Meina Liu

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University

Research

Dr. Liu specializes in intercultural communication and organizational communication. Her current research examines the process whereby negotiators’ emotions influence their own and their counterpart’s negotiation behavior and outcomes, as well as culture’s effect on this process. She also has examined cultural differences and similarities in supportive communication processes, and gendered organizing processes, particularly as they relate to career and work-family issues. She teaches intercultural communication, organizational communication, and negotiation and conflict management.

Dr. Liu's research appears in the field’s premier journals such as Human Communication Research, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Communication Research, and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Current research projects include studying the role of emotion in intercultural negotiation through experiments involving intercultural negotiation simulations, where data are collected from survey questionnaires and behavioral coding of videotaped transcripts.

Representative Publications:

Liu, M. (2009). The intrapersonal and interpersonal effects of anger on negotiation performance: A cross-cultural investigation. Human Communication Research, 35, 148-169.

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.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

Fall 2009:

COMM 482—Intercultural Communication

Spring 2010:

TBD

Contact

Department of Communication
2130 Skinner Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7635

Office: Skinner 2116
Phone: 301-405-8988
Fax: 301-314-9471
Email: liu@umd.edu
Web: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~liu