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Qi Wang

Assistant Professor

St Augustine Ctr Liberal Arts Rm 233
Communication
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
q.wang@villanova.edu
(610) 519-4439
Office Hours:Thursday 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Education:
  • Ph.D., Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
  • M.A., Communication, Kent State University, Ohio
  • B.A., English, Peking University, Beijing, China
Course List:
  • Spr10-COM-4002-002 Quantitative Research in COM
  • Spr10-COM-3403-001 Intercultural Communication
  • Spr10-COM-2400-001 Theories of Interpersonal Com
Grants Received:
  • Wang, Q. (2009). Theorizing conflict avoidance across cultures. Summer Research Fellowship, Villanova University.
  • Wang, Q., Das, S., Earle, D., & Feeny, K. (2008). Trust, motivation, and uncertainty reduction in communication context: A cross-cultural and cross-generational approach. Summer Communication Research Grant, Communication Department, Villanova University.
  • Cai, D. A., Swartz, B. C., & Wang, Q. (2002). Media bias: Perspectives toward the United States in selected newspapers of the People's Republic of China. U.S.-China Security Review Commission research grant on media reports.
Honors and Awards:
  • Top Paper Award, Association for Chinese Communication Studies, National Communication Association, 11/2009.
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Villanova University, 08/2009.
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, International Association of Conflict Management, Budapest, Hungary, 07/2007.
  • Department Fellowship, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, 09/2006.
  • Charles Richardson Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, 05/2005.
  • Annual Thesis Award (2000), Department of Communication Studies, Kent State University, 12/2001.
Publications:
  • Wang, Q. (forthcoming). Cultural individualism-collectivism, self-construal, and multiple goal concerns in interpersonal influence situations: A cross-cultural investigation. In Zhang, C. (Ed.), Intercultural communication between China and the World: Interpersonal, organizational and mediated perspectives. Beijing, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
  • Ni, L., & Wang, Q. (forthcoming). Anxiety and uncertainty management in an intercultural setting: The impact on organization-public relationships. Journal of Public Relations Research.
  • Feeny, K., & Wang, Q. (forthcoming). Comparing the perceptions of success, attributions, and motivations between the Chinese and the U.S. cultures. China Media Research.
  • Wang, Q., Fink, E. L., & Cai, D. A. (2008). Loneliness, gender, and parasocial interaction: A uses and gratifications approach. Communication Quarterly, 56, 87-109.
  • Cai, D. A., Fink, E. L., & Wang, Q. (2006). Methods for conflict communication research, with special reference to culture. In J. G. Oetzel & S. Ting-Toomey (Eds.), Handbook of intercultural conflict research (pp. 33-64). Thousands Oak, CA: Sage.
Teaching Areas:
  • Intercultural communication.
  • Interpersonal communication.
  • Quantitative research methods.
Areas of Interest:
  • Theorizing interpersonal conflict strategies, especially on avoidance, with a goals approach.
  • Math modeling the relationship between culture, self, and communication processes.
  • Theorizing the relationships between emotions (such as anger) and conflict communication.
  • Quantitative methodological issues in communication research.
  • Intercultural and interpersonal negotiation and conflict management.