Jian "Jay" Wang, a scholar and consultant in the fields of international corporate communication and public diplomacy, is an associate professor of public relations at USC Annenberg's School of Journalism. He joined the faculty in August 2008, teaching courses in public relations and public diplomacy.
 
Wang comes to USC Annenberg from Purdue University, where he taught courses in brand communication, public diplomacy, and global media and communication. While at Purdue, he led a number of research projects on topics including corporate social responsibility practices in emerging economies, Chinese corporate communication, and health care branding. He was also the project leader on a program funded by the U.S. Department of Education analyzing corporate public diplomacy initiatives. He has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

In addition to his published journal articles and research reports, Wang wrote Foreign Advertising in China: Becoming Global, Becoming Local and was a co-author of China's Window on the World: TV News, Social Knowledge and International Spectacles. His writings address the role of communication in the contemporary process of globalization, with an area focus on China.