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Leah Waks (Ph.D. University
of Michigan, 1991), Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Program. Her main interest is in studying the interplay of cognitions,
attitudes, and emotions in conflict creation and conflict management
in organizations and groups. She studies the impact of culture on
approaches to conflict resolution and recently co-authored with
Deborah Cai " What we know about Chinese negotiation behavior"
(in press), in W. S. Jia, R. Heisey, and R. Kluver (Eds.), Chinese
Communication Research in the 20h and the 21st centuries: Advances,
challenges, and prospects, published by Ablex Publishers.
Her Current research includes studying the influence of media messages
on individuals' attitudes and political decisions. She teaches communication
theory, persuasion, and group dynamics. Her instructional program
also includes training in leadership, mediation and conflict management.
Selected publication:
Richard Allen and Leah Waks, "The
social Construction of Attitudes Toward the Roles of Women and African
Americans", Howard Journal of Communications 2(1991): 170-191. |
