Diane Kim

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Position Title
Graduate Student

177 Kerr Hall
Bio

Diane Kim is a third year PhD student at the Department of Communication at University of California, Davis, advised by professor Jingwen Zhang. Prior to joining UC Davis, she earned her MA in Global Business journalism at Tsinghua University and BA in Economics and Mathematics at Emory University. 

She is interested in the convergence of health communication, human-computer interaction, and conversational agents utilizing artificial intelligence and computational methods to enhance health behaviors.

Education and Degree(s)
  • M.A in Global Business Journalism, Tsinghua University, 2020
  • B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, Emory University, 2018
Honors and Awards
  • Conference Travel Grant ($900) 2023
Courses
  • TA: CMN178 Persuasive Technology - WQ 2024, SQ 2024
  • TA: CMN124 Family Communication - FQ 2023
  • TA: CMN105v University of California Computational Social Science (UCCSS) - Summer Session 2
  • TA: CMN101 Theories of Human Communication - FQ2024
  • TA: CMN001 Introduction to Public Speaking - FQ 2022, WQ 2023, SQ 2023
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence, Conversational agents, Health application, Human-computer interaction