Linqi Lu
- Assistant Professor, Communication Dept
Contact Info
- Email: linqi.lu@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.2137
Office Address
Communication Department
O'Kelly Hall Room 222
221 Centennial Drive Stop 7169
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7169
Websites
Biography
Linqi Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of North Dakota. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Communication with Ph.D. minors in Computer Science and Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2025.
Her research is highly interdisciplinary, bridging communication, computer science, and psychology. She focuses on multimodal framing, emerging AI technologies, and the critical role of communication in advancing public health, social justice, and public safety.
Lu’s research has been featured in journals such as Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Communication, Health Communication, Preventive Medicine, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Health Education and Behavior, Media Psychology, Mass Communication and Society, Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, JMIR AI, and in the HICSS Conference proceedings, etc.
COMM 322: Artificial Intelligence in Emerging Communication Practices
COMM 451: Risk and Crisis Communication
COMM 516: Principles of Professional Communication
COMM 517: Research Methodology for Communication Professionals
COMM 529: Science Communication
Health Technology
Human-AI Communication
Computational Social Science