Juana Du

Juana Du is a professor for the Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication program. She draws on personal experience from working in Beijing, Hong Kong, Germany, the United States and Canada to frame the way she studies culture, communication and organizations. Her research interests include improving intercultural communication in a globalized world, cross-cultural adaptation of international students, expatriate training and relocation, organizational diversity and culture, organizational learning and knowledge management, and subsidiaries of multinational enterprises and innovation. She is fluent in Chinese and Cantonese.

She is particularly inspired by how cultural perceptions and assumptions fundamentally impact human beings’ connection, interaction, adaptation, and learning. Her research looked into experiences in transition, e.g., different groups of sojourners, including expatriates and international students, both at an individual and group level. She studied communication, culture, and innovation issues in a variety of contexts, e.g., multilingual organizations, multinational corporations, as well as multicultural communities. She is deeply inspired by collective and organizational learning during change and transition, and has examined questions related to cultural change during merger and acquisitions, knowledge transfer and sharing, organizational learning, etc.