John G.
Oetzel
John
G. Oetzel (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995) is a professor
and also the chair of the Department of Communication and
Journalism at the University of New Mexico.
He
teaches courses in intercultural, health, and organizational
communication, as well as research methods. His research interests
focus on the impact of culture on conflict communication in
work groups, organizations, and health settings. His work
has appeared in journals such as Human Communication Research,
Communication Monographs, Communication Research,
and the International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
He is co-author (with Stella Ting-Toomey) of Managing
Intercultural Communication Effectively (Sage, 2001)
and co-editor (with Stella Ting-Toomey) of The Sage Handbook
of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and
Practice (Sage, 2006).
Research
My
research program centers on understanding and improving problematic
interactions between and among people with different cultural
backgrounds. The problematic interactions I have examined
include conflict in culturally diverse work groups and organizations,
employee mistreatment in culturally diverse organizations,
instructor immediacy in multicultural classrooms, and mental
health service interactions among patients and providers and
patients and family members in American Indian communities.
Currently,
I am engaged in (or just finished) four projects:
- I
completed a textbook on intercultural communication.
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I am working on (with Ginny McDermott & Olaf Werder)
a baseline survey on attitudes toward people with mental
health disorders. This project is funded by the New Mexico
Human Services Department and provides information for a
stigma reduction campaign they are planning.
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I am working on (with Courtney Fletcher & Yea Wen Chen
at UNM and scholars around the globe) a cross-cultural study
of conflict behavior in intimate relationships in 9 nations
including Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Germany,
China, Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S.
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I am working on (with Nina Wallerstein) a project that investigates
the use of community-based participatory research methods
in various collaborations with underserved communities and
the effect on health and social outcomes. This project provides
a form of “meta-analysis” of CBPR processes
and outcomes. This project has been funded by the Indian
Health Service and Native American Research Centers for
Health.
Recent
Publications:
- Oetzel,
J. G. (2009). Layers of Intercultural Communication.
New York: Allyn & Bacon.
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Oetzel, J. G., Garcia, A. J., & Ting-Toomey, S. (in
press). An analysis of the relationships among face concerns
and facework behaviors in perceived conflict situations:
A four-culture investigation. International Journal of Conflict
Management.
- Oetzel,
J. G., Dhar, S., & Kirschbaum, K. (2007). Intercultural
conflict from a multilevel perspective: Trends, possibilities,
and future directions. Journal of Intercultural Communication
Research, 36,183-204.
- Oetzel,
J. G., Duran, B., Jiang, Y., & Lucero, J. (2007). Social
support and social undermining as correlates for alcohol,
drug, and mental disorders in American Indian women presenting
for primary care at an Indian Health Service hospital. Journal
of Health Communication, 12, 187-206.
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Oetzel, J. G., Sanchez, C., DeVargas, F., & Ginossar,
T. (2007). Hispanic women’s preferences for breast
health information: Character types and subjective cultural
influences for communication preferences. Health Communication,
21, 1-11.
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Zhang, Q., Oetzel, J. G., Gao, X., Wilcox, R., & Takai,
J. (2007). A further test of immediacy-learning models:
A cross-cultural investigation. Journal of Intercultural
Communication Research, 36, 1-13.
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Zhang, Q., Oetzel, J. G., Gao, X., Wilcox, R., & Takai,
J. (2007). Teacher immediacy scales: Testing for validity
across cultures. Communication Education, 56,228-248.
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Oetzel, J., Duran, B., Lucero, J., Jiang, Y., Novins, D.,
Beals, J., Manson, S., & the AI-SUPERPFP team. (2006).
Rural Native Americans’ perspectives of obstacles
in the mental health treatment process in three treatment
sectors. Psychological Services, 3, 117-128.
Teaching
My
areas of teaching include Intercultural Communication and
Research Methods. I have taught graduate and undergraduate
courses in intercultural communication and graduate courses
in research methods (quantitative) in the past three years:
Intercultural Comm (314), Quantitative Research Methods (607),
and Advanced Intercultural Comm (614).
I
am also committed to serving students outside the classroom
and in another creative ways. Examples of this commitment
includes the following: (a) Track advisor for a grant entitled
“Languages and internationalization across curriculum:
Health and cultural integrity.” The purpose of this
project is to develop new curriculum to provide strong international
components in health, cultural diversity, and communication.
Four faculty members taught via this program in the past two
years; (b) I am currently serving as advisor for 4 Ph.D. students
and as a committee member for another 4 Ph.D. students; (c)
I have published articles or book chapters with 25 current
or former students.
Service
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Department
Service: Chair
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Recent/Current University Service: (a) search committee
for the director for the Center on Alcoholism, Substance
Abuse, and Additions (CASAA); (b) search committee for the
dean for the College of Arts and Sciences; (c) member of
the search committee for College of A & S development
officers; and (d) member of the Ad Hoc Budget Committee,
College of Arts & Sciences.
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Current Disciplinary Service: Editorial board for four journals—Communication
Education, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication,
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, Western
Journal of Communication
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