Katherine Chen
Board MemberYi-Ning Katherine Chen (PhD, The University of Texas at Austin) is Distinguished Professor of Communication, and the Dean of College of Communication at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan. She is also a Board Member of the Oversight Board for Meta.
Between 2014 and 2018, she was on secondment as Commissioner at the National Communications Commission, Taiwan. Professor Chen has spoken at various regulatory forums and international academic conferences in Europe, USA and Asia, in which topics were focusing on the Internet users’ behavior and pay TV vs. OTT TV regulation.
She served as both Associate Dean of the College of Communication and as Vice Chair of Chinese Communication Society between 2010-2014. She also was on the Review Committee in Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology, advised the Ministry of Science and Technology in various capacities, and served as an external reviewer for the Research Grants Council in Hong Kong. Chen has also been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Asian Journal of Communication and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Communication Research and Practices. Professor Chen has received a number of research awards from the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Chengchi University. Her academic research has been published in journals such as Telecommunications Policy, Comunicar, Journalism Studies, New Media & Society, Public Relations Review, and the Chinese Journal of Communication. Her research interests include media content and its effects, social media in elections, as well as mobile communication and privacy.