Dr. Chin Chung Chao
- Communication, Professor
General Information
Biography
Chin-Chung Chao is a Full Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She was conferred her Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA in 2008. Her primary research interests span conflict management, leadership, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, mass communication, and organizational communication. She has won the 2009 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award and top paper awards in the Association for Chinese Communication Studies at the 96th NCA convention, the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division at the 98th NCA convention, and the Intercultural Communication Division at the 70th ICA convention.In addition, one of her edited books titled Asian Women Leadership won two outstanding book awards from the Asian/Pacific American Caucus & Studies Division and the International and Intercultural Communication Division at the 2021 annual NCA convention. She served as the President/Program Planner of ACCS (Association for Chinese Communication Studies) and the Chair/Program Planner of Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies (APACS). In addition, she has served on the Editorial boards for the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, Taylor & Francis (2011-2021), Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, NCA (2015-present), and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research Journal (2019 - present). Moreover, she was the guest editor for China Media Research in 2017 and 2021, Negotiation and Conflict Management Research in 2020, and the Communication and Public Journal in 2023-2024. She won the Robert T. Reilly Professorship Award from 2021 to the present.
Teaching Interests
Organizational Communication; Leadership; Public Speaking; Communication Theory; Interpersonal Communication; Intercultural Communication; Small Group Communication; Interviewing, and Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods; Mass Communication Research; Communication for Business and Professions; Senior Capstone class, and Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace.Undergraduate Courses Taught:Small Group CommunicationPublic SpeakingInterviewingHealth CommunicationSpeech Communication in Business and ProfessionsCommunication Leadership & Power in OrgsSenior Capstone ClassOrganizational CommunicationIntercultural CommunicationMedia Communication ResearchIntercultural Communication in the Global WorkplaceRisk and Crisis CommunicationGraduate Courses Taught:Communication Leadership & Power in Orgs*Organizational Communication*Intercultural Communication*Quantitative Research MethodMass Communication Research*Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace*Qualitative Research Methods
Research Interests
Organizational Communication, Leadership, Intercultural, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Media/Social Media, Conflict Management, and Pedagogical Research
Awards and Honors
Faculty Development Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2023
Robert T. Reilly Professorship Award, Scholarship/Research - 2021
The Outstanding Edited Book Award, Scholarship/Research - 2021
The 2021 Outstanding Book Award, Scholarship/Research - 2021
Top Paper Award, Scholarship/Research - 2020
Faculty Development Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2016
Top Paper Award, Scholarship/Research - 2012
Top Paper Award, Scholarship/Research - 2010
Education
Ph D, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Intercultural Communication, 2008