Yixuan Liu | 刘艺璇

yixuan.liu820@utexas.edu

Office: CMA 5.172

I am a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. I am advised by Dr. Dawna Ballard. In my research projects, I study time and technologies in the workplace. I seek to highlight the gendered labor that is often overlooked.

Education

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Ph.D. in Communication Studies, 2022 – Present
The University of Texas at Austin
⁃ Advisor: Dr. Dawna Ballard
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M.A. in Journalism and Communication, 2019 – 2022
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
⁃ Award: China National Scholarship
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B.A. in Education & B.A. in Communication , 2015 – 2019
Beijing Normal University
⁃ Awards: Outstanding undergraduate thesis; Jingshi Academic Scholarship

Publications

  1. Residual and emergent: Good mother ideals in China and the role of cultural values
    Yixuan Liu, and Yi Xu
    Family Relations 2024.
  2. Discipline and resistance in the representation of motherhood: Postpartum recovery discussion on Xiaohongshu
    Yixuan Liu, and Wei Wang
    Feminist Media Studies 2023.
  3. Platform ruralism: Digital platforms and the techno-spatial fix
    Wei Wang, Huiying Xu, and Yixuan Liu
    Geoforum 2022.
  4. Understanding virtual gifting in live streaming by the theory of planned behavior
    Yi Xu, Yixin Ye, and Yixuan Liu
    Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 2022.
  5. The impact of trust in technology and trust in leadership on the adoption of new technology from employee’s perspective
    Yi Xu, and Yixuan Liu
    Advances in Psychological Science 2021.