Hairong Feng
Education:
Ph.D.: Purdue University, Interpersonal Communication, 2007
M.A.: University of Illinois at Chicago, Communication Studies, 2002
M.A.: Beijing Normal University, China, Linguistics, 1996
B.A.: Capital Normal University, China, English Education, 1993
Personal Statement:
I joined the Communication Faculty at UMD in the fall of 2006. My research and teaching program explores the intersections of interpersonal, intercultural, and health communication. I am particularly interested in exploring cross-cultural variations in supportive communication and relational communication. Much of my current research is trying to identify cultural similarities and differences of supportive communication messages and underlying mechanisms for the variations. My teaching interests include Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication Theory, Relationship Communication, Supportive Communication and Well-being, Interpersonal Influence, Intercultural Communication, and Quantitative Methods for Communication Research.
Representative Research:
Feng, H., & Mattson, M. (2008). Health communication. In S. Lu (Ed.), An analysis on
development of communication research in the West [xifang goutong jiaojixue qianyan fazhan pingxi] (pp. 279-300). Beijing, China: People's University Press.
Feng, H., & Yang, Y. (2007). A model of cancer-related health information seeking on
the Internet. China Media Research, 3, 14-24.
Wilson, S. R., & Feng, H. (2007). Interaction goals and message production: Conceptual
and methodological developments. In D. Roskos-Ewoldsen & J. Monahan (Eds.), Communication and social cognition (pp. 71-95), Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Dutta-Bergman, M. J., & Feng, H. (2007). Health orientation and disease state as
predictors of online health support group use. Health Communication, 22, 181-189.
Courses Taught:
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Communication Theory
Relationship Communication
Group Communication