Grants and Fellowships

• Chongqing Graduate Student Research Funding (2022). Perception of Time and Rhythmic Adaptation: A Study of New Media Time in Algorithmic Systems, Amount: ¥5,000.
• National Undergraduate Student Research Funding (2021). The Usage of Internet among Beijing’s elderly, Amount: ¥10,000.
• Beijing Undergraduate Student Research Funding (2019). The Evolution of Couriers’ Media Images, Amount: ¥5,000.

Research Assistant

Research Member

Civic Tech Lab
2024 - Present
Project Title: Public perception of novel food
Advisor: Prof. Weiyu Zhang (National University of Singapore)

• Processed and analyzed a decade of Facebook data using Python, including fine-tuning the BERT model and employing BiLSTM-CRF for Named Entity Recognition
• Interpreted the results to illustrate the evolving public attitudes toward novel foods

Research Assistant

Construction of Discourse System of New Form of Human Civilization Project
National Social Science Foundation Key Project
Supervisor: Prof. Guoqiang Liu
2023 - 2024

• Conducted data collection and analysis, contributing to the initial phase results.
• Co-authored a publication: Guoqiang Liu & Katherine Zhang (2023). The Tug of War Over “Coins”: Platform Dual Expansion and the Contingency of Digital Labor. Contemporary Communication, 3, 71-75.

Research Assistant

Chinese Cyber Nationalism Collective Behavior and Value Guidance Research within the Discourse Theory Framework Project
National Social Science Foundation Project
Supervisor: Prof. Guoqiang Liu
2022 - 2023

• Completed a comprehensive literature review for the project.
• Assisted in analyzing the discourse of Chinese netizens on national issues, providing insights into the Construction of discourse system of new form of human civilization.

Scholarships

• 2023 - Sichuan International Studies Universities Honor Scholarship for academic excellence, Sichuan International Studies Universities
• 2023 - National Graduate Scholarship for academic excellence, The Chinese Ministry of Education
• 2020 - National Undergraduate Scholarship for academic excellence, The Chinese Ministry of Education
• 2019 - Nationa Labor union Scholarship for academic excellence, The Chinese Ministry of Education

Awards and Honors

• Apr 2024: The Third Place Prize in Paper Competition, Sichuan International Studies University
• Nov 2023: The Second Place in 4th Innovation Forum for Ph.D. Candidates, Communication University of China
• Nov 2022: The Third Place Prize in Anhui Province Graduate Student Paper Competition
• Jun 2022: Best Dissertation in the class of 2022, China University of Labor Relations
• Jun 2022: Graduated with first-class honors,China University of Labor Relations

Services

• April 2023 - Present：IAMCR Student Membership