Teaching

Master-Level Courses

Instructor, Introduction to Applied Social Media Analytics, National University of Singapore, Fall 2025
Instructor, Data Visualization, Nanjing University, Spring 2025
Instructor, Text as Data, Nanjing University, Spring 2024, 2025
Teaching Assistant, COM5508 Media Data Analytics, City University of Hong Kong, Spring 2019

Instructor, Computational Workshop for CityU MACNM Alumni, Web Mining Lab, City University of Hong Kong, Spring 2019

Text as Data: A New Framework for Machine Learning and the Social Sciences: A cutting-edge research guide for people who want to learn text analysis and computational social science.
Text Mining with R: Focused on tidy data principles using R.
Applied Text Analysis with Python: Practical applications using scikit-learn and NLP tools (if you want to supplement with Python-based materials).

Fundamentals of Data Visualization by Claus Wilke: Free online book with theory and best practices.
ECharts: A powerful, open-source visualization library developed by Apache, which offers rich, highly customizable charts and maps, especially suitable for creating publication-ready interactive dashboards.
Plotly: A flexible Python (and JavaScript) library for creating interactive plots and dashboards, which integrates seamlessly with Jupyter Notebooks and is ideal for computational communication and data journalism contexts.

DataJournalism.com: A comprehensive platform offering handbooks, courses, and case studies.
Google News Initiative: Tools for Data Journalism: Practical tools and tutorials for sourcing, visualizing, and telling stories with data.

Beginning Python: From novice to professional: Excellent for building foundational skills in Python and data analysis.
Python crash course: A hands-on, project-based introduction to programming: A beginner-friendly curriculum with videos, textbooks, and assignments.