Areas of Interest
- Global Women's Discourse
- Feminist Rhetorical Teaching Praxis
- Cross Cultural Communication
Courses Taught
- Global and US Women's Rhetoric
- Interpersonal Communication for the Diverse Workplace
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Public Speaking
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
- "From Textual Subjects to Voracious Feminists: Rethink Constitutive Rhetoric," Peitho. Volume 25, Issue 3, Spring 2023.
- "Revitalize Lifelong Learners: Teaching Gender in a Lifelong Classroom." Journal of Continuing Higher Education. Feb., 2021.
Guest Editor
- China Media Research (Special Issue), “Confucius Institute: How China Exerts Its Influence through Language Instruction.” Volume 10, Number 1, 2014
Journal Article
- Weiming Yao, “The New Middle Kingdom: the Symbolic Power of the Confucius Institute’s Pedagogical Approach.” China Media Research, Volume 10, Number 1, 2014.
Monograph
- The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China: A Rhetorical Perspective. Columbia: South Carolina University Press, 2012.
Selective Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations
Presenter
- Poster Presentation: "We hold up half the story: global and US women's rhetoric". Pennsylvania Communication Association 80th Annual Convention, Reading Pennsylvania.
- “Wen Jiaobao’s Web Chat with Chinese Netizens: Creating an ‘Imaged Community’ in the Digital Age.” 44th Mid-Atlantic Region of Association for Asian Studies (AAS), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
- “Confucius Comes to the US: A Case Study of How Confucius Institute Employs Language Instruction as Symbolic Power.” International and Intercultural Communication Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Washington DC
- “Are We Americans: The Politics of Assimilation for Asian Americans.” Association for Chinese Communication Studies Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago
- “Falun Gong: Chinese Notion of Healing in Comparison to Western Biomedical Approach.” Health Communication Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago
- “Forging New Tools: Adapting Western Scholarship to Non-Western Communicative Context.” Association for Chinese Communication Studies Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Seattle