Henry Goble is junior undergraduate, majoring in communication studies and minoring in social psychology. He will begin the accelerated graduate program for communications in Fall of 2016. He is looking forward to making an impact in the community and the world through research conducted by the communication and social robotics team here at Western Michigan University.
Graduate Research Assistants
Henry Goble research assistant |
Xianlin Jin Research Assistant Xianlin Jin is a PhD student in Communication Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is also a member of Integrated Research on Disaster and Risk Young Scientist Programme. Xianlin’s research primarily focuses on health communication, disaster and risk communication. Xianlin is interested in exploring the communication between social robotics and human beings during the risk information seeking process. |
Adam Rainear research assistant Adam M. Rainear is an Ph.D student in the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut. Adam’s research interests are focused primarily in the fields of risk and science communication, with a specific focus on communicating the weather and climate to the public. His current research projects examine using new technology, such as robots and virtual reality, to effectively communicate risky and science-related messages, in addition to other projects which examine social media as a risk communication tool. His most recent publications have appeared in Computers in Human Behavior, Communication Research Reports, and Weather, Climate, & Society. |
Edwin Wang Research Assistant Edwin Wang is a PhD student in Communication Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He is interested in mobile communication and media psychology, especially how communication technology could facilitate (or hamper) people’s social life, social well-being, and public engagement. He received his B.A. & M.A. in literature at Beijing Normal University and his M.S. in media studies at the University of Oregon. Outside of academia, he had worked for an IT company as a marketing specialist for ten years. |