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RATCATCHER – INSTRUCTOR C.V.

ESSENTIALS

WISE WORDS

"A strong imagination begetteth opportunity."

 

--Michel de Montaigne

READINGS

CURRENT WORK

PAST

SIMULATIONS

INSTRUCTOR C.V.

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For titles below in orange, click for .pdf copy.

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Some words from Joker (Batman, Arkham Asylum)

"C'mon, boys! He's just one man--one man dressed like a lunatic and armed to the teeth. Go get 'im!"

DISSERTATION

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Holt, R. (1994). The touristic text and sociopolitical struggle: An application of the principles of Mikhail Bakhtin to the study of tour guidebooks of Japan, 1955 to 1991 (Doctoral dissertation). University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

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BOOKS

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2014). Language, politics and identity in Taiwan: Naming China. London: Routledge.

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Holt, G. R. (2004). Dialogue on the Internet: Language, civic identity, and computer-mediated communication. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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TOP PANEL CONVENTION PAPERS

Holt, R., & Chang, H.-c. (2010). A season in Syberia: Gameplay as activity in point-and-click adventure video games. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore. [Top Panel Paper, Game Studies Interest Group]

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Holt, G. R., & Song, Y.-p. (2001, November). The burden of expectations: Chinese perceptions of Chinese-White interdating. Annual Convention, National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA. [Top three paper panel, Asian Pacific American Communication Studies Division]

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Holt, G. R. (1999, July). "The world in a post": CMC as utterance and the case of Wen Ho Lee. Rochester Conference on Human Rights and Responsibilities, Rochester, NY. [Top paper award]

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1990, May). Yuan and Chinese interpersonal relationships: An ethnographic study. Annual Convention, International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland. [1st-ranked paper, competitive programs, Intercultural Communication Division]

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Holt, G. R., Chang, H.-c., & Steingard, D. (1989, November). Taoism and the metaphoric analysis of international dispute mediation. Annual Convention, Speech Communication Association, San Francisco. [1st-ranked paper, competitive programs, Peace Communication Interest Group]

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Holt, G. R., & Scudder, J. N. (1987, November). Reasons and reason: Competing views of rationality in the Challenger shuttle catastrophe. Annual Convention of Speech Communication Association, Boston, MA. [2nd-ranked paper, competitive programs, Organizational Communication Division]

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ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

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Holt, R. (2015). Let the "like" one in: Five portals to invite similarity into conversations about "differences" in Asian Pacific communication. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 25 (1), 78-96.

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Chang. H.-c., & Holt, R. (2011). Naming China: An analysis of Taiwan's national day speeches. Journal of Language and Politics, 10 (3), 396-415.

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Feng, H., Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2011). Examining Chinese gift-giving behavior from the politeness theory perspective. Asian Journal of Communication, 21 (3), 301-317.

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Chang, H.-c., Chen, L., Chung, J., & Holt, R. (2010). In search of a Western counterpart of chi : Eastern and western cognitive frames in perceiving relevant chi terms. China Media Research, 6 (1), 20-36.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2010). Reconfirming expectations and applying cultural knowledge: Redefining Asian scholars’ research effort. Southern Communication Journal, 75 (2), 137-149.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2009). "New Taiwanese": Evolution of an identity project in the narratives of United Daily News. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 19 (2), 223-252.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2009). Taiwan and ROC : A critical analysis of President Chen Shui-bien's construction of Taiwan identity in national speeches, 2000-2007. National Identities, 11 (3), 301-330.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, R. (2007). Symbols in conflict: taiwan (Taiwan) and zhongguo (China) in Taiwan's identity politics. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 13 (1), 129-165.

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Chang, H.-c., Holt, R., & Luo, L. (2006). Representing East Asians in intercultural communication textbooks: A select review. Review of Communication, 6 (4), 312-328.

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Holt, R. (2003). Bakhtin's dimensions of language and the analysis of conversation. Communication Quarterly, 51 , 225-245.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1994). Debt-repaying mechanism in Chinese relationships: An exploration of the folk concepts of and human emotional debt. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 27 (4), 351-387.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1996). An exploration of interpersonal relationship in two Taiwanese computer firms. Human Relations, 49 (12), 1489-1517.

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Holt, G. R., & Morris, A. W. (1993). Activity theory and the analysis of organizations. Human Organization, 52 (1), 97-109.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1991). More than relationship: Chinese and the principle of kuan-hsi. Communication Quarterly, 39 (9), 251-271.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1991). Tourism as consciousness of struggle: Cultural representations of Taiwan. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 8 (1), 102-118.

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Holt, G. R. (1989). Talk about acting and constraint in stories about organizations. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 53, 347-397.

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ARTICLES IN EDITED BOOKS

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Holt, R. (2015). Bao (reciprocity). In K. Tracy & T. Sandel (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Boston: John Wiley and Sons.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1997). Intercultural training for expatriates: Reconsidering power and politics. In A. Gonzalez & D. V. Tanno (Eds.), Politics, communication, and culture (pp. 207-230). Newbury Park: Sage.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1994). A Chinese perspective on face as inter-relational concern. In S. Ting-Toomey & D. Cushman (Eds.), The challenge of facework (pp. 95-132). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

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Chang, H.-c., & Holt, G. R. (1991). The concept of yuan and Chinese interpersonal relationships. In S. Ting-Toomey & F. Korzenny (Eds.), Cross-cultural interpersonal communication (pp. 28-57). Newbury Park: Sage.

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