Meina Liu

Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Maryland
2116 Skinner Building
College Park, MD 20742
liu@umd.edu
301-405-8988 (O)
301-314-9471 (fax)

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education Background

o Ph.D., Organizational Communication, Purdue University, 2006.
o M.A., Applied Linguistics, Tsinghua University, 2000.
o B.A., English, Beijing Language and Culture University, 1997.

Research Interests

o Explaining the influence of emotions on negotiation processes and outcomes at both individual and dyadic levels
o Investigating culture¡¯s effects on the communication processes in a variety of contexts (e.g., negotiation, conflict management, and the seeking, provision, and reception of social support)
o Understanding the micro and macro organizing processes from a critical-interpretive perspective

Courses Taught at UMD

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o COMM 783, ¡°Intercultural Communication¡± (graduate-level)

o COMM 625, ¡°Negotiation¡± (graduate-level)

o COMM 789N ¡°Intercultural Negotiation¡± (graduate-level)
o COMM 724, ¡°Organizational Communication¡± (graduate-level)
o COMM 482, ¡°Intercultural Communication¡±
o COMM 425, ¡°Negotiation and Conflict Management¡±
o COMM 424, ¡°Communication in Complex Organizations¡±
o COMM 400, ¡°Research Methods in Communication¡±

Publications

Book Chapters

Liu, M., & Chai, S. (2011). Preparation and planning for effective negotiation. In M. Benoliel (Ed.), Negotiation excellence: Successful deal making. United Kingdom: World Scientific.

Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). When workplace pregnancy highlights difference: Openings for detrimental gender and supervisory relations. In J. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 47-67). New York: Peter Lang.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Zhao, H., & Liu, M. (under review). Striving for success and equity: Career profiles of Chinese professors in American business schools. Management and Organization Review.

Liu, M. (2011). A phasic analysis of strategy sequences and their mediating effects on interaction goals and negotiation outcomes. Communication Research. Published online before print.[PDF]

Liu, M. (2011). Cultural differences in goal-directed interaction patterns in negotiation. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 4, 178-199.[PDF]

Liu, M. (2011). Same path, different experience: Culture¡¯s influence on attribution, emotion, and interaction goals in negotiation. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Accepted.[PDF]

Liu, M., & Wilson, S. R. (2011). The effects of interaction goals on negotiation tactics and outcomes: A dyad-level analysis across two cultures. Communication Research, 38, 248-277. [PDF via online first].

Liu, M., & Wang, C. (2010). Explaining the influence of anger and compassion on negotiators' interaction goals: An assessment of trust and distrust as two distinct mediators. Communication Research, 37, 443-472.[lead article, PDF]

Mortenson, S., Burleson, B. R., Feng, B., & Liu., M. (2009). Cultural similarities and differences in seeking social support as a means of coping: A comparison of Americans and Chinese and an evaluation of the mediating effects of self-construal. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2, 208-239.[PDF]

Liu, M. (2009). The intrapersonal and interpersonal influence of anger on negotiation performance: A cross-cultural investigation. Human Communication Research£¬35, 148-169. [ICA Outstanding Scholarly Work Award, PDF] 

Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2008). They allowed: Pentadic mapping of women¡¯s maternity leave discourse as organizational rhetoric. Communication Monographs, 75, 1-24.[lead article, OSCLG Outstanding Published Article Award, PDF]

Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2007). It's "give and take": Maternity leave as a conflict management process. Human Relations, 60£¬ 463-495. [PDF]

Buzzanell, P. M., Waymer, D., Tagle, M. P., & Liu, M. (2007). Different transitions into working motherhood: Discourses of Asian, Hispanic, and African American women. Journal of Family Communication, 7, 195-220.[PDF]

Burleson, B. R., Liu, M., Liu, Y., & Mortenson, S. (2006). Chinese Evaluations of Emotional Support Skills, Goals, and Behaviors: An Assessment of Gender-related Similarities and Differences. Communication Research, 33, 38-63.[PDF]

Mortenson, S., Liu, M., Burleson, B. R., & Liu, Y. (2006). A fluency of feeling: Exploring cultural and individual differences (and similarities) related to skilled emotional support. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37, 366-385.[PDF]

*Reprinted in D. A. Cai (Ed.) (2009). Intercultural Communication: Sage Benchmarks in Communication (Vol. 3). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Lucas, K., Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). No limits careers: A critical examination of career discourse in the U.S. and China. In M. P. Orbe, B. J. Allen, & L. A. Flores (Eds.) International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 28,(pp. 217-242). Newsbury Park, CA: Sage.[PDF]

 

Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2005). Struggling with maternity leave policies and practices: A poststructuralist feminist analysis of gendered organizing. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 33, 1-25.[lead article, NCA Outstanding Scholarly Article Award; OSCLG Outstanding Published Article Award, PDF]

 

Buzzanell, P. M., Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Liu, M., Bowers, V., Conn, C. (2005) Productive tensions of working motherhood: The good working mother: managerial women¡¯s sensemaking and feelings about work-family issues. Communication Studies, 56, 261-185. [PDF]

 

Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2004). Negotiating maternity leave expectations: Perceived tensions between ethics of justice and care. Journal of Business Communication, 42, 323-349. [lead article, PDF]

Works in Progress

Liu, M., Cionea, I., & Zhu, L. (in progress). Negotiating with emotions: A comparison of intracultural and intercultural negotiations.

Liu, M., Liu, W., Liu, L. A., & Zhang, J. (in progress). Emotion and mental models in negotiation: A dynamic constructivist analysis of culture¡¯s influence on dispute resolution.

Khamis, S., & Liu, M. (in process). The role of media in re(constructing) bicultural identities of diasporas.

Liu, M., Zhu, L., & Cionea, I. (in process). Modeling communication processes whereby emotion influences dispute resolution: A cross-cultural assessment.

 

Grants, Awards and Honors

Outstanding Scholarly Work Award, Intercultural Communication Division, International Communication Association (February 2011)

Center for Teaching Excellence Improvement of Instruction Grant, University of Maryland (January 2011)

Research and Scholarship Award (RASA) Summer Research Grant, University of Maryland (December 2010)

CTE-Lilly Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland. (October 2010)

Center for Teaching Excellence Improvement of Instruction Grant, University of Maryland (April 2010).

Seed grant award from the Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG), University of Maryland (December 2009)

Outstanding Published Article Award, Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender (with Rebecca Meisenbach, Royn Remke, & Patrice Buzzanell, October 2009)

Top Paper Award, Intercultural Communication Division, International Communication Association (with Steve Mortenson and Brant Burleson, May 2009)

International Travel Fund, Office of International Programs, University of Maryland (May 2009)

Invited Academic Visitor, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (June 2009)

Top Paper Award, Interpersonal Communication Division, International Communication Association (with Steve Wilson, May 2007)

Research Support Award, the General Research Board of the University of Maryland (March 2007)

Outstanding Scholarly Article Award, Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association (with Patrice Buzzanell, November 2006)

Outstanding Published Article Award, Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender (with Patrice Buzzanell, October, 2006)

Member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, University of Maryland Chapter (May 2006)

Alan H. Monroe Graduate Scholar Award, Department of Communication, Purdue University (April 2005)

Purdue University Research Foundation Dissertation Grant, Purdue University (2004-2005)

Paper selected for presentation at the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar, Albuquerque, New Mexico (July 2004)

Top Four Paper Award. Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association (with Dr. Patrice Buzzanell, November 2003).

Purdue University Research Foundation Summer Grant, Purdue University (June 2002)

Guanghua Scholarship, First Prize, Tsinghua University (November, 1999)

Scholarships for Excellent Students, Beijing Language and Culture University (1995-1997)

 

 

Editorial Board

 

Communication Quarterly

Intercultural Communication Studies

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

 

 

Reviewing Activities for Journals

Communication Monographs

Communication Quarterly

Communication Research

Intercultural Communication Studies

International Journal of Conflict Management

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Journal of Communication

Journal of Family Communication

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Management Communication Quarterly

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Academic Links

Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS)
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS)
Central States Communication Association (CSCA)
Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
International Association of Conflict Management (IACM)
International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR)
International Communication Association (ICA)
National Communication Association (NCA)
Organization for the Study of Culture, Language, and Gender (OSCLG)

Last updated: 03/2011