Scholars@Duke
Tao Zhang

Tao Zhang

Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication and Language at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty
Office hours M/W, 2 pm- 3 pm & Joyfully by Appointment (Fall 2026) @ AB2037  

Scholarly Works

Seeking the “us” in our othernesses: Decolonizing the understanding of Chinese-ness(es) through lenses of transnationalism and thick(er) intersectionalities

Journal article Journal of International and Intercultural Communication · January 1, 2026 This article explores the identity negotiation of transnational Chinese in the U.S., with a focus on the intra-ethnic identity politics among them. This study problematizes the dominant U.S. race logic for its limited capacity in understanding identity, co ... Full text Open Access Cite

“Your English is Accented!”: Surviving With Otherness While Approaching Positive Becoming

Journal article International Review of Qualitative Research · February 2021 Taking a critical intercultural approach, this paper explores the discrepancies between the critical communication pedagogy (CCP) ideals and pedagogical struggles of international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) rendered by their linguistic di ... Full text Open Access Cite

Activist speak at the Republican debates

Book section · May 20, 2019 Scholars of communication, political science, sociology, and media studies will find this collection useful. ... Open Access Cite

How online usage of subscription-based journalism and mass communication research journal articles predicts citations

Journal article Learned Publishing · July 1, 2016 This study examines the predicting power of content and non-content article attributes and of total online usage on short-term citations of subscriptionbased journal articles. It examines articles published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (J ... Full text Open Access Cite

How Media Scholars’ Attributes Affect Their Ratings of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Journal article Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly · March 2015 This article examines how media scholars’ attributes affect ratings of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ), based on the 2014 JMCQ readership survey. It compares the impacts of these attributes on five different types of subjective j ... Full text Open Access Cite