Activities

Work beyond the papers.

Presentations, service, and other ways I take part in the field.

Presenting, reviewing, and mentoring have given me opportunities to learn with colleagues and support work in progress.

Communities across fields.

I take part in associations focused on communication, groups, management, and social networks.

  • International Communication Association (ICA)
  • National Communication Association (NCA)
  • Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup)
  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • International Network for Social Network Analysis (Sunbelt)

Sharing ideas across fields.

I present work on organizational communication, teams, technology, and collaboration in communication, management, group research, and network analysis settings.

Chengyu Fang speaking beside a slide titled Putting the AI in Team at a 2019 research presentation
Presenting “Putting the AI in Team” at the International Communication Association conference, May 2019.
2025 · NCA

Streaming in the Spotlight

A presentation on team adaptation and institutional work in hybrid, transparent esports organizations, drawn from my dissertation research.

2024 · NCA

Blurred Lines, Bridging Minds

With Young Ji Kim and Ceciley Xinyi Zhang, on how college students navigate the boundary between human intelligence and generative AI.

In conversation with students.

I bring research on groups, technology, and organizing into classrooms beyond my own.

October 27, 2026 · upcoming

Leadership in Groups and Organizations

Virtual guest lecture for Nitzan Navick’s course.

Reviewing, representing, and mentoring.

Selected contributions to journals, professional associations, and university communities.

Journal & editorial work

2023–present

Emerging Reviewer

Management Communication Quarterly

2026

Journal reviewer

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

2025

Journal reviewer

Human-Machine Communication

2021

Editorial Assistant

Communication Research

Association & conference service

2022–2024

Student & Early Career Representative

ICA Communication and Technology Division.

2020–2023

Conference paper reviewer

NCA divisions in group communication and human communication and technology.

2017–2020

Conference paper reviewer

ICA’s Communication and Technology Division and Computational Methods Interest Group.

2020–2021

Conference paper reviewer

INGRoup (2020) and the Academy of Management (2021).

University community

2024

Executive Team Co-chair

Beyond Academia Conference, UC Santa Barbara.

2022–2023

Graduate Scholars Program Mentor

UC Santa Barbara.

2019–2021

Graduate Representative

Ombuds Advisory Committee, UC Santa Barbara.

Recognition & development.

Selected awards and opportunities that have shaped my work across career stages.

2026 · AOM

CTO Junior Faculty Consortium

Participated in the Academy of Management CTO Junior Faculty Consortium.

2022 · NCA

Doctoral Honors Seminar

Selected for the Communication Theory and Research track.

2020 · AOM

Best Paper Award

For the coauthored paper “Intelligent Machines and Teamwork: Help or Hindrance?”

2017 · ICA

Best of the B.E.S.T. Presentation Award

Organizational Communication Division; for coauthored work on interactional expertise in a scientific organization.