J. Sophia Fu
Associate Professor of Communication
Faculty, PhD COM Faculty
Biography
Sophia Fu's research advances theoretical understandings of hybrid organizing—specifically, how organizational and social actors navigate and integrate multiple, often competing elements such as goals, identities, media platforms, stakeholders, and institutional logics in their communication practices.
Her current work centers around three interrelated themes: social networks, digital technologies, and macro-level institutional structures. Through this lens, Fu’s research contributes to knowledge on how to effectively organize for social good across a range of pressing social issues in diverse sociocultural and sociopolitical contexts.
Fu's work has appeared in Communication Research, International Journal of Communication, and the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She has been granted awards from the International Communication Association, the National Science Foundation, and the Academicy of Management.
Education
Ph.D., Media, Technology, and Society, Northwestern University
M.S., Statistics, Northwestern University
B.A., International Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University