Associate Professor
(716) 878-5802
Campus Address: Buckham Hall B132
liaoha@buffalostate.edu
Liao, H-A. (In press). Information processing and media effects. A book chapter to be published by the Peking University Press, People’s Republic of China.
Liao, H-A. (In press). Social cognitive theory and media effects. A book chapter to be published by the Peking University Press, People’s Republic of China.
Liao, H-A. (2014). Examining the Role of Collaborative Learning in a Public Speaking Course. College Teaching, 62 (2), 47-54.
Liao, H-A., Edlin, M. &Ferdenzi, A. (2014). Persistence at an urban community college: The implications of self-efficacy and motivation. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 38 (7), 595 – 611.
Liao, H. A., Ferdenzi, A. &Edlin, M. (2013). Motivation, self-regulated learning efficacy, and academic achievement among international and domestic students at an urban community college: A comparison. The Community College Enterprise, 18 (2), 9 – 38.
Liao, H-A. (2009). Political efficacy and campaign news attention as catalysts of discursive democracy. Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, 18.
Liao, H-A. (2006). Toward an epistemology of participatory communication: A feminist prospective. Howard Journal of Communications, 17 (2), p. 101 – 118.
Liao, H-A. (2006). Cultural orientations and collaborative learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10 (3).
Liao, H-A. (2005). Adoption of a course management system at a college campus: The implication of diffusion of innovation. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2 (10).
Teaching and learning; communication theories and research; communication data analytics; social cognitive theory; information processing; media effects; social media
Communication Data Analytics; Introduction to Human Communication; Rhetorical Criticism; Group Communication; Foundation of Inquiry; Introduction to Oral Communication; Communication and Society; Speech Communication; Introduction to Oral Communication and Information Literacy; Interpersonal Communication; Intercultural Communication; International Communication; Mass Communication Theory; Protest and Public Opinion; Introduction to Communication Theory; Principles of Public Relations; Public Relations Methods and Cases; Graduate Seminar in Mass Communication; Graduate Quantitative Research Method
Spring 2016, UUP Individual Development Grant, $1,000
Fall 2015, Sabbatical leave
Spring 2012, Faculty/Staff Appreciation Award.
Spring 2012, Outstanding Service-Learning Course, SPC 307.
Spring 2012, Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Service-Learning.
Spring 2012, Research Foundation Incentive Grant, Buffalo State College, $3,500
Spring 2011, Provost’s Incentive Grant, Buffalo State College, $1,000.
Spring 2009, CASTL Fellowship Award, Buffalo State College, $3,000.
Spring2007, Division Top Paper Award, Civic and Citizen Journalism Division, Association for the Education of Journalism and Mass Communication
Spring 2006, United University Professionals (UUP) Drescher Award, One Semester Research Leave
Spring 2005, UUP Individual Development Grant, $450
International Communication Association
