Graduate Student Researcher
Office: Frances Searle Building 1-459C
Email: jasminewu@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Organizational communication; network activation and mobilization; scientific collaboration
Y. Jasmine Wu is a second-year Ph.D. student in Media, Technology, and Society. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Information Science and Communication. Jasmine applies advanced computational tools to understand team processes in both research and industrial settings to further improve management and team performance. At SONIC, she is working on Enterprise Social Media, Safe Bets and Risky Propositions, and Science of Team Science.
Education
B.S., Information Science, Communication, Cornell University
Publications and Conferences
Antone, B., Wu, Y. J., Chan, C., Li, H., Xu, Y., Lane, J. N., DeChurch, L. A., Leonardi, P. M., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, Nov). Teaming in the time of COVID: Reconfiguration of workplace communication networks. To be presented at the Virtual INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Wu, Y. J., Antone, B., Chan, C., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, Sep). Status difference and network mobilization in organizations in times of COVID-19. Poster presented at the Organizational Communication Mini-Conference (OCMC).
Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y. J., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (Under Review). Text, networks, and innovation: Mapping changes in research expertise diversity. Network Science.
Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y. J., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, Jul). Text and network: Mapping changes in the expertise diversity of patent teams. Presented at the Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y. J., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, Jun). Mapping changes in the expertise diversity of patent teams over the past four decades. Presented at the 11th Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Virtual Conference.
Wu, Y. J. (2020, May). Leveraging co-authorship network to understand research performance in Communication. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia. Top Student Paper Award, Communication and Technology Division.
Wu, Y. J., Chan, C., Jin, C, McLeod, P., & Williams, M. (2019, Sep). Effects of avatar gender on negotiation in an immersive virtual environment. Paper presented at the 105th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD. Top Student Paper Award, Group Communication Division.
Wu, Y. J., Chan, C., Jin, C, McLeod, P., & Williams, M. (2018, May). Extended Abstract: Effects of avatar gender on negotiation strategy and outcomes in an immersive virtual environment. Presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic.