Bryan Wang is currently an Associate Professor and William H. Kearns Chair in Journalism. He is also co-director of the Social and traditional Media Analytics & Research Tools Lab (SMART) Lab and a member of the Fred & Pamela Buffet Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Wang joined the College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 2012. At the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he teaches courses in campaign strategy,  campaign development, public relations, and social media marketing.

Wang's research focuses on the impact of new communication technologies in health and science communication. His current research projects focus on (1) the role of social media and generative AI in diabetes, vaping, and cancer communication, (2) communicating emerging technologies (e.g., quantum science and autonomous vehicles) on social media and using generative AI tools, and (3) improving public's AI literacy in the current algorithmic media environment. His research has been published in leading communication journals, such as Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Health Marketing Quarterly, and Journal of Science Communication. His work has won multiple top conference paper awards from the International Communication Association and the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.

Wang was named Kappa Tau Alpha Professor of the Year by the Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in 2018 and selected as a Plank Center Public Relations Fellow for professional development in 2013.

Prior to his graduate studies in the United States, Bryan had professional experiences in journalism and strategic communication in China.

Bryan has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012), where he also minored in Quantitative Methodology in the Department of Educational Psychology. Prior to that, he completed his M.A. in Communication from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University in 2006. Before he started his graduate studies in the United States, he earned a bachelor’s degree in International Journalism from Shanghai International Studies University (2004) in China.