Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor
Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Communication and Media
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Hang Lu, PhD, MS, MA
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Communication’s role in achieving health equity
Hang Lu’s global work focuses on examining the dynamic role that emotions play in influencing environmental, health, science, and risk communication, specifically in East Asia. His interests in global health equity align with the Center theme of addressing social and environmental determinants of health. In particular, he studies emotions as persuasive appeals with a recent focus on the experience of multiple emotions. Lu’s research has received multiple awards from the International Communication Association, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Society for Risk Analysis.