Chunyang Hu (born April 15, 1970) is a professor at the Fudan University in China. She is nationally known for her research and writing on interpersonal communication, discourse analysis applied in communication. She has also done research and published books on discourse analysis, mobile communication and interpersonal interaction, and textbook on Interpersonal Communication. She translated the Sage Handbook of Interpersonal Communication from English into Chinese. She is the first person who developed the course on interpersonal communication on Fudan campus. The works she has done contributed much to scholarship in the field of communication studies of China.
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The courses Chunyang Hu taught are: interpersonal communication, political communication, mass media and culture, the introduction to communication studies, Media Convergence.
Chunyang Hu received her bachelor’s (1990) from Sichuan University of China and master’s (2000) degrees and her PhD (2005) from Fudan University. After got PhD, she was employed at Fudan University and work with University journalism school of Fudan University and Information and Communication Study center of Fudan. In December 2015, Chunyang Hu was promoted to full professorship of Communication Studies. Since September 2015, she acts as academic publications reviewer for Routledge Press. Since September 2014, she performs as paper reviewer for Journal of Sociology and Anthropology.
In 2013–2014, Chunyang Hu, as research fellow, visited Berkman Center for Internet &Society at Harvard University; In 2013, she, as visiting scholar, visited Brian Communication School at Purdue University; In 2011, she, as exchange faculty, taught at Hong Kong Chu Hai College; she, as exchange faculty, visited Cal State Fullerton. All of these visiting experiences broaden her research horizon and enhance her scholarship.