教授
受教育于中国、美国、新加坡，在国外获得大众传播学学士、硕士、博士学位，厦门大学新闻传播学院教授、博导。
主要教授大众传播理论、传播研究方法、跨文化传播、传播学研究前沿、传播学经典研读、大众传媒与大众文化、传媒与社会等课程，全部用英语授课。主持并完成校级、部级和国家社会科学基金研究课题，研究成果得到同行的公开肯定。
在美国、欧洲、澳洲和亚洲出版的传播学英文国际学术刊物（包括SSCI期刊）上发表论文十六（16）篇，在国内学术期刊上发表论文数十篇。多次出席大型国际学术会议并宣读论文。出版传播学专著六部。获得省社科一等奖。多篇论文获得省部级和各类专业期刊、学会征文奖。入选教育部首批新世纪优秀人才支持计划。当选福建省优秀青年社会科学专家。受聘为福建省首批社会科学咨询专家。多次受邀向政府建言献策，有关增强爱国意识和培养“全球脑，中国心”人才的建议受到采纳。
英文简介：
Educated in China, the United States, and Singapore, she received her BA (with Highest Honors) and MA (with a GPA of 4.0 and her thesis nominated for the Best Thesis Award of the Year) in communications from California State University and her Ph.D. in communication studies from the School of Communication & Information at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She was the first ever Ph.D in communications to graduate from NTU. Currently a professor and Ph.D. adviser in the School of Journalism & Communication at Xiamen University, she teaches courses such as Mass Communication Theories, Research Methods, Intercultural Communication, Mass Media & Mass Culture, and Media & Society，New Frontiers in Communication Theory and Research, and Canonic Texts in Communication. All her teaching is done in English. She has conducted research under the auspices of social science research grants at the national, ministerial and university levels. Her research findings have been widely published both at home and abroad, in Chinese and in English, among which are 16 journal (including SSCI-indexed journals) articles.
Invitation to Enroll as Ph.D. Students（诚邀海外留学生申请攻读博士学位）
From Professor Chen Yanru, School of Journalism & Communication Xiamen University, People’s Republic of China
Basic Requirements for Prospective Foreign Ph.D students
1) the applicant must be a foreign citizen (citizen from a country other than China) who is preferably fluent and well versed in standard academic English or academic Chinese;
2) the applicant must hold a Master’s degree in communications or related fields from a university recognized by the Xiamen University authority; applicants who can produce written evidence of their academic research and writing ability such as theses and other published papers will be given priority;
3) when making the application, the applicant should specify the field applying to as “communication and social development”（传播与社会发展）which is currently headed by Professor Chen Yanru;
4) the specific area and topic for Ph.D. research is negotiable upon entering the Ph.D. program
5) for matters concerning application and admission procedures, possible funding
such as scholarship and affairs related to student accommodation on Xiamen University campus, known as the most beautiful among university campuses in China, please refer to and consult the Xiamen University Admissions Office and Graduate School. Information about ways to reach them is available on the Xiamen University website.