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Dr. Hongmei Li joins the Center as an Associate

Dr. Hongmei Li is an Assistant Professor of Communications at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on globalization, consumer culture, identity, gender and sexuality, public diplomacy and culture of the Internet, with an emphasis on Contemporary China in particular and Asian countries in general. Her dissertation investigated the rise of advertising as a profession in China over the last few decades. She earned her B.A. from Peking University, and her M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Before she came to the U.S. to pursue her graduate studies in 2000, she had worked in a Chinese publishing house as an editor and a copyright manager for three years. From 2008 until 2010 she held a Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellowship from Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is currently working on a book about advertising in China.

The Center Welcomes a New Intern

Michael Cerna is currently a graduate student at Kennesaw State University studying International Policy Management (IPM) as part of a brand new cohort. He received his B.A. from Kennesaw State University in International Affairs with a minor in Latin American Studies. He is currently a research assistant as part of the IPM program focusing on the effects of EU membership aspirations on Turkey’s democratic reform process. Michael was selected to serve as a STARS recipient to the IPM program, assisting a study abroad trip to Brazil. His research is focused on political and international trade relations between China and South America and the effects on US foreign policy. Upon graduation he plans to pursue a career in Latin America with a focus on Sino-American relations.