Stephanie Tong

Stephanie Tong
Visiting Research Scholar

Specialization

Stephanie Tong is an Associate Professor of Communication at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. In her work, she examines how popular social media systems impact human communication across the relational lifecycle—from initiation, maintenance, to dissolution and termination. Dr. Tong is currently exploring how artificial intelligence algorithms embedded in online and mobile dating apps influence the decisions people make about whom to date. During her stay at CITS, she will be investigating how AI influences people’s choices regarding their personal health.

Her work is supported by the National Science Foundation and has appeared in a variety of top outlets including, New Media & Society, Psychology & Health, Personal Relationships, Communication Research, and Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. When she’s not in the lab or the classroom, you’ll find her in the great outdoors running, hiking, or rock climbing with her husband and their two rescue dogs— “chugs” (Chihuahua-Pugs) named JB and Panzer.