Dr. Xiaowei Shi
Associate Professor

Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, Purdue University (2009)
- MA, DePaul University (2003)
- BA, Beijing Language and Culture University (1997)
Areas of Expertise
Upward Influence; Communication Goals and Cognitive Responses in advice-giving in the contexts of close relationships and supervisor-subordinate interaction.
Biography
Employment
2016-present Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Organizational Communication
2010-2015 Assistant Professor, Speech and Theater Department, Middle Tennessee State University
2008-2010 ...
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2016-present Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Organizational Communication
2010-2015 Assistant Professor, Speech and Theater Department, Middle Tennessee State University
2008-2010 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University.
2007-2008 Graduate Lecturer, Department of Communication, Purdue University.
2003-2006 Instructor, Department of Communication, Purdue University.
Publications
Shi, X., Brinthaupt, T., & McCree, M. (2017). Understanding the Influence of Self-Critical, Self-Managing, and Social-Assessing Self-Talk on Performance Outcomes in a Public Speaking Context. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 36(4), 356-378.
Shi, X., Brinthaupt, T. M., & McCree, M. (2015). The relationship of self-talk frequency to communication apprehension and public speaking anxiety. Personality and Individual Di...
Read More »Shi, X., Brinthaupt, T., & McCree, M. (2017). Understanding the Influence of Self-Critical, Self-Managing, and Social-Assessing Self-Talk on Performance Outcomes in a Public Speaking Context. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 36(4), 356-378.
Shi, X., Brinthaupt, T. M., & McCree, M. (2015). The relationship of self-talk frequency to communication apprehension and public speaking anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 75, 125-129. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.023.
Jian, G., Shi, X., & Delisay, F. (2014). Leader-member conversational quality: Scale development and validation through three studies. Management Communication Quality. doi: 10.1177/0893318914533201.
Shi, X. (2013). Cognitive Responses in Advice Planning: An Examination of Thought Content and Its Impact on Message Features under High vs. Low Effortful Thinking Modes. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32, 311-334. doi: 10.1177/0261927X12470112.
Shi, X., & Wilson, S. R. (2010). Upward influence in contemporary Chinese organizations: Explicating the effects of goal type and importance on message reasoning and politeness. Management Communication Quarterly, 24, 579-606.
Wilson, S., Norris, A. M., & Shi, X., Rack. J. J. (2010). Comparing physically abused, neglected, and non-maltreated children during interactions with their parents: A meta-analysis of observation studies. Communication Monographs, 77, 540-575.
Wilson, S. R., Rack, J. J., Shi, X., & Norris, A. M. (2008). Comparing physically abusive, neglectful, and non-maltreating parents during interactions with their children: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Child Abuse & Neglect, 32, 897-911.
Shi, X., & Babrow, A. (2007). Challenges of adolescent and young adult Chinese American identity construction: An application of Problematic Integration Theory. Western Journal of Communication, 71, 316-335.
Shi, X., & Lu, X. (2007). Bilingual and bicultural development of Chinese American adolescents and young adults: A comparative study. Howard Journal of Communication, 18, 313-333.
Book Chapters
Shi, X., & Wilson, S. R. (2017). Influence in Organizational Communication. International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. John Wiley & Sons.
Wilson, S., Shi, X., Tirmstein, L., Norris, A., & Combs, J. (2006). A meta-analysis on child physical abuse. In L. Turner and R. West (Eds.), Family communication: A reference for theory and research (pp. 237-258). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Awards
- 2016 Top Paper Award. Communication Apprehension and Competence Division, National Communication Association (with Brinthaupt and McCree).
- 2014 Faculty Fellow of Teaching Excellence. Middle Tennessee State University.
- 2014 Faculty Development Grant. Middle Tennessee State University, $ 1,920.
- 2013 &n...
- 2016 Top Paper Award. Communication Apprehension and Competence Division, National Communication Association (with Brinthaupt and McCree).
- 2014 Faculty Fellow of Teaching Excellence. Middle Tennessee State University.
- 2014 Faculty Development Grant. Middle Tennessee State University, $ 1,920.
- 2013 Top Four Paper Award. Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association (with Jian and Delisay).
- 2013 Top Four Paper Award. Communication Apprehension and Competence Division, National Communication Association (with Brinthaupt and McCree).
- 2013 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Grant, Middle Tennessee State University, $ 2,100.
- 2011 Top Four Paper Award. Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association.
- 2011 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Grant, Middle Tennessee State University, $10,000.34.
- 2011 Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Access and Diversity Grant. Middle Tennessee State University, $2,800.
- 2008 Purdue University Research Foundation (PRF) Summer Grant. $1,780. 2006 Paper selected for presentation at the Doctoral Honors Seminars of the National Communication Association.
- 2006 Alan H. Monroe Graduate Research Scholar Award. Department of Communication, Purdue University,
In the Media
MTSU College of Graduate Studies Interview
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MTSUGradStudies/status/1265373752952590337
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MTSUGraduateStudies/photos/a.1654019347961393/3459101630786480
MTSU News
- Monday, September 09, 2013
- MTSU professor gauges employee politeness to male, female bosses MURFREESBORO — Are employees more polite when talking to male bosses than to female bosses?
Courses
Middle Tennessee State University (2010-present)
- COMM 3400 Romantic Relationship Communication
- COMM 4600 Communication Research Methods
- ORCO 3750 Organizational Analysis
- ORCO 3500 Strategic Communication in Organization
- COMM 3300 Communication Theory, Culture, and Films
- COMM 2300 Interpersonal Communication COMM
- 2200 Fundamentals of Communication  ...
Middle Tennessee State University (2010-present)
- COMM 3400 Romantic Relationship Communication
- COMM 4600 Communication Research Methods
- ORCO 3750 Organizational Analysis
- ORCO 3500 Strategic Communication in Organization
- COMM 3300 Communication Theory, Culture, and Films
- COMM 2300 Interpersonal Communication COMM
- 2200 Fundamentals of Communication
- Iowa State University (2008-2010)
- COM 317 Small Group Communication
- COM 314 Organizational Communication Theories
- COM 311 Relational Communication
Purdue University (2003-2008)
- COM 304 Quantitative Methods for Communication Research
- COM 320 Small Group Discussion
- COM 212 Interpersonal Communication
- COM 114 Fundamentals of Speech Communication