Diane Kim

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Graduate Student

177 Kerr Hall

Diane Kim is a fourth year Ph.D. candidate 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; 2022), ($1,000; 2023), ($1,000; 2024), ($1,500; 2025)]
  • Small Research Grant ($1,000; 2024)
Courses
  • TA: CMN001 Public Speaking (Fall ‘22, Winter ‘23, Spring ‘23)
  • TA: CMN124 Family Communication (Fall ‘23, Fall ‘25)
  • TA: CMN150v University of California Computational Social Science (Summer ‘23)
  • TA: CMN178 Persuasive Technology (Winter ‘24, Spring ‘24)
  • TA: CMN101 Theories of Human Communication (Fall '24)
  • TA: CMN120 Interpersonal Communication (Winter ‘26, Winter ‘25, Spring ‘25)
  • TA: CMN170v Digital Technology & Social Change (Summer ‘25)
  • TA: CMN102 Empirical Methods in Communication Research (Fall ‘25)
  • TA: CMN143 Analysis of Media Messages (Spring ‘26)
  • TA: CMN161 Health Communication (Spring ‘26)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence, Conversational agents, Health application, Human-computer interaction