Sung-Un Yang

Dr. Sung-Un Yang is the Harold Burson Professor in Public Relations and Department Chair of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations at Boston University. Previously, Sung-Un was a faculty member and held the position of Ralph Winslow Professor of Strategic Communication at Indiana University Media School, where he taught courses in strategic communication. Before that, he was a tenured faculty member at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, serving as the Newhouse Endowed Professor. Since August 2024, Sung-Un has been a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, a prestigious organization for global leaders in corporate communications and education.

His research primarily focuses on strategic communication management, including organization-public relationships, organizational reputation management, social media effectiveness, and public diplomacy. He has received several awards for his work, including the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from the International Communication Association (ICA) Public Relations Division, as well as Top Research Paper Awards from major international conferences in his field, such as the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and IPRRC (International Public Relations Research Conference).

Regarding teaching, Sung-Un was honored with the Meredith Teaching Excellence Recognition Award at Syracuse University and the Indiana University Board of Trustees Teaching Award at Indiana University.

Since 2022, Sung-Un has served as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Relations Research, the official journal of the AEJMC Public Relations Division. Additionally, he has been a member of the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals, including Communication Research and Communication Theory. Sung-Un has authored two books, multiple book chapters, over 100 research papers in international peer-reviewed conference papers, and articles in esteemed academic journals, including Communication Research, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, International Journal of Communication, Computers in Human Behavior, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Communication Management, Corporate Reputation Review, Public Relations Review, and Management of Communication Quarterly.

Sung-Un has been recognized as a Top Scientist (the World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists) by the Stanford University School of Medicine for five consecutive years since 2020 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024).