• Professor, School of Journalism and New Media, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Master & PhD supervisor, Doctor of Literature

• Senior Visiting Scholar, University of Alabama, USA

• Senior Research Scholar and Honorary Doctoral Supervisor, University of Liverpool, UK

• Research Area: Mass Communication and Social Development

Academic Awards

• "Excellent Talents in the New Century"-- Ministry of Education

• "Leading Talent" in the Field of Philosophy and Social Sciences--Shaanxi Provincial Government

• "Humanistic Talents"-- Shaanxi Provincial Government

Academic Appointments

• Vice President of Shaanxi Journalism and Communication Education Society

• Vice President of Shaanxi Writing Society

• Vice Chairman of Xi'an Critics Association

• Member of the Steering Committee for the Teaching of Journalism and Communication in Universities of the Ministry of Education

• Vice President of Overseas Chinese Media Sub-committee of China Journalism History Society

Academic Achievements

• Chief expert of major projects of the National Social Science Foundation

• Leading over a number of national philosophy and social science foundation projects and more than 20 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects

• Received a number of scientific research and teaching awards

• A number of papers reprinted by "Xinhua Digest" and "RenMin University of China Photocopied Newspaper and Periodical Materials"