Yan Qu
Assistant Professor, Communication
Education
M.A., Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D., Communication and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Expertise
Public Relations
Dr. Yan Qu studies public relations and strategic communication broadly through a social network perspective. Primarily, his research focuses on using and advancing an egocentric network approach in examining relationship management and public engagement, among other public relations topics. His secondary research program concerns corporate social responsibility/corporate social advocacy in an international, cross-cultural context. Dr. Qu is the winner of 2022 ICA James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Dissertation Award and multiple top paper awards at AEJMC and IPRRC. His research has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review, and International Journal of Strategic Communication. Prior to his current role, Dr. Qu was working as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.