Ming Lei
Associate Professor Of Communication
Blake B 115
585-245-6328
lei@geneseo.edu
Ming Lei has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2015.
Office Hours Fall 2025
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Washington State University (2014)
Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Public Relations Society of America
Eastern Communication Association
Research Interests
Dr. Lei mainly teaches in the areas of Health communication, Persuasion, and Strategic Communication. His primary research aims to investigate and understand the effects, conditions, and processes of persuasion as well as their applications in strategic communication to promote health. Dr. Lei’s research has received a top paper award at a national conference. He has published in Health communication, Mass Communication, Psychology, as well as Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (e.g., with Psychology, Information Science).