About

Cynthia Wang is a PhD Candidate at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication. She received her Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in Radio/TV/Film and Biological Sciences, with a minor in Asian American studies. Upon graduating, she produced independent films while also working at COPE Health Solutions, a non-profit health care organization, managing their health workforce development division, implementing and overseeing program operations at multiple partner hospitals across Southern California. In 2010, Cynthia received her M.A. in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, where her thesis examined how YouTube comments of classical music posts negotiated ideas of the “expert,” and the “democratization” of discourse in online spaces. Her current research focuses on ways in which digital media enables and increases transnational flows of information and knowledge, thereby constructing alternative citizenships and spheres of discourse that transcend the boundaries of the local, the geographically bound, and the nation-state. To this end, she is currently developing a web-based international LGBTQ digital storytelling map called GlobalTraQs. Her dissertation examines the ways in which aspects of time interrelate to economic, social, and cultural capital in the digital age.