Rosie Nguyen is a PhD candidate in Communication at Cornell University. Her research lies at the intersection of communication and media studies, platform studies, and Vietnamese studies, with particular interests in cultural production, creative labor, and decolonial approaches to media studies. Her dissertation examines how Vietnamese book authors navigate three interrelated tensions in contemporary cultural production: creativity and commerce (platform capitalism and market demands), creativity and control (state regulation), and creativity and culture (post-Confucian sociocultural norms and historical specificity).
Rosie's research has been published in journals including New Media & Society, Platforms & Society, Journal of Communication, Cultural Studies, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Prior to joining Cornell, she earned an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a Fulbright Scholar.
Rosie is also an accomplished author, having published six books in Vietnamese, including one that was the No. 1 bestselling book in Vietnam from 2017 to 2018. She remains committed to creative and community-based initiatives that promote reading culture in Vietnam. Her work bridges academic research and public engagement to support creative communities.
Interests
Digital culture, social media, social movements, online identity, media and gender, mixed methods
