Biography
Wen’s teaching, research, and community have been centered around the theme of learning as a right, a lifelong process, and an essential component of living. She is always passionate about knowing people and their learning habits and background. She appreciates people’s honesty and ideas that contribute to creating an inclusive and supportive community—her lifelong learning with her students, colleagues, and family.
While Wen continues to contribute to Chinese language classes and cultural events, her teaching and research focus on civic communication and media studies, particularly the subjects that enhance media studies as an intersectional discourse and interdisciplinary field. Aligned with the goals of the Civic Communication and Media Studies department, her classes include learning, critiquing, designing, and sharing.
Wen’s recent research focuses on romantic love in media, particularly Chinese media as a component of the East Asian regional culture in a global context. She has expanded the research to the study of emotions and media technology in a particular cultural environment.
Wen continues perfecting classes that she has taught while designing new courses on recent and relevant topics, such as social media, (individual and collective) identity, and conflicts in communication.