About
Bio
Dr. Xuenan Cao is Professor and Chair of General Education in STEM at San Francisco Bay University and Adjunct Faculty of Cultural Faculties at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, having previously taught at Duke University, New York University-Shanghai, and Yale University. She is author of Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits (Stanford University Press, 2026).
She has published in top venues for both humanities and computer sciences, including Grey Room, boundary 2, Theory, Culture & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Media, Culture & Society, PMLA, AMCIS, NeurIPS, among others. Her current work focuses on assessment and curricular change in the age of artificial intelligence.
Degree & Academic Institution:
- Ph.D. Communication and Media Studies
Duke University
Courses Taught:
- APP 203 - How to “be creative” in Partnership with Computation & Machine Learning
- APP 204 - How to Use Futures Thinking & Mixed Methods for Social Impact
Bio
Dr. Xuenan Cao is Professor and Chair of General Education in STEM at San Francisco Bay University and Adjunct Faculty of Cultural Faculties at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, having previously taught at Duke University, New York University-Shanghai, and Yale University. She is author of Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits (Stanford University Press, 2026).
She has published in top venues for both humanities and computer sciences, including Grey Room, boundary 2, Theory, Culture & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Media, Culture & Society, PMLA, AMCIS, NeurIPS, among others. Her current work focuses on assessment and curricular change in the age of artificial intelligence.
Degree & Academic Institution:
- Ph.D. Communication and Media Studies
Duke University
Courses Taught:
- APP 203 - How to “be creative” in Partnership with Computation & Machine Learning
- APP 204 - How to Use Futures Thinking & Mixed Methods for Social Impact