Qing Huang

Dr. Qing Huang is an Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication at Loyola Marymount University's Communication Studies department. Her research examines human communication in technology-embedded contexts using a social scientific approach, with particular emphasis on personal relationships and chronemics (time-related studies). Through advanced quantitative and computational methods, she investigates how people use media and technology in their daily lives to enhance relationships, as well as the consequences that occur when these technologies fall short of expectations.

Dr. Huang's scholarship has been recognized with top paper awards at both the International Communication Association (ICA) and the National Communication Association (NCA). Her work has been published in outlets such as Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Communication Education, and Frontiers in Psychology.

She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned her M.A. in Communication Studies from the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2018, she graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a dual degree in Communication and Computer Science. Between her undergraduate and graduate degrees, she worked at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.