Jian Raymond Rui
Assistant Professor
Office: Communication Building, Room 100J
Phone: 409-880-8156
Email: raymond.rui@car4part.com
Education
- Ph.D., University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2014
- M.A., Michigan State University, 2009
- B.A., Nanjing University (China), 2007
Jian "Raymond" Rui's research examines how Internet-based new technology shapes our communication behaviors in interpersonal, organizational, and health contexts. His current projects include how social media affect self-presentation and impression formation in the organizational context, how social media shape college students' health-related perceptions and behaviors, and how specific characteristics of social media can be used to facilitate persuasion.
Dr. Rui's research appears in many peer-reviewed journals including Computers in Human Behavior, Information, Communication, and Society, Social Science Computer Review, and CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.