Yuezhi Zhao
Yuezhi Zhao | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Jinyun County, Zhejiang, China |
Academic background | |
Education | Beijing Broadcasting Institute Simon Fraser University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociologist |
Institutions | UCSD (1997-2000) Simon Fraser University (2000-present) |
Main interests | Communication and media studies, US-China relations |
Yuezhi Zhao (
Early life and education[edit]
Zhao was born in China, in the Jinyun County of the Zhejiang Province. She completed BA in Journalism from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute in 1984.[1] In 1986, she migrated to Canada to pursue her post-graduate education at Simon Fraser University. There, she earned her MA in Communication in 1989 and Ph.D. in Communication in 1996.[2]
Career[edit]
After earning her PhD, Zhao earned a position at the University of California, San Diego in 1997.[1] She left the University of California three years later and returned to SFU in 2000.[3] She joined SFU as a tenure-tracked assistant professor in Communication and Media Studies.[4]
As an Associate professor of communications at SFU, Zhao was appointed a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the political economy of global communication in 2005.[5] As a result of her research, she also earned the Chang-Jiang Scholar Award from the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education in 2009.[6] The next year, she was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair[7] and by 2011 was appointed to Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Global Communication.[8]
While teaching at SFU, Zhao created the Global Communication Double MA Degree program,[9] which would win the 2014 gold prize in the Educational Excellence Award category at the Canada-China Business Council's 4th Canada-China Business Excellence Awards.[10]
In 2013, she received SFU's C. Edwin Baker Award for "the Advancement of Scholarship on Media, Markets and Democracy."[11] She was also appointed a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.[12] Two years later, Zhao was the recipient of the 2015 Award for Leadership.[13]
In 2019, Zhao was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3]
Works[edit]
- Author: Communication and Society: Political Economic and Cultural Analysis (2014) Communication University of China Press, ISBN 978-7565702235
- Author: Communication in China: Political Economy, Power and Conflict (2008) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ISBN 978-0742519664
- Co-author: Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy (2008) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ISBN 978-0742540446
- Author: Media, Market, and Democracy in China: Between the Party Line and the Bottom Line (1998) University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0252066788
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jianhua, Feng (October 16, 2017). "Transcultural Communication Through Lens of Critical Scholarship". csstoday.com. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Yuezhi Zhao - School of Communication - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ a b "Yuezhi Zhao, professor and Canada Research Chair, receives Canada's highest academic honour". sfu.ca. September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "New Faculty". sfu.ca. July 27, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Guly, Christopher (February 24, 2005). "Checking up on world media". sfu.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Two SFU professors win awards in China". sfu.ca. November 19, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Three Canada Research Chairs renewed". sfu.ca. April 8, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "September 22, 2011 Meeting Summary". sfu.ca. September 22, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Faculty Profile: Dr. Yuezhi Zhao, Communications". sfu.ca. February 10, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "SFU's M.A. Double Degree Program in Global Communication Wins Award". sfu.ca. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Yuezhi Zhao - C. Edwin Baker Award Recipient". sfu.ca. September 19, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Yuezhi Zhao Appointed Senior Fellow to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada". asiapacific.ca. Vancouver. April 11, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence". sfu.ca. June 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- Living people
- Academic staff of Simon Fraser University
- Canadian sociologists
- Simon Fraser University alumni
- Canada Research Chairs
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Canadian women sociologists
- 20th-century social scientists
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- 20th-century Canadian women scientists
- 21st-century Canadian women scientists
- Chinese emigrants to Canada
- Chinese women sociologists
- 20th-century Canadian scientists
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- University of California, San Diego faculty
- Communication University of China alumni
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