Rosie Nguyen

she/her

Graduate Student, Grad Rep, Department of Communication

About

Rosie Nguyen is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Her research interests include cultural production and platforms, creative labor, and decolonization in communication and media studies. Currently, she is working on a research project examining how book authors in an authoritarian, post-Confucian context navigate the platformization of their creative work.

Prior to joining Cornell, Rosie completed a master's research degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by the Fulbright scholarship. She has over ten years of experience in various industries across Asia, including supply chain management, journalism, and publishing. She is also an accomplished author, having published six books in Vietnamese, one of which was the No.1 best seller in Vietnam from 2017 to 2018.

Education

M.A. (Research), Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.S., Economics, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam

Interests

Digital culture, social media, social movements, online identity, media and gender, mixed methods

Awards & Honors

Best Student Paper Award, Global Fusion Conference, 2025
Adam Smith Fellowship, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 2025
Telluride Association Scholarship, 2025 – 2028
Vietnam Book Awards - National Readers’ Choice Award, 2024
Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation Fellowship, 2024-2025
CALS Outstanding TA Award, 2024
Cornell Fellowship, 2023
Fulbright Scholarship, Department of State, 2020 - 2022
Japan - ASEAN Leadership Scholarship, IATSS Forum Japan, 2019

Courses Taught

COMM/INFO 3200 Technology, Behavior, and Society (Summer 2025)

Contact Information

nhn8 [at] cornell.edu

- Personal website
- Google Scholar

Selected Publications

Nguyen, R. (2025). The vortex of visibility: Platformization and literary practices in an emerging economy. Platforms & Society, 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624251398960
Nguyen, R. (2025). (Book review) Sex work in popular culture: written by Lauren Kirshner, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2024, 392 pp., US$35.20 (paperback), ISBN: 9781487548636. Cultural Studies, 1–3.
Humphreys, L., & Nguyen, R. (2024). Networked privacy and its broader implications. Journal of Communication, 74(5), 424-428.
Tao, R., Nguyen, N., Lu, L., Sun, L., Gill, H., Christy, K., & Riddle, K. (2023). Learning Through Rewards: Priming and Identification as Psychological Mechanisms of the Effects of LGBTQ+ Narratives on Inclusive Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions. Media Psychology, 1-25.

Conferences

Nguyen, R. (2025). Celebrity Humanitarianism and Dignified Storytelling: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Viral Fundraising Videos in Global North and South Contexts. Global Fusion Conference. Carbondale, IL U.S.A.
Nguyen, R., Duffy, B., & Humphreys, L. (2025). Algorithmic Anxiety, Burnout, and “Stress Dreams”: Creators’ (Un)Speakable Accounts of Occupational Hazards. The Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nguyen, R. (2025). The Vortex of Visibility: How Fiction Authors in an Emerging Creative Economy Experience, Integrate, and Resist the Impact of Platformization in Their Creative Practices. Preconference on Creator Culture. International Communication Association, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Nguyen, R., Humphreys, L., Goula, M., Cheyre, Cristo Santo, D., Guridi Bustos, J., Rangel, M. (2025). A Park for All: Layering Transgenerational, Translocal, and Parochial Experiences of Immigrant Communities in Los Angeles. International Communication Association, Denver, CO. U.S.A.

Rosie in the news

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News

December 3, 2025

COMM Updates - 12/3/2025

December 3, 2025 Awards Assistant Professor Monica Cornejo et al., received the Top Paper Award in the Interpersonal Communication Division from the National Communication Association. Their paper, titled “Exploring the Effects and Content of...

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News

November 12, 2025

COMM Updates - 11/12/2025

November 12, 2025 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen placed first in the Student Paper Competition at the Global Fusion 2025 Conference, which celebrates outstanding scholarship in global media and international communication. Her winning...