University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Appointments

  • Professor, 2016-Present
    School of Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2010-2016
    School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, US

  • Doctor of Philosophy, 2006-2010
    Department of Communication & Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US

Profile updated November 3, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Maxwell Groznik; Yea-Wen Chen
Journal of First-Generation Student Success, 2026, journal article
Cited by 1
Academic writing Education, Higher Educational sociology First-generation college students
Journal of Family Communication, 2025, journal article
Cited by 1
Communication in families Southern Min dialects Taiwan Taoism
Yea-Wen Chen; Brandi Lawless
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2025, journal article
Cited by 11
Yea-Wen Chen; Victoria Kalaydjian; Alyssa Dwyer
Emerging Media, 2024, journal article Cited by 6
Activism Body positivity movement Discrimination against overweight persons Microaggressions
Nicholas Lacy; Yea-Wen Chen; Damariyé Smith
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2024, journal article Cited by 3

Marwa Abdalla; Yea-Wen Chen
Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2023, journal article
Cited by 4
Islamophobia Muslims Parents Rhetoric
Dacheng Zhang; Yea-Wen Chen
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2023, journal article
Cited by 6
Family planning Intercultural communication Queer theory Same-sex parents
Yadong Ji; Yea-Wen Chen
Health Communication, 2023, journal article
Cited by 57
China COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) Stigmatization Xenophobia
Yea-Wen Chen; Molly Wiant Cummins; Christina E. Saindon; Dacheng Zhang
Communication Education, 2022, journal article
Cited by 8
Marwa I. Abdalla; Yea-Wen Chen
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2022, journal article
Cited by 3
Nicholas B. Lacy; Yea-Wen Chen
Communication Education, 2022, journal article
Cited by 7
Yea-Wen Chen; Jean Claude Kwitonda
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 2021, journal article
Cited by 2
Brandi Lawless; Yea-Wen Chen
Howard Journal of Communications, 2020, journal article
Cited by 13
Dacheng Zhang; Yea-Wen Chen
Journal of Family Communication, 2020, journal article
Cited by 13
Gay adoption Gay parents Gender identity Queer theory
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2019, journal article
Development Studies Network Learning Non-governmental organizations Voluntarism
Communication Education, 2019, journal article
Cited by 2
Yea-Wen Chen; Brandi Lawless
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2019, journal article
Cited by 20
Yea-Wen Chen; Kelsey Chalko; Michael Bonilla
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2019, journal article
Cited by 3
Christianity Christians Education, Higher Generation Y
Jatin Srivastava; Masato Nakazawa; Yea-Wen Chen
Computers in Human Behavior, 2016, journal article
Cited by 44
Brandi Lawless; Yea-Wen Chen
Howard Journal of Communications, 2016, journal article
Cited by 1
Arab Spring (2010-) Middle East Occupy movement Social movements
Yea-Wen Chen; Hengjun Lin
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, 2015, book Cited by 28
Anthropology Culture Group identity Identity (Philosophical concept)
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2014, journal article
Cited by 13
Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2013, journal article
Cited by 1
Nathaniel Simmons; Yea-Wen Chen
Communication Teacher, 2013, journal article
Cited by 8
Yea-Wen Chen; Mary Jane Collier
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2012, journal article
Cited by 37

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