Weiming Gorman, PhD
Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest:
Global Feminist Discourse
Political Rhetoric and Mass Persuasion
Regional Studies and Effective Pedagogical Approach
2016
Reviewer
China Media Research
Reviewed a submission for a special issue of China Media Research, “Rhetorical Perspective on China’s Media and Communication” (China Media Research is indexed in Communication and Mass Media Complete Database)
2014
Guest Editor
China Media Research (Special Issue), “Confucius Institute: How China Exerts Its Influence through Language Instruction.” Volume 10, Number 1, 2014
2014
Journal Article
Weiming Yao, “The New Middle Kingdom: the Symbolic Power of the Confucius Institute’s Pedagogical Approach.” China Media Research, Volume 10, Number 1, 2014.
2012
Book
The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China: A Rhetorical Perspective. Columbia: South Carolina University Press, 2012.
Selective Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations:
2019
Presenter
Poster Presentation: "We hold up half the story: global and US women's rhetoric". Pennsylvania Communication Association 80th Annual Convention, Reading Pennsylvania.
2015
“Wen Jiaobao’s Web Chat with Chinese Netizens: Creating an ‘Imaged Community’ in the Digital Age.” 44th Mid-Atlantic Region of Association for Asian Studies (AAS), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
2013
“Confucius Comes to the US: A Case Study of How Confucius Institute Employs Language Instruction as Symbolic Power.” International and Intercultural Communication Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Washington DC
2007
“Are We Americans: The Politics of Assimilation for Asian Americans.” Association for Chinese Communication Studies Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago
2007
“Falun Gong: Chinese Notion of Healing in Comparison to Western Biomedical Approach.” Health Communication Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago
2000
“Forging New Tools: Adapting Western Scholarship to Non-Western Communicative Context.” Association for Chinese Communication Studies Division, Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Seattle
Courses Taught
Women’s Rhetoric in Comparative Perspectives
Cross-cultural Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Public Speaking
Independent Study
Global and US Women's Rhetoric - Cross Listed with Gender Studies Women's Studies (GSWS)
Awards
2018
Extended Diversity Experience Certificate of Achievement Honorees Awards by the Office of the Provost