朱頔，2011年于北京外国语大学获得外交学与英文双学士学位，2014年于美国密苏里大学获得新闻学硕士学位，主修杂志写作与出版。此后，她继续在密苏里大学进修博士，并于2019年获得博士学位。她专注于新闻受众研究、科技影响及媒介心理学等相关领域的跨学科实证研究，擅长运用心理生理学等实验测量方法探索受众在不同媒体平台获取信息的体验和感受。此外，朱頔以往的教学内容主要包括策略传播研究方法，广告心理学和新媒体策略等。
Zhu, D. Johnson, E. & Bolls, P. (2020). Platform and Proximity: Audience Responses to Crime News on Desktop Computers and Smartphones. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Zhu, D.& Lee, S. (2019). The autonomous readers: How does news customization affect audience motivation and engagement? Communication Research and Practice. 1–18.
Zhu, D. (2017). Hero and Villain on a Foreign Land: A Textual Analysis on US Newspaper Coverage of China’s Uighur Unrest. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 33, p. 00017). EDP Sciences.
Zhu, D.& Lee, S. (2019). “Motivated Processing of Online News Comments: how incivility and belief congruence affect comment readers’ cognitive and emotional responses.” 69th International Communication Association Conference. Washington, DC, May 24-28.
Zhu, D. & Lee, S. (2019). “Audience Responses to Obesity-related News: stigmatization, attribution and perceived weight status.” 69th International Communication Association Conference. Washington, DC, May 24-28.
Lee, S., Zhu, D., Dockter, C. Boman, C. &Hinnant, A. L. (2019). “Development of Effective Strategies for Firearm-Safety Communication Messages by Pedestrians to Parents.” 69th International Communication Association Conference. Washington, DC, May 24-28.
Zhu, D.& Lee, S. (2018). “The Influence of Opinion Congruence and Incivility On Visual Attention to Online Comments: An Eye-tracking Study.” 68th International Communication Association Conference. Prague, Czech Republic, May 24-28.
Zhu, D.& Lee, S. (2018). “The autonomous readers: How does news customization affect audience motivation and engagement?” 68th International Communication Association Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, May 24-28.
Thorson E. &Zhu, D. (2016) “Does the political apple fall far from the tree? Agenda setting in Tweens’ and Teens’ agreement with parental political beliefs.” Association for Education of Journalism and Mass Communication in Minneapolis, August 4-7.
2017-18助理研究员, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation and Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Grant. University of Missouri PI: Amanda Hinnant; Washington University PI: Jane Garbutt. $29,000. “Development of exam-room to newsroom strategy to enhance firearm safety.”（“发展有关提升枪支安全的医疗与媒体传播策略。”）
