1. CURRICULUM VITAE
TODD L. SANDEL
OFFICE
University of Macau
Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences
Avenida da Universidade
Taipa, Macao, SAR
Tel: Macao: (853) 8822-8984, Cell (853) 6239-9438
(US): (1) 405- 443-4272
E-Mail: tlsandel@umac.mo
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
Department of Speech Communication
A.M. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
Department of Speech Communication
M.A. Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon, 1991
Division of Intercultural Studies
B.A. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1986
Double Major: English & Classics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Communication
University of Macau, Macao, SAR
2012 – Present Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
2007 – 2011 Associate Professor, Department of Communication
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
2007 – 2008 Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan, affiliated with National Chiao Tung
University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2007 – 2008 Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for General Education
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2001 – 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
2000 – 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
1998 – 2000 Research Assistant to Prof. Peggy Miller, Dept. of Speech Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1996 – 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1991 – 1996 Lecturer, Department of English
Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

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PUBLICATIONS
Books & Edited Works
Sandel, T. L. (In Press, 2015). Brides on Sale: Taiwanese Cross Border Marriages in a Globalizing Asia.
Peter Lang: New York.
Tracy, K., Ilie, C., & Sandel, T. L. (Eds.). (In Press, 2015). The International Encyclopedia of Language
and Social Interaction. Wiley-Blackwell: Malden, MA.
Journal Articles
Sandel, T. L., & Dawis, A. (In Press, 2015). Introduction: Diasporic and Border Crossing Chinese.
China Media Research.
Guan, X., Sandel, T. L. (In Press, 2015). The acculturation and identity of New Immigrant Youth in
Macao. China Media Research
Ting, C., & Sandel, T. L. (2014). Methodological challenges to collecting primary data on Internet
users in rural China. Information Development. 30(2), 1-10.
Sandel, T. L. (2014). Enacted Social Support and Cultural Practices Among Women and
Families Observing a Postpartum Rest in Taiwan. China Media Research, 10(2), 48-59.
Sandel, T. L. (2014). “Oh, I’m here!”: Social media’s impact on the cross-cultural adaptation of students
studying abroad. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 43(1), 1-29.
Homsey, D., & Sandel, T. L. (2012). The code of food and tradition: Exploring a Lebanese
(American) speech code in practice in Flatland. Journal of Intercultural Communication
Research, 41(1), 59-80.
Sandel, T. L. (2011). Is it just cultural?: Exploring (mis)perceptions of individual
and cultural differences of immigrants through marriage in contemporary Taiwan. China Media
Research, 7(3), 43-55.
Sandel, T. L. (2010). Tales of the bitter and sweet: A study of a Taiwanese master story and transgression
narratives as shared cross-generationally in Taiwanese families. Narrative Inquiry, 20(2),
325-348
Sandel, T. L., & Liang, C-H. (2010). Taiwan’s fifth ethnic group: A study of the acculturation and
cultural fusion of women who have married into families in Taiwan. Journal of International
and Intercultural Communication. 3(3), 249-275
Gries, P. H., Crowson, H. M., & Sandel, T. L. (2010). The Olympic effect on American attitudes
towards China: beyond personality, ideology, and media exposure. Journal of Contemporary
China, 19(64), 213-231.
Ivanov, B., Parker, K. A., Nicholas, C. L., & Sandel, T. L. (2010). Cohesiveness as ideoculture: An
ethnography of a soccer team. The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5 (3), 105-117.
Sandel, T., L., Cho, G.. E., Miller. P. J., & Wang, S. H. (2006). What it means to be a grandmother: A
cross-cultural study of Taiwanese and Euro-American grandmothers’ beliefs. Journal of Family
Communication, 6, 255-278.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., & Chao, W. Y. (2006) Language shift and language accommodation across
family generations in Taiwan. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 27,
126-147.
Cho, G. E., Sandel, T. L., Miller, P. J., Wang, S. (2005). What do grandmothers think about self-esteem?
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Sandel, T. L. (2004). Narrated relationships: Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law justifying conflicts in
Taiwan’s Chhan-chng. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 37, 365-398.
Sandel, T. L. (2003). Linguistic capital in Taiwan: The KMT’s Mandarin language policy and its
perceived impact upon the language practices of bilingual Mandarin and Tai-gi speakers.
Language in Society, 32 (4), 523-551.
Sandel, T. L. (2002) Kinship address: Socializing young children in Taiwan. Western Journal of
Communication, 66, 257-280.
Miller, P. J., Wang, S. H., Sandel, T. L., & Cho, G. E. (2002). Self-esteem as folk theory: A comparison
of European-American and Taiwanese mothers’ beliefs. Special Issue: “Parental ethnotheories:
Cultural practice and normative development” in Parenting: Science and Practice, 2, 209-239.
Miller, P. J., Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., & Fung, H. (2001). Narrating transgressions in Longwood: The
discourses, meanings, and paradoxes of an American socializing practice. Ethos, 29, 159-186.
Sandel, T. L. (1995). Changes in English Department student attitudes towards their role as learners. Fu
Jen Studies: Literature and Linguistics, 28, 88-108.
Book Chapters & Other Publications
Sandel, T. L., Yueh, S. H-I., & Lin, P. (forthcoming) Taiwanese communication practices and their cultural
meanings. In D. Carbaugh (Ed.) Handbook of Cross-cultural Communication. Routledge.
Sandel, T. L., & Ju, B. (Forthcoming). The code of WeChat: Chinese students’ cell phone social media
practices. In T. Milburn (Ed.). Globalizing Personas: Extending user experience research in
cultural interaction. Lexington Books.
Sandel, T. L. (2015). Dialects. In K. Tracy, C. Ilie & T. L. Sandel, (Eds.). The International
Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 351-364). Boston: John Wiley & Sons
Sandel, T. L. (2015). Rich Points. In K. Tracy, C. Ilie & T. L. Sandel, (Eds.). The International
Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 1314-1318). Boston: John Wiley & Sons.
Sandel, T. L., Wong Lowe, A., & Chao, W-Y. (2012). What does it mean to be Chinese?: Studying
values as perceived by Chinese immigrants to the United States and by their children. In S. J.
Kulich, M. H. Prosser, & L. P. Weng (Eds.), Value frameworks at the theoretical crossroads of
culture. Intercultural research, Vol. 4 (pp.529-558). Shanghai, China: Shanghai Foreign
Language Education Press.
Sandel, T. L., (2009). Review of Bilingualism: A Social Approach by Monica Heller. Language in
Society, 38 (1), 95-98.
Miller, P. J., Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., & Fung, H. Narrating Transgressions in U.S. and Taiwan.
(2008). R. A. LeVine & R. S. New (Eds.) Anthropology and Child Development A Cross Cultural
Reader (pp. 198-212). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sandel, T. L. (2008). Intimate talk with Family and friends. In W. Donsbach (Ed.) The International
Encyclopedia of Communication: Volume VI (pp. 2521-2524). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Works in Progress
Sandel, T. L. (Forthcoming). Language and Intercultural Communication. In S. Croucher (Ed.) Global
Perspectives on Intercultural Communication. Routledge.
Sandel, T. L. (Forthcoming). Communication Modes, Taiwanese. In Y. Y. Kim & K. McKay-Semmler
(Eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication. Wiley-Blackwell:
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CONFERENCE PAPERS
Sandel, T. L. (2014, November). What it means to be a foreign spouse: Gendered understandings. Paper
presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 100th
Convention of the
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Sandel, T., L. & Guan, X. (2014, November). Macao’s new immigrants: A case of intercultural dialogue?
Paper presented at the International & Intercultural Division of the 100th
Convention of the
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Sandel, T. L., Lie, S., & Lijadi, A. A (2014, August). Language has a soul: Unpacking the meanings and
interpretations of Indonesian language discourse in the case of Singkawang, Indonesia. Paper
presented at the conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication
Studies, Providence, RI.
Sandel, T. L. (2013, November). “Oh, I’m here!”: Social Media’s Impact on the Cross-cultural
Adaptation of Students Studying Abroad. Paper presented at the International and Intercultural
Division of the 98th
Convention of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Sandel, T. L. (2013, June). Leftover or Victorious?: Asian Women (and Men) Making Sense of Marriage
in a Changing Context. Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the
61st
Annual Convention of the International Communication Association, London, UK.
Sandel, T. L. (2012, November). Zuo Yuezi “Sitting the Month” Accounts: The Discourses, Meanings,
and Disputes of a Taiwanese Folk Practice. Paper presented at the Language and Social
Interaction Division of the 97th
Convention of the National Communication Association, Orlando,
Fl.
Sandel, T. L. (2012, June). Marriage as text: The motivations and definitions of marriage among
Taiwan’s transnational families. Paper presented at the Ethnography of Communication: Ways
Forward conference at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Sandel, T. L. (2011, November). Is it just cultural?: Exploring (mis)perceptions of individual and
cultural differences of immigrants through marriage in contemporary Taiwan. Paper presented at
the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 97th
Convention of the National
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Homsey, D. M., & Sandel, T. L. (2011, May). A multi-centered familial identity: Examining the principle
of relational dialectics through the practices and perceptions of a Lebanese American
Community. Paper presented at the International and Intercultural Division of the 59th
Annual
Convention of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Sandel, T. L. (2010, November). To be or not to be a recognizable “foreign spouse”: An
ethnomethodological study of the gendered presentation of a foreign or local self in Taiwan.
Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 96th
Convention of the
National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
Sandel, T. L. & Liang, C. H. (2010, June). Marriage as text: Communicating and constructing identities
in Taiwan’s transnational families. Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction
Division of the 58th
Annual Convention of the International Communication Association,
Singapore.
Sandel, T. L. (2009, November). Tales of the bitter and sweet: A Taiwanese master story and
transgression narratives shared cross-generationally in families. Paper presented at the Family
Communication Division of the 95th
Convention of the National Communication Association,
Chicago, IL.

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Sandel, T. L. (2009, November). The “New Taiwanese”: Exploring the meaning of transnational and
transborder families in Taiwan and greater China. Paper presented at the Association for
Chinese Communication Studies at the 95th
Convention of the National Communication
Association, Chicago, IL.
Sandel, T. L. (2009, July). Taiwan’s “foreign brides”: A case study of the struggle for identity. Paper
presented at the National Communication Association Summer Conference on Intercultural
Dialogue, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sandel, T. L. (2009, May). “Don’t call us that, something, Waiji Xinniang”: A cultural and semiotic
analysis of perceptions of the “foreign bride” phenomenon in Taiwan. Paper presented at the
Language and Social Interaction Division of the 57th
Annual Convention of the International
Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Sandel, T. L. (2008, November). Taiwan’s fifth ethnic group: A study of the acculturation of women who
have married into Taiwanese families in Taiwan. Paper presented at the International and
Intercultural Studies Division of the 94th
Convention of the National Communication Association,
San Diego, CA.
Sandel, T. L. (2008, November). Transnational Marriages in Taiwan. Paper presented at the Association
for Chinese Communication Studies Division of the 94th Convention of the National
Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Sandel, T. L., Tsai, T. F., Liang, C. H., & Huang, D. D. (2007, November). Do you call this a fangyan?:
Comparing language ideologies, linguistic capital, and linguistic categories in Taiwan and
Xiamen, China. Paper presented at the Association for Chinese Communication Studies Division
of the 93rd
Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Sandel, T. L., Tsai, T. F. (2007, June). Assessing Linguistic Capital in China’s Fujian Province. Paper
presented at the Joint Conference in Sichuan, China Chinese Communication Studies: West
China and Globalization, Chengdu, China.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H. (2007, May). Communicating through stories: An analysis of classroom
discourse in mother tongue classes in Central Taiwan. Paper presented at the Language and
Social Interaction Division of the 55th
Annual Convention of the International Communication
Association, San Francisco, CA.
Sandel, T. L., Wong Lowe, A., Chao, W. Y., Meng, C. H., & Chang, H. W. (2006, November).
Oscillating identity: A multi-generational study of acculturating Chinese Americans. Paper
presented at the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the 92nd
Convention
of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Chao, W. Y., Sandel, T. L., & Liang, C. H. (2006, November). Mother tongue education in Taiwan:
Exploring language attitudes and ideologies. Paper presented at the Association for Chinese
Communication Studies Division of the 92nd
Convention of the National Communication
Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., Chao, W. Y., Chang, H. W. (2005, December). Storytelling as a Medium of
Socialization in Mother Tongue Education: A Comparison of Classrooms in Taiwan and the
United States. Paper presented at the Joint Conference in Xiamen, China: Chinese
Communication Studies, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
Sandel, T. L., Cho, G.. E., Miller. P. J., & Wang, S. H. (2005, May). A cross-cultural study of
grandmothers and their role among families in Taiwan and the United States. Paper presented at
the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 55th
Annual Convention of the International
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Sandel, T. L., Wong Lowe, A., Croucher, S. M., Chao, W. Y. (2004, November). Language and identity:
Exploring constructions of language and identity in Montréal, Taiwan, and Central Oklahoma.
Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 90th
Annual Convention
of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Sandel, T. L. (2004, May). Speaking Chinese: Exploring parental and grandparental beliefs about
Chinese language education in the United States. Paper presented at the Intercultural and
Developmental Division of the 54th
Annual Convention of the International Communication
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sandel, T. L. (2004, May). Can Children Speak Tai-gi?: Exploring Language Shift and Language
Accommodation among Three Family Generations in Rural and Urban Sites in Taiwan. Paper
presented at the Third Biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research, Taipei,
Taiwan.
Sandel, T. L. (2003, November). Narrated Relationships: Problem Stories Told by Mothers-in-law and
Daughters-in-law in Taiwan’s Chhan-chng. Paper presented at the Language and Social
Interaction Division of the 89th
Annual Convention of the National Communication Association,
Miami, Florida.
Sandel, T. L. (2003, November). When Grandma Talks to you, Do you Understand?: Exploring
Parental Beliefs about Mother Tongue Education in Taiwan. Paper presented at the Association
for Chinese Communication Studies Division of the 89th
Annual Convention of the National
Communication Association, Miami, Florida.
Sandel, T. L. (2003, May). Mother Tongue Education in Taiwan: Exploring Language Shift and Parental
Language Ideologies. Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the
53nd
Annual Convention of the International Communication Association, San Diego, California.
Sandel, T. L. (2002, July). Narrative and the construction of personal and shared identity in Taiwan.
Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction Division of the 52nd
Annual Convention
of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
Sandel, T. L. (2001, November). Linguistic capital in Taiwan: The impact of the KMT’s Mandarin
Language Policy on speaking practices and associated beliefs. Paper presented at the
Association for Chinese Communication Scholars Division of the 87th
Annual Convention of the
National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Miller, P. J., Wang, S. H., Sandel, T. L., Cho, G. E. (2001, November). Self-esteem as folk theory: A
comparison of ethnographic interviews. Paper presented at the Language and Social Interaction
Division of the 87th
Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Miller, P. J., Wang, S. H., Sandel, T. L., Cho, G. E. (2001, April). The meanings and discourses of
self-esteem: Parental folk theories of childrearing in Taiwan and the US. Paper presented at the
2001 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Sandel, T. L. (2000, November). Kinship address: Constructing a family identity in Taiwan. Paper
presented at the 86th
Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Seattle,
Washington.
Sandel, T. L. (1999, November). Exploring a Chinese rhetoric in Liu Xie’s Wen Xin Diao Long. Paper
presented at the 85th
Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago,
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Miller, P. J., Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., & Fung, H. (1999, November) Narrating American
transgressions: The meanings and discourses of one American socializing practice. Paper
presented at the 85th
Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago,
Illinois.
Sandel, T. L., Liang, C. H., Fung, H., & Miller, P. J. (1997, August). Storytelling across generations:
Continuity and change in Taiwanese families. Paper presented at the second annual Conference
on the History and Culture of Taiwan, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Sandel, T. L. (1995). From passive learner to active researcher: How far does the student have to go?
Paper presented at the 12th Annual R.O.C. TEFL Conference, Tunghai University, Taichung,
Taiwan.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS
Research Grants
Multi-Year Research Grant Level One, University of Macau (160,000 MOP). “Marriage Migration: A
study of the cultural and communicative impacts of marriage migration in Indonesia and Taiwan.”
2013-2014.
PI: Todd L. Sandel, Co-PI, Chung-Hui Liang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Start-up Research Grant, University of Macau (125,000 MOP). “Perceptions of cross border marriages
(study one) and Social media’s impact on study abroad experiences (study two).” 2012-2013.
PI: Todd L. Sandel
Faculty Development Grant, University of Oklahoma, Institute for US-China Issues (3,000 USD). Grant
to develop the course: “Communication in Contemporary Chinese Contexts.” Summer, 2009.
Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant “Transnational Families in Taiwan: Exploring issues of language,
culture, and identity” Taiwan, affiliated with National Chiao Tung University, August 2007 to
June 2008.
University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences, Information Technology Grant (2,000 USD).
Grant for equipment to enhance instruction of COMM 3513, Intercultural Communication, 2005.
University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences, Information Technology Grant (17,860 USD).
Grant for equipment to enhance instruction of COMM 2613, Public Speaking, 2003.
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation (50,000 USD), “Mother Tongue Preservation: Exploring Language,
Identity, and Cultural Consciousness in Taiwan and the United States.” Two-year grant to study
mother tongue education in Taiwan and the United States, 2002-2004.
University of Oklahoma Junior Faculty Research Grant (6,000 USD), “Mother Tongue Preservation:
Exploring Language, Identity, and Cultural Consciousness in Taiwan.” Two-month grant to study
the meanings parents and educators attach to Mother Tongue Education in Taiwan, Summer,
2002.
Taiwan-Illinois Consortium Exchange (2,000 USD plus airfare), Two-month grant for language study
and research in Taiwan, summer of 1998.
Fu Jen University, S.V.D. Section (NT 40,000, USD=1,500), “Assessing changes in stereotypical
attitudes of students studying Western Civilization and World Cultures.” Awarded 8/95.
Fu Jen University, S.V.D. Section (NT 30,000, USD=1,154), “Studying cultural factors which hinder the
EFL student's ability to write the research paper.” Awarded 8/93.

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Professional Awards
International Communication Association, Language and Social Interaction Division, Award for Top
Three Paper, May, 2005.
National Communication Association, Language and Social Interaction Division, Award for Top Four
Paper, November, 2001 & 2003.
National Communication Association, Language and Social Interaction Division, Award for Top Paper
and Top Student Paper, November, 2000.
Fu Jen University, S.V.D. Section, (NT 10,000, USD=363), Recipient of the English Department’s
Outstanding Teacher Award, 1995-96.
TEACHING
Courses Taught at The University of Macau
Interpersonal Communication
Intercultural Communication
International & Intercultural Communication
Organizational Communication
Qualitative Research Methods
Research Ethics
Special Topics on Communication & Culture
Courses Taught at The University of Oklahoma
Communication in Nonwestern Cultures
Communication Theories
Intercultural Communication
International Communication
Cross-Cultural Communication
Communication in Contemporary Chinese Contexts
Senior Capstone
Communication and Technology
Language Perspectives of Communication
Qualitative Research Methods
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
Advising at the University of Oklahoma
Master’s Theses:
Li Qiqi, 2012
Title of Thesis: “Is Love Colorblind?: A Communication Study of Romantic Relationships between
Westerners and Chinese living in Macau”
Huo Qianting, 2014
Title of Thesis: “Which One is Your Mother Tongue?: A Study of Language Ideologies and Attitudes
towards Cantonese and Putonghua (Mandarin) in Guangzhou, China”
Wu Si, 2014

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Title of Thesis: “I am Not Fighting Alone: The Impact of Social Media on the Cross-border Experience
of Mainland Students in Macau”
Guan Xin, 2014
Title of Thesis: “The Acculturation and Identity of New Immigrant Youth in Macao”
Liu Chenxi, 2014
Title of Thesis: “What is Zhuangbi?: The Analysis if Chinese Communication in Weibo”
Advising at the University of Oklahoma
Doctoral Dissertations:
Stephen Croucher, Spring 2006 (With Eric Kramer)
Title of Dissertation: “Looking Beyond the Hijab: An Analysis of Muslim Adaptation to French Culture”
Amy Post-McCorkle, Spring 2009
Title of Thesis: “Communication and Community in a City of Survivors: (Re)figuring the Oklahoma
City Bombing”
Anna Wong Lowe, Fall 2009
Title of Thesis: “Like White on Rice: Asianness, Whiteness, and Identity”
David Duty, Fall 2009
Title of Thesis: “Emerging Adulthood, Cross-cultural Adaptation, and the Environment: Young
Hispanics in Oklahoma and New Mexico
Satoko Izumi, Spring 2010 (With Eric Kramer)
Title of Thesis: “Intercultural Communication of Identity: A Study of Japanese International Students in
the United States”
Master’s Theses:
Anna Wong Lowe, Spring 2003
Title of Thesis: “I Like the Off-Colored: Humor and Gender in Communication”
Dini Massad, Fall 2004
Title of Thesis: “Is Assimilation the Answer?: Examining Theories of Intercultural Assimilation through
the Practices and Perceptions of an American-Lebanese Community”
Gerald Breen, Spring 2005
Title of Thesis: “Southern Baptist Pastoral Relationships: An Ethnographic Examination of Intragroup
Conflict and its Consequences to the Ministry and Followers”
M. Vince Falsarella, Spring 2005
Title of Thesis: “In our Boots: An Ethnography of Firefighters”

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Wen-Yu Chao, Spring 2005
Title of Thesis: “An ID we Carry all the Time: The Role of Language in Identity Formation and
Perception for Chinese Immigrants in the Southwest”
EDITORIALAND ACADEMIC SERVICE
Associate Editor (with Karen Tracy, general editor, and Cornelia Ilie, associate editor)
The International Encylopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Published by the International
Communication Association and Wiley.
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2012 to present
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2012-2014
Speaker & Gavel, 2012 to present
National Communication Association
Vice Chair Elect of Language and Social Interaction Division, 2009-2010
Vice Chair and Program Planner of the Language and Social Interaction Division, 2010-2011
Chair of the Language and Social Interaction Division, 2011-2012
Immediate Past Chair of the Language and Social Interaction Division, 2012-2013
Association for Chinese Communication Studies, (Unit affiliated with NCA)
Research Chair 2003-04, Vice President 2005-06, President 2006-07, Program Planner 2006-07
and 2007-08. Co-Planner for ACCS sponsored Conference at Sichuan University,
Chengdu, China, 2007
International Communication Association
Secretary of Language and Social Interaction Division, 2009-2012
Other Service
The Center for Intercultural Dialogue, Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, director
Board member, 2014 – present
Other Review Activities:
Language and Social Interaction Division of ICA
Paper Reviewer for ICA Convention, 2004-2014
International and Intercultural Division of ICA
Paper Reviewer for ICA Convention, 2014
International and Intercultural Division of NCA
Paper Reviewer for NCA Convention, 2012
Language and Social Interaction Division of NCA
Paper Reviewer for NCA Convention, 2005-2010, 2014
Association for Chinese Communication Studies (NCA affiliate)
Paper Reviewer for NCA Convention, 2004-2006, 2009, 2010
National Communication Association
Paper Reviewer for NCA Summer Conference, 2009

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Ad Hoc Reviewer for Refereed Journals
China Media Research
Communication Theory
Electronic Journal of Communication
Ethos
Folia Linguistica
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Journal of Family Communication
Journal of Multicultural Discourses
Journal of Pragmatics
Journal of Sociolinguistics
Language Policy
Language in Society
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Russian Journal of Communication
Western Journal of Communication
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Book & Research Proposals
National Science Foundation, USA
Routledge
Peter Lang
Fulbright Foundation
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Macau
Member of Search Committee for Visiting Assistant Professor in Communication, 2012
Coordinator for Department of Communication Evaluation, 2012-2013,
MA Programme Coordinator, January – August 2013
Member of UM Ethics Panel, 2012 to 2013
Vice Chair, UM Ethics Panel, 2014 to present
University of Oklahoma
Vice Chair of the Institutional Review Board, 2011
Faculty Senate, 2010-2011
Institutional Review Board, 2010-2011
Member of Committee A, 2009-2011
Qualitative Research Curriculum Committee, 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2006-2007
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007,
2008-2009
Technology Committee, 2003-2007
Faculty Adviser to Tau Kappa Omega, 2002 to 2007
Jon R. Withrow Scholarship Committee Member, 2004, 2005
Fulbright Scholarship Reviewer, 2003
Affiliate Faculty Member, School of International and Area Studies, 2003 to present
Member, Planning Committee for the East Asia Symposium, 2006

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Affiliate Faculty Member, US-China Institute, 2006 to present
Undergraduate Assessment, 2009
Task Force to Assess Departmental Communication Department Budget and Vision, 2009