Scholar
Kaiping Chen
Google Scholar ID: SLJWhV0AAAAJ
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,689
H-index
22
i10-index
35
Publications
20
Co-authors
18
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Her work has been published in flagship journals across disciplines, including the American Political Science Review, Journal of Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). She has received several prizes, including Best Dissertation in Political Communication from the National Communication Association, Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award from the International Communication Association, and Early Career Woman Scholar Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Research Experience
- Her research experience includes using computational and qualitative methods to study how digital media influences political accountability and public dialogue across different national contexts, including the United States, China, and Ghana.
Education
- Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University; MPA from Columbia University.
Background
- Keywords of Research Interest: Science & Technology Communication, Public Deliberation, Computational Social Science. Background: Kaiping Chen is an Associate Professor (with early tenure) in Computational Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working in the Department of Life Sciences Communication. She also maintains active affiliations with several departments and institutes, including Political Science, the Data Science Institute, the Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, and many others. She serves in leadership roles within professional associations, such as the International Liaison at the Computational Methods Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) and as the Professional Responsibility and Freedom Chair of the Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Miscellany
- She is committed to translating research into real-world impact and collaborates with local governments and communities in the U.S. and China to pilot innovative public engagement strategies. Her practices have been covered by local media such as Palo Alto Weekly in California and the Dane County Office of Energy and Climate Change Blog in Wisconsin.
