The Faculty affiliated with the SISU Intercultural Institute (SII) is pleased to be supporting each of you in your progress toward your MA degree under either the SISU School of English Studies (writing your thesis in English) or SISU School of Journalism and Communication (writing your thesis in Chinese). We are pleased to have you studying in our Intercultural Communication (IC) MA Degree Program! Though each of you will apply to be assigned ONE main advisor (who will supervise your studies, research, and thesis project development), it may help you to be aware of the other available resources if you desire consultation. This file lists our active/ continuing thesis advisors, and other pages provide lists of previous Faculty members, supporting Faculty at other institutions, PhD graduates, or our current doctoral candidates who are available to assist you in your research if you would like to contact them.
ACTIVE SISU SUPERVISING IC FACULTY – Introductions, Research Areas, and Interests
Program Director, Prof. Steve KULICH 顾力行 primarily advises students interested in the academic development of IC as a field, documenting IC history and development abroad and in China, reexamining leading IC theories and adapting/applying them to Chinese studies, and utilizing advanced IC qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to examine cross-cultural (social) psychology (values and identity studies) and interpersonal topics in Chinese contexts. (Limited by the number of MA students that he can directly supervise each semester, each of the affiliated faculty below advise in co-direction with Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: China Studies, Values & Identity Research, Social Psych, Relationships
Program Director Prof. Steve Kulich can be reached at steve.kulich@gmail.com
Prof. ZHANG Hongling 张红玲 primarily advises students on topics related to IC education and competence development, IC in FLT teaching content and IC training methodologies, and also has interests in online (MOOC, etc.) and computer assisted language learning (CALL), applications related to educational technology and instructional medium. She focuses on how IC education/training contributes to human development and human performance (IC, cultural, and communicative competence) and issues related to IC adaptation/acculturation in different contexts. She is also interested in the global communication of Chinese culture.
KEY TOPICS:Intercultural Education, IC Teaching/FLT, IC Competence, Communicating Chinese Culture
Prof. Zhang Hongling can be reached at zhanghongling@shisu.edu.cn
Prof. YU Zhaohui 于朝晖 specializes in research on national public relations, and also has experience and interests in a wide range of business and HR management issues. Her particular interest is how national image is developed/perceived and how it affects communication.
KEY TOPICS: Public Relations & Strategic Communication on National or Corporate Image Building
Prof. Yu Zhaohui can be reached at yuzhaohui@shisu.edu.cn
Prof. ZHANG Yanli 张艳莉 primarily advises students interested in researching international exchange programs and intercultural education, IC competence, dealing with cross-cultural conflict, cultural adjustment and adaptation/acculturation processes, and teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CEFL).
KEY TOPICS: International Student’s Adaptation, IC Education for International Exchange, Evaluation of Quality of IC Education/Training.
Prof. Zhang Yanli can be reached at zhangyanli@shisu.edu.cn
Prof. ZHANG Yan 章艳 primarily advises students interested in translation studies from the cultural perspective, including how cultural factors influence the activity of translation in general and the choices in translating specific texts. Another field she is interested in is issues related to teaching Chinese culture to foreign students, since she has been teaching such a course for years.
KEY TOPICS:Culture & Translation, Teaching of Chinese Culture for International Students
Prof. Zhang Yan can be reached at yennyzhang@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. ZHU Ye 朱晔primarily is interested in developing intercultural and multicultural competence in language teaching contexts, and especially in bilingual education and bilingualism. He also advises students interested in researching the Internet and media applications of IC, whether for business development, on-line training, or web-page design.
KEY TOPICS: Intercultural & Multicultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching & Learning, Bilingual Education & Bi-cultural Education, IC in Media and Multinational Corporations
Asst. Prof Zhu Ye can be reached atzhuye@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. WENG Liping 翁立平focuses on advising research on values and dynamic culture in the context of intercultural communication. He is especially interested in understanding how emic insights may inform global values research and how value shifts may be uncovered in cultural products.
KEY TOPICS: Values & Identity Studies, Culture Change, Cultural Products, Indigenous Insights
Asst. Prof. Weng Liping can be reached at lpwy@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. ZHOU Yi 周怡 is interested in investigating contemporary British and American Literature and Culture studies. Related to IC, her main focus is on investigating the construction of identity, its relationship to nationality and place, and gender, especially in the works of women writers.
KEY TOPICS:The American Presence in Canadian Literature, Cultural Translation in Alice Munro's Short Stories
Asst. Prof. Zhou Yi can be reached at tongniya@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. WU Junru 吴珺如 focuses on advising research regarding cultural influences on translation. She is specifically interested in comparative aspects of translation in different cultural contexts, the effective translation of Chinese culture for Western language readers, especially poetic or artistic aspects of meaning transference across cultures.
KEY TOPICS:Comparative Culture & Translation, Cross-cultural Meaning Transference of Poetry & Art
Asst. Prof. Wu Junru can be reached at wujunru@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. LI Wenjuan 李文娟primarily advises students interested in international education, investigating the influence of stereotypes, development of personal or social identity, and researching topics related to comparative values studies and related cultural changes.
KEY TOPICS: International Education, Stereotypes, Identity, Values study
Asst. Prof. Li Wenjuan can be reached at liwenjuan@shisu.edu.cn
Dr. ZHANG Xiaojia 张晓佳 primarily advises students for research interests that include literary studies, cultural studies, and cultural anthropology, especially issues of gender, subcultures, ethnicity, religion, etc. in the context of IC. She continues studies on the influential approach of women’s experience in ethnographic research (in co-direction with Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: Women’s Experience in Experimental Writing, Literary Anthropology & Aesthetics Theories Studies, Feminism & Youth Studies, Ethnic studies, and Art Anthropology.
Dr. Zhang Xiaojia can be reached at echo_forget@msn.com
Dr. Alex ENGLISH 英亚东is interested in assisting students and faculty regarding the psychological processes associated with intercultural communication and cross-cultural contact. Mr. English has a background in psychology with a focus in culture. For his doctoral work, he conducted four longitudinal studies examining the stress and coping process in intercultural and intra-cultural contexts. Dr. English is an active member in the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP), Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) and International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR). He is comfortable with using and coaching others in various statistical programs (SPSS, AMOS and MPlus) and has published several articles in peer-reviewed impact factor journals. (in co-direction with Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS:Intercultural Adaptation, Re-entry adaptation, longitudinal studies, advanced statistical analyses
Dr. Alex English can be reached at alexenglish84@gmail.com
Dr. CHI Ruobing 迟若冰primarily advises students for research interests that include the formation and impacts of interpersonal social networks in acculturation contexts, the disciplinary development of intercultural communication as a field (from a bibliometric perspective), and guides those interested in quantitative studies (in co-direction with Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: Acculturation, Social Network Analysis, Intercultural Competence, Bibliometric Study
Dr. Chi Ruobing can be reached at ruobing_chi@163.com
Also available for CONSIDERATION (Advising resources to help with your research):
List of On-Site Resources Coaches (SISU PhD Candidates and Collaborating Graduates)
List of External Advisors (SISU-Affiliated Domestic or International Collaborating Faculty)
SISU Affiliated Faculty who also assist as needed for co-advising from other Colleges/Schools:
(see list and statements below)
Asst. Prof. David HENRY 戴伟(Continuing on as adjunct faculty and businessman), advises students interested in studying intercultural business communications (with his IBC group), business training approaches, and CC management topics, with emphasis on using discourse analysis as a key to cultural communications. He is also interested in teaching/training applications to engage the affective domain (how we link thought and feelings in communication, using film and drama in teaching) as well as the social-cultural semiotic-personal linkages between language and thought (especially applications of Lev Vygotsky), and IC theory.
KEY TOPICS: IBC, Business Training, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics
Asst. Prof. David Henry can be reached at dnhenry@yahoo.com
Asst. Prof. FANG Yongde 方永德is interested in comparisons of core cultural aspects, especially the historical cultural philosophies, values, and other factors that affect language. Thus he advises students interested in comparative and contrastive translation studies.
KEY TOPICS: Contrastive Study of Values in Communication, Religion, Media & Education. (Recently RETIRED, but still available as needed).
Asst. Prof Fang Yongde can be reached at fangyongde11@163.com
Asst. Prof. WANG Fenghua 王风华 is interested in international business and cross-cultural management. She is specifically interested in comparative studies of consumer behavior in diverse cultural contexts and the resulting differences in the effectiveness of marketing strategies (co-direction supported by Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: International Business, International Consumer Behavior, International Marketing, Cross-cultural Management
Asst. Prof. Wang Fenghua can be reached at wangfenghua@shisu.edu.cn
Asst. Prof. DENG Weijia 邓惟佳is interested in media and cultural studies, aspects of international communication and the relation between media and identity. Related to IC, her main focus is on media and cross-cultural studies (co-direction supported by Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: Media & Cultural Studies, International Communication, Media & Identity
Asst. Prof. Deng Weijia can be reached at dwjdd@hotmail.com
Dr. YU Hua 余华 primarily advises students interested in ethnographic approaches to intercultural studies, critical discourse studies, linguistic landscapes, heritage studies, education studies, and urbanization studies. She is also interested in the ethnography of language policy, specifically the bottom-up language policy interpretation and appropriation in a community (co-direction supported by Steve Kulich).
KEY TOPICS: Ethnography, Community Studies, Culture in Patterns of Everyday Life
Dr. Yu Hua can be reached at yuhuafish@163.com
Dr. SUO Gefei 索格飞(SISU PhD, Lecturer, School of Journalism and Communication) mainly focuses on intercultural adaptation, intercultural communication history, intercultural communication textbooks, and new media (assists Steve Kulich in co-direction of Comm MAs).
KEY TOPICS: Intercultural adaptation; intercultural communication history; intercultural communication textbooks; new media
Dr. Suo Gefei can be reached at ke_suo@126.com
