Hye Min Kim

Hye Min Kim is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research focuses on the intersection of communication technologies, public health promotion, and health behavior persuasion.

• PhD in Communication from University of Southern California (2022)
• MA in Communication from Yonsei University (2016)
• BA in Mass Communication from Yonsei University (2014)

Her research examines how digital communication tools address public health challenges through computational analysis of social media and experimental methods. Key areas include health stigma reduction, vaccination promotion, and misinformation management.

Recent work analyzes anti-stigma campaigns using m-health apps, partisan framing of pandemic policies, and network strategies for health communication. Articles span topics from HPV vaccine messaging to e-cigarette regulation debates.

Kim employs mixed-method approaches combining behavioral experiments, meta-analysis, and large-scale social media data analysis to understand technology's role in health decision-making among underserved populations.