Professor

Dean of the School of International Education; 

Director of Confucius Institute at the South China University of Technology; 

The Principal Investigator of Major Program of National Social Science Foundation (China)

Education:

Ph.D.: Multicultural Education

University of Reading, UK, 1996-1999

BA: English Language Literature

Hubei University, China, 1981-1985

Research interests：

Intercultural Communication

Intercultural Adaptation

Multicultural Education

Organizational Communication and Management

Courses:

Intercultural Communication Studies

Communication Research Methods

Chinese Culture

Selected Papers (2010-2017)

An, R., & He, G.H. (2017). A study on evaluation dimensions of Confucius Institute’s intercultural                       communication influence.Guangxi Social Sciences, 3,178-183.

An, R., & He, G.H. (2017). A theoreticalconstruction of the Confucius Institute’s                                                 interculturalcommunicationinfluenceevaluation system.Changbai Journal, 1, 141-                               148.

An, R., & Chen,W.C. (2017). Research in social support of mobile communication media for                               international students. Journal of Xinjiang Normal University(Philosophy and                                   Social Sciences), 1, 131-137.

An, R.,& Fang, Y.Q. (2016). Research on public diplomacy competence of ethnicChinese students.                        Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication, 6, 80-96.

An, R., & Chiang, S.-Y. (2015). International students’ culture learning and cultural adaptation in                            China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 36(7), 661-676.

An, R.,& Xu, M.M. (2015). An media discourseanalysis on the closing of Confucius Institute by the                      University of Chicago. International Communications, 12, 43-45.

An, R (2014). A study of intercultural competence of volunteer Chinese teachers in Confucius                                Institutes. In X. D. Dai & G. M. Chen (Eds.), Intercultural communication                                      competence (pp.335-355). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

An, R.(2014). A brief analysis on the present and future of Confucius Institute. International                                Communications, 12, 20-22.

An, R., Wei, X.P., Xu. M.M.& Liu, C.(2014).Traveling on parallel tracks: A review on studies of                          Confucius Institute. Academic Research,11，129-136.

An, R. (2013). Analysis of two keywords in intercultural communication study: “Acculturation” and                       “Enculturation”. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication,9, 54-60.

An, R. (2013). Intercultural adaptation of volunteer Chinese teachers. China Media Report                                    Overseas,9(2)，24-30.

An, R., & Wei, X.P. (2012).Intercultural adaptation in the context of microenvironment: A case                              study on an intercultural class. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication,                            6,50-56.

An, R. (2011).A comparative analysis on the intercultural sensitivity of Chinese and international                            students. Modern Communication, 11. 110-115.

An, R. (2011). A comparative analysis of the Chinese transformations of ‘Cultural Shock’ and its                            original explanation. Academic Research, 3, 50-54.

An, R. (2010). An exploration of communication patterns of students of Chinese descent. In X. Dai                         & S. Kulich (Eds). Identity and intercultural communication (1): Theoretical and                             contextual construction (pp.315-340). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language                                     Education Press.

Selected Books (2010-2017)

An, R. (2017).Research on the intercultural communication influence of Confucius                                              Institute.Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

An, R. (Eds.). (2016). Report of international students education at South China University of                           Technology (2004-2015). Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press.

An, R., Liu, C. & Wang, L.H. (2015).Research on the Chinese sojourners’ intercultural                                    adaptation competence in Confucius Institute. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

Liu, C. & An, R. (2012).A researcheson communicationof Confucius Institute. Beijing: China                            Social Sciences Press.

An, R. (Eds.). (2012). Research on studying in China(2011)-intercultural education for                                    international students in China. Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University                              Press.

An, R. (2011). Research on intercultural communication and adaptation. Beijing: China Social                          Sciences Press.

An, R. (Eds.). (2011). Intercultural communication studiesXX(1). Macao Polytechnic Institute.

Chen,G.M., Peng, W. Z., Ye, Y. J. & An, R. (2011). Communication research methods. Shanghai:                      Fudan University Press.

An, R. & Cui, S.H. (Eds.). (2010). Cultural dialogue: The Chinese cultural and intercultural                            communication. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Chen, G.M. & An, R. (2010). Interpretation of key terms in intercultural communication.                                  Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

Contact:

E-mail: sieanran@scut.edu.cn