Zhang’s research focus includes intercultural communication, identity studies, transnationalism, and autoethnography. She is especially interested in how culture, power, and history intersect to impact identity. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include public speaking, intercultural communication, etc.

She is the author of multiple peer-reviewed articles, including two latest publications entitled “Undoing the ‘Non’s within English Hegemony: Teaching Intercultural Communication as a Transnational Teacher” (Communication Education, 2021) and “Your English Is ‘Accented!’: Surviving with Otherness While Approaching Positive Becoming” (International Review of Qualitative Research, 2021). She is also a regular member of the National Communication Association (NCA) and the Central States Communication Association (CSCA).

Zhang has a B.A. in English from Hainan University, China, an M.A. in communications from Yunnan University, China, an M.A. in comparative humanities from Brandeis University, U.S., and a Ph.D. in communication studies from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, U.S., where she also served as an instructor of record from 2016 to 2021. Before joining Duke Kunshan, she taught as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of communication studies at Utah State University, U.S., and a communication studies lecturer at Gonzaga University, U.S.

For more detailed info, please refer to her LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tao-zhang-27b9a7201/