Santa Clara University

Hsin-I Cheng

Academic/Professional Background:

Dr. Cheng joined the Santa Clara faculty in 2007. She earned her B.A. in Sociology from Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, a M.A. in Communication from University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at Bowling Green State University. 

Teaching Areas/Responsibilities

Dr. Cheng teaches Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Qualitative Research Methods, and Intercultural Communication.

Research interests

Dr. Cheng conducts research on culture, border crossing, and communication. Her primary interests are identity formation in the transnationalizing world. She uses critical ethnographic methods in her research. 

Sample publications:

• Cheng, H.-I. (in press). Space Making: Chinese Transnationalism on the U.S.- Mexican Borderlands. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication.
• Heinz, B., Cheng, H.-I., & Inuzuka, A. (2007). Greenpeace greenspeak: A transcultural discourse analysis. Language and Intercultural Communication, 7(1), 16-36.
• Cheng, H.-I. (2005). A review of Shame and recovery: Mapping identity in an Asian women's shelter. Southern Communication Journal, 70, 267.   
• Cheng, H.-I. (2004). Being ill in a foreign land: International students' perceptions of and experiences with university health services. Kaleidoscope: A graduate journal of qualitative communication research, 3, 70-92.
•  González, A. & Cheng, H.-I. (2004). Intercultural rhetoric. In J. L. Golden, G. F. Berquist, W. E. Coleman, & J. M. Sproule (Eds.), The rhetoric of western thought (pp. 471-478). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.    
• Allen, M., Cheng, C., Izumi, M., Kopaczewski, S., Tye-Williams, S., & Wilkum, K. (2003). Mentor reviewing: A retrospective on an experiment. Communication Studies, 54, 530-534.