People
Faculty
Students
Alex Bisberg
Ph.D. Student @ USC Viterbi & ISI
Online Games & esports, Matchmaking & win Prediction, ML
Emily Chen
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Viterbi & ISI
Social Networks, Online Human Behavior, Influence in Online Communities
Eun Cheol Choi
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Social Networks, Computational Social Science, AI, Misinformation, Fact-checking
Magdalayna Drivas
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Media Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Games & Wellbeing
Ke M. Huang-Isherwood
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Annenberg
Social Media, Gamification, Identity, Social Capital, and Social Movements
Eugene Jang
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Social Networks, Communication Technology, Social Support, Inequality
Julie Jiang
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Viterbi & ISI
Human Behavior, User Content Understanding, Social Network
Donggyu Kim
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Media Psychology, HCI, Technology Adoption, Trust, AI-mediated Communication
Ji Ye Kim
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Entertainment Media Effects, Immersive Technologies, Media Psychology, Video games
Natalie Kim
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Behavioral and Mental Health, Immersive Technologies, Social Support, Gamification
Michelle "Michie" Leccese
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Media Psychology, Gaming, Mental Health, Pro-Social Behavior
Eugene Lee
Ph.D. Student @USC Annenberg
Organizational Communication, Social Media, AI, Well-being, Social Networks
Qianhui (Vicky) Ni
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Dornslife - Psychology
Social Cognition, Social Interaction in Games, Player Experience, Experimental Methods, VR & AR
Sarah Hoan Nguyen
Phd Candidate @USC Annenberg
Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ICT4D, Online Communities
Christopher J. Persaud
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Annenberg
Qualitative Research, Ethnography, Online Communities, STS
Becky Pham
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Annenberg
Children and Adolescents, Family Communication, Socio-cultural Implications of Media
Steven Proudfoot
PhD Student @USC Annenberg
Interdisciplinary Game Studies and Fan Studies, with a focus on teamwork and communities in MMORPGs
Aili (Alice) Qiao
Ph.D. Student @USC Dornsife - Psychology
Social Psychology, Player Motivation, Decision-Making, Experimental Methods
Yilei (Elaine) Zeng
Ph.D. Candidate @USC Viterbi & ISI
Recommender Systems, Social Behaviors and Content, Online Games
Research Collaborators
Nick Bowman – Associate Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
Mia Consalvo – Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
Fred Morstatter – Research Assistant Professor, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
Nishith Pathak - Senior Research Scientist, Wargaming, Inc.
Rabindra (Robby) Ratan – Associate Professor, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University
Cuihua (Cindy) Shen – Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Davis
Jaideep Srivastava - Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota
Lab Alumni
Herbert Chang – Assistant Professor, Department of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College
Sukyoung Choi – Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Yonsei University
Joo-Wha Hong – Postdoctoral Scholar, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Natalie Jonckheere – Data Analytics & Strategy Manager, Choice Hotels International
Do Own (Donna) Kim – Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Steffie S. Kim– Data Analyst, Insomniac Games
Yiqi Li – Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Calvin Liu – PhD 2022, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Mingxuan Liu – Post Doctoral Fellow, Medill IMC Spiegel Research Center, Northwestern University
Malika Seth – Data Engineer, Sephora
Paul Sparks – PhD 2023, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Sonia Jawaid Shaikh – Assistant Professor, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam
Jingyi Sun – Assistant Professor, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology