Junyi Lv received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Southern California. Coming from a Chinese coal town that experienced boom and then decline, she studies coal and energy communities in transition. In her dissertation research, she did inter-referencing fieldwork in her hometown and eastern Kentucky on local precariousness and resilience. Her research aims to facilitate energy communities’ mutual communication and learning in the global context. She has also studied China’s livestreaming industries and online communities broadly.
Last Updated: October 12, 2023
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