Wendy V. Chung, PhD

Degrees | Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors | Education, Certifications, and Honors | Publications | Presentations at Academic Conferences | Research Interests and Activities | Scholarly writing on multicultural issues | Memberships and Associations | Courses Taught (Graduate) | Courses Taught (Undergraduate)

Degrees

• Ph.D.: Organizational Communication, specializing in Diversity in Organizational Culture (1992) M.A.: Organizational Communication(1987) B.A.: Public Relations(1985)

Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• Who"s Who in America, *Who"s Who Among American Scholars, *Professional Society for International Scholars.

Education, Certifications, and Honors

• San Diego Public Library: Local Author

Publications

• Published text (1997): Ethnicity and Organizational Diversity: A Study of Social Cognition and Psychological Climate Perception
• Published chapter (1997): Auditing the Organizational Culture for Diversity: A Conceptual Framework in text Conflict and Diveristy.
• Published Intercultural Communication Workbook (1998) for use with main text in the Intercultural Communication course.
• In Press: An Audit for Organizational Diversity: A Multicultural Choice for Higher Education

Presentations at Academic Conferences

• Have written and presented over 25 papers and presented them at professional association conferences. Papers were in the areas of diversity and multiculturalism in organizational cultures; diversity training, and pedagogocal issues in teaching intercultural communication.
• Was awarded "Top Paper in the Intercultural Communication Division" at the National Communication Association in 1993 and 1994 for papers written and presented in the area of Culture and Communication.

Research Interests and Activities

• Currently working on an audit instrument that assesses organization cultural systems that are inflexible to diversity.

Scholarly writing on multicultural issues

• All of my writings, conference presentations, and publications are on multicultural issues. I have written on themes such as:
• multiculturalism and the higher education curriculum,
• multiculturalism in organizations,
• diversity and organizational culture,
• theoretical considerations in issues of diversity,
• developing audit instruments for assessing organizational systems that are inflexible to diversity, etc.

Memberships and Associations

• Western States Communication Association, *National Communication Association.

Courses Taught (Graduate)

• Culture and Group Dynamics (doctoral,
• Foundations in Culture and Human Behavior(doctoral),
• Intercultural Communication(masters),
• Advanced Seminar: Multiculturalism in Organizations (doctoral).

Courses Taught (Undergraduate)

• Public Speaking,
• Humanities 1020,
• Public Relations,
• Diversity Training,
• Group Dynamics,
• Nonverbal Communication,
• Interpersonal Communication,
• Intercultural Communication,
• Professional and Business Speech,
• Cases and Campaigns in Public Relations.