Weiming Gorman, PhD

1424 Cathedral of Learning
Office Hours: By Appointment
412-624-6567
wdyao@pitt.edu
412-624-1878

Areas of Interest

Areas of Interest:

Global Women's Discourse

Feminist Rhetorical Teaching Praxis

Cross Cultural Communication

Peer Reviewed Articles

2023

"From Textual Subjects to Voracious Feminists: Rethink Constitutive Rhetoric," Peitho. Volume 25, Issue 3, Spring 2023. 

 

2021

"Revitalize Lifelong Learners: Teaching Gender in a Lifelong Classroom." Journal of Continuing Higher Education. Feb., 2021. 

 

Guest Editor

2014

China Media Research (Special Issue), “Confucius Institute: How China Exerts Its Influence through Language Instruction.” Volume 10, Number 1, 2014

 

Journal Article

2014

Weiming Yao, “The New Middle Kingdom: the Symbolic Power of the Confucius Institute’s Pedagogical Approach.” China Media Research, Volume 10, Number 1, 2014.

 

Monograph

2012

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

Global and US Women's Rhetoric - Cross Listed with Gender Studies Women's Studies (GSWS)

Cross Cultural Communication

Public Speaking

Interpersonal Communication for the Diverse Workplace (Spring 2024)

Awards

2018

Extended Diversity Experience Certificate of Achievement Honorees Awards by the Office of the Provost