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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
LENA L. ZHANG, PHD

Assistant Professor of Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University
Investigator, Comprehensive Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership, San Francisco State University and UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

CONTACT

lzhang@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1780 (voice)
(415) 338-1168 (fax)

Humanities 265, San Francisco State University; 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

EDUCATION

Beijing Broadcasting Institute, B.L., 1989, International Journalism
Beijing Broadcasting Institute, M.A., 1991, Broadcasting Literature
University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1995, Mass Communication

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991-1994

Instructor (teaching fellow), Department of Telecommunications, University of Georgia

1995

Instructor, Department of Communication Studies, State University of Georgia

1995-1998

Assistant Professor, Communication Department and Electronic Communication Arts

1999-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

HONORS & AWARDS

1997

Faculty Summer Development Fellowship, National Association of Television Program Executives

1998

Visiting Scholar, Digital Media Center, School of Arts and Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2002

Top Paper Award, International Division, Broadcast Education Association

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Zhang, L.L. et al. (1998). Penetrating the Great Wall-the influence of VOA Newscasts on Young Chinese Intellectuals of 1980s. Journal of Radio Studies.

Zhang, L.L. (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV News: Contributions to Mike Murray (Ed.). The Oryx Press, Phoenix.

Zhang, L.L. (2003). Are They Still Listening? Reconceptualizing the Voice of America's Chinese Audience in Cyber Era. Journal of Radio Studies; 9 (2), 316-337.

2/23/06

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