Yijun Sun is a PhD Candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an incoming Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Richmond. Her research encompasses media theories and the histories of technology and culture, with her current book project focusing on media vessels. Yijun has published her work in journals such as Cultural Critique and Convergence, among other venues. She has also been a fellow at the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center Media of Cooperation at the University of Siegen.