H. Dat Tran is currently a doctoral student in Media and Public Affairs at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on political communication, particularly political polarization and political hostility in online environments; the meme culture and the participation of internet memes in political discourse; emerging media; and journalism, media, propaganda, and political and civic engagement in countries in the Global South. Dat has been a journalist and communication professional since 2013. He received his Master of Science in Mass Communications from Kansas State University in 2021.
