Education:

• Ph.D. Communication, The University of New Mexico, 2010

• M.A. Communication Studies, University of North Texas, 2006

• B.A. English, National Taiwan Normal University, 2000

Professional Experiences and Appointments:

• Assistant Professor: School of Communication Studies, Ohio University ( Fall 2010-present)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dept. of Communication & Journalism, The University of New Mexico (Fall 2006-Spring 2010)
  
  
• Graduate Assistant: Ombuds Services for Faculty (former Faculty Dispute Resolution), The University of New Mexico (Fall 2008-Spring 2010)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Communication Studies, University of North Texas (Fall 2004-Spring 2006)

• English Teacher, National Hsin Tien Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan (July 2001-June 2004)

Research and Teaching Interests:
Yea-Wen Chen is a researcher, teacher-scholar, and practitioner of intercultural communication and relationships with the ultimate goal of promoting social justice. Her research and teaching interests center on the intersections of culture, communication, identity, and relationships across contexts such as “intercultural communication in relationships," “communication in nonprofit organizations,” “intersecting cultural identities,” and “mediation and conflict negotiation”

Sample Publications:

• Anguiano, C., Milstein, T., De Larkin, I., Chen, Y.-W., & Sandoval, J. (2012). Connecting Community Voices: Using Latino/a critical race theory lens on environmental justice advocacy. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 5(2), 124-143. doi: 10.1080/17513057.2012.661445

• Chen, Y.-W., & Collier, M. J. (2012). Communication about cultural identity differences matters for nonprofits. Communication Currents, 7(2), accessible at http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=2288#

• Chen, Y.-W., & Collier, M. J. (2012). Intercultural identity positioning: Interview discourses from two identity-based nonprofit organizations. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 5(1), 43-63.

• Peterson, J. C., Milstein, T., Chen, Y.-W., & Nakazawa, M. (2011). Self-efficacy in intercultural communication: The development and validation of a sojourners’ scale. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4(4), 290-309.

• Milstein, T., Auguiano, C., Sandoval, J., Chen, Y.-W., & Dickinson, E. (2011). Communicating a “new” environmental vernacular: A sense of relations-in-place. Communication Monographs, 78(4), 486-510.


• Chen, Y.-W., Fletcher, C., & Oetzel, J. G. (2010). Updating face negotiation in cross-cultural conflict through examining multilevel influences on culture. In M. Hinner (Ed.). Freiberger beitraege: The Interface of Business and Culture (Volume 7, p. 159-185). Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang.

• Chen, Y.-W., & Nakazawa, M. (2009). Influences of culture on self-disclosure as relationally situated in intercultural and interracial Friendships from a social penetration perspective. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 38(2), 77-98. 

Selected Awards and Honors:

• Top Paper (2012) in Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, co-authored with Elizabeth Dickinson (lead author) and Karen Foss, Western States Communication Association

• Top Paper (2011), Intercultural Communication Interest Group, co-authored with Mary Jane Collier, Western States Communication Association

• Top Four Paper (2011), Environmental Communication Interest Group, co-authored with Claudia Anguiano (lead author), Tema Milstein, Iliana De Larkin, and Jennifer Sandoval, Western States Communication Association

• Outstanding Doctoral Student (2010), Dept. of Communication & Journalism, the University of New Mexico

• Top Four Student Paper (2008), International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association

• Top Student Paper (2007), Intercultural and International Communication Division, co-authored with Chie Torigoe (lead author), National Communication Association

• Top Four Student Paper (2007), Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association

• Outstanding Graduate Scholar (2006), Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North Texas