| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Communication |
| Office: | MU 247 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3995 |
| Email: | G.JIAN@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://www.csuohio.edu/class/com/gjianBio.html |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. MU 247, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Communication, University of Colorado, 2003
M.A., Communication, University of Cincinnati, 1999 B.A., English, Peking University, 1995 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Guowei Jian, Associate Professor in Communication and Communication Management, has been with Cleveland State University since 2003.
Dr. Jian's programs of research are in the area of organizational communication. Specifically, his research focuses on the process of communication in producing leadership effects and identity, managing organizational change, and implementing and adopting communication technologies. In addition to his core areas of research, he also collaborates with other scholars in such research areas as urban communication and health communication, and contributes to interdisciplinary projects. He currently serves on the editorial board of several scholarly journals, including Human Relations, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Western Journal of Communication. Dr. Jian teaches at both graduate and undergraduate levels in such areas as organizational communication theories, team communication and leadership, training and development, and both qualitative and quantitative research methods. On the applied side, he conducts consulting programs on Business Communication in China. Coming to us all the way from Beijing, China, he enjoys reading, skating, photography and traveling. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Dr. Jian teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. As a graduate faculty, he has taught Organizational Communication Theory, Qualitative Research Methods, and Pro Seminar in Communication. At the undergraduate level, he has taught Training and Development, Small Group Communication and Leadership, Organizational Communication, Research Methods, and Public Speaking. | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| Member of National Communication Association
Member of International Communication Association Member of the Academy of Management | ||