Rim H. Chaif, Ph.D.

Computational Social Scientist · Communication Scholar
AI · Advertising & Public Relations · Digital Media

I am a computational social scientist and communication scholar studying how artificial intelligence and digital media shape persuasion, representation, consumer and audience responses, and health communication. I use large-scale data, machine learning, and experimental methods alongside qualitative analysis to study communication across digital platforms and cultural contexts.

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Highlights
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10

Peer-Reviewed Publications

In leading journals on AI, digital media, health communication, and strategic communication.

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8

Top Paper Awards & Honors

Including AEJMC, NCA, and international recognitions.

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Ph.D.

Journalism & Mass Communications

University of Kansas, with training in computational social science.

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Instructor

University Teaching

Teaching PR, strategic communication, media literacy, and AI.

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Global

Perspective

Research and professional experience across North Africa, Europe, and the U.S.

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Methods

Computational

NLP, machine learning, LLMs, and large-scale social media analysis.

Featured Research Areas
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AI & Emerging Media

AI-generated content, virtual influencers, algorithms, and their impact on persuasion and consumer responses.

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Advertising & PR

Branding, representation, rainbow-washing, crisis communication, and strategic communication campaigns.

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Digital Health Communication

Online health communities, reproductive health, health misinformation, and patient support systems.

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Platforms & Society

Platform communication, audience behavior, gender, culture, and information integrity.

Recent news

  • Aug 2026

    Top Paper, AEJMC 2026

    Commission on the Status of Women.

  • 2026

    New article in the International Journal of Advertising

    Cross-cultural analysis of consumer reactions to rainbow-washing.

  • Fall 2026

    Teaching at USF

    Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications.

  • 2026

    Ph.D. conferred, University of Kansas

    Journalism & Mass Communications.

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At a glance

  • Fall 2026

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction

    Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, University of South Florida.

  • 2026

    Ph.D., Journalism & Mass Communications

    University of Kansas.

Communication at the intersection of technology, society, and human well-being.