Our CU Boulder LSI students gave some fantastic paper presentations at WSCA on a panel entitled, Race, Resistance, and Identity. Here's us afterwards looking proud (me) and relieved (them).
Xiaodong Yan
@xiaodongyan.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student, Community & Social Interaction, Dept. of Communication, University of Colorado, Boulder|Participatory Deliberate Democracy, Critical Discourse Analysis in Ethnic & Gender Politics
I am excited to kick off my first transnational community-based outreach & research project, especially appreciate support from @landgravephd.bsky.social at @cuboulderibs.bsky.social. This project is multi-funded also by David C. Kleiman Grant (at CMDI) and Tier-1 Grant (at PACES) at @colorado.edu.
Both #Boulder and #Chengdu, China are using community-based deliberation to debate #15-minuteneighborhoods. The IBS Training Program awarded @xiaodongyan.bsky.social a $1500 grant to investigate how deliberative #democracy operates in #China compared to the #U.S. ibs.colorado.edu/ibs-training...
I’m thrilled to share that our manuscript has been awarded the 2025 Stuart Hall Award 🏆 at @iamcr.org. This award recognizes grad students and early-career scholars dedicated to critical, interventionist scholarship, and I’m deeply honored to be among this year’s recipients.
🎓🏆 Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Stuart Hall Award! Their work examines media witnessing, menstrual stigma (@xiaodongyan.bsky.social), and the politics of representation. Full story: iamcr.org/awards/hall2... #IAMCR2025 #StuartHallAward #MediaStudies
Thrilled to be selected as 1 of 20 Fellows for 2025 Institute for Civically Engaged Research, #ICER2025! Excited to join scholars in LA for a 4-day full-funded workshop. 📍 Los Angeles, here I come. Let the learning & exchange begin! @apsa.bsky.social #CivicallyEngagedResearch
Honored to receive the DEI Award during #PrideMonth —recognition of my previous and ongoing works in Democratic Engagement and Ethnic & Gender politics. DEI isn’t a slogan—it’s a daily practice toward justice & belonging. Happy Pride to all—keep building liberatory spaces! 🌈✨ #DEIAward
Wrapped up an inspiring @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA2025 in Denver! Grateful to be part of such a vibrant community of communication scholars. What I love most about conferences like ICA is how humbling and expansive they are—reminding me how much there always is to learn. Until next time! 📚
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded 'Second Prize' in the 2024-2025 Graduate Student Academic Innovation Award ($2,000) by Wuhan University, recognizing the work I completed during my M.A. in Communication at the School of Journalism and Communication. #AcademicAchievement #WHU