Education

  • Ph.D., 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    Major: Mass Communications
    Minor: Educational Psychology (Statistics)
    Dissertation: “Value Predispositions, Communication, and Attitudes toward Nanotechnology: The Interplay of Public and Experts”
    Advisor: Dietram A. Scheufele
  • M.A., 2005, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    Major: Journalism and Mass Communications
    Thesis: “The Spiral of Silence: Comparing Psychological Antecedents and Opinion Expression in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communication”
    Advisor: Douglas M. McLeod
  • B.A. (First Class Honors/ Summa cum Laude), 2002, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    Major: Communication Studies