FUNDED RESEARCH

Strategic Communication

Stakeholder engagement, 

Corporate social responsibility & Sustainability,

Purpose-Driven Organizations,

Internal Communication

Social media,

Relationship management,

Crisis communication

 

Research Awards

 

2018

ICA Public Relations Division Faculty Top Paper Award

 

Brigham Young University Top Ethics Paper Award, International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.

 

2015

Koichi Yamamura International Strategic Communication Award, International Public Relations Research Conference, Miami, FL.

 

2014

Faculty Best Paper, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association

Educator Fellow (sponsored by Edelman Public Relations), Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, University of Alabama, USA

 

2010

Winner, The Gold Standard Awards (category: Leadership and Development) from Public Affairs Asia.

 

2009

PR 100, being elected as one of the top 100 PR people in China. Organized by China International Public Relations Association, Beijing, China.

 

2004

Faculty Top Paper, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association

 

2001

Winner, Ketchum 2001 Walter K. Lindenmann Scholarship, formerly the SMART grant, awarded by the Institute of Public Relations in USA

Winner, Inez Kaiser Award of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, USA 

Outstanding Graduate Scholar, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, USA

 

2000

Excellence in Research, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, USA 

Winner, Inez Kaiser Award of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, USA

 

1999

Winner, Inez Kaiser Award of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, USA 

 

 

 

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Multi-modal Disruption Communications (TfNSW)
    iMove Australia Limited20 Mar 2026 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    iMOVE CRC - (iMove: 3-051)
  • GRANT
    The Role of Dialogic Communication and Listening in Creating Shared-Purpose
    The Arthur W. Page Center1 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hung-Baesecke C-JF,
    • Chen Y-RR,
    • Taylor M
    Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grant