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Dr. Yang Lin

Professor, Communication

School of Communication

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• (330)972-2013
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• Kolbe Hall

Education

Ph.D., Communication, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK., 1997
M.A., Communications, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY., 1993
B.S., Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1980

Selected Publications

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS (Samples)

Journal Articles 

Lin, Y. & Clark, K. C. (2021) Speech assignments and plagiarism in first year public speaking classes: an investigation of students’ moral attributes in relation to their behavioral intention, Communication Quarterly, 69:1, 23-42, DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2020.1864429

Lin, Y., Durbin, J. M., & Rancer, A. S. (2017) Perceived Instructor Argumentativeness, Verbal Aggressiveness, and Classroom Communication Climate in Relation to Student State Motivation and Math Anxiety. Communication Education, 66, 330-349. DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2016.1245427.

Lin, Y., Durbin, J., & Rancer, A. S. (2016). Math anxiety, need for cognition, and learning strategies in quantitative communication research methods courses.  Communication Quarterly, 64, 390-409. DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2015.1103294.

Clark, K. D., Lin, Y.  & Maher, V. (2015) Shall I Help a Stranger?: Spiritual Intelligence and its relation to Altruism, Ethnocentrism, Intercultural Willingness to Communicate, and the Intention to Act. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 44, 1-16.

Book Chapters

Lin, Y., Hill, P. S., & Bishop, S. C.  (2012).  Cross-cultural humor: A new frontier for intercultural communication research.  In R. DiCioccio (Ed.), Humor communication: Theory, impact, and outcomes (pp. 255-280). Dubuque, IA Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Lin, Y., Zhao, J. G., & Zhao, F. M. (2010).  Exploring constructive aggressive communication in China: Its cultural roots, strategies, and new developments. In T. Avtigis & A. Rancer (eds.), Arguments, aggression, and conflict: New directions in theory and research (pp. 82-99).  NY: Routlege.

Rancer, A. S. Lin, Y. Durbin, J. M., & Faulkner, E. (2010).  Nonverbal 'verbal' aggression: Its forms and its relation to trait verbal aggressiveness. In T. Avtigis & A. Rancer (eds.), Arguments, aggression, and conflict: new directions in theory and research (pp. 267-284).  NY: Routlege.

Lin, Y. (2004).  The structure of political communication research: Fragmentation or diversity?  In L. L. Kaid (Ed.), Handbook of Political Communication Research, (pp. 69-108). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.