet activism. The webinar target audience is middle school, high school and college instructors as well as nonprofit professionals and educators.