Dr. Guan joined St. Thomas in 2008. Dr. Guan has taught intercultural, interpersonal, workplace and business as well as strategic communication courses.
Dr. Guan's research examines how individual and cultural factors influence communication outcomes using large samples and statistical analyses. Dr. Guan often collaborates with international scholars to examine interdisciplinary issues.
Before joining St. Thomas, Dr. Guan worked for Bayer and McKinsey in China. After she came to St. Thomas, she has been invited to talk at several international and multinational organizations around the Twin Cities and lead cultural training workshops for St. Thomas faculty, staff and students on improving intercultural competence. In 2016, she received the Global Citizenship Award from St. Thomas.
Guan, X., & Lee, H. E. (2022) Does culture really matter? A Comparison between victims’ cognitive and communicative responses to cultural in-group vs. out-group perpetrators in social predicaments. SAGE Open. 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244022107992
Guan, X., Porter, M. C., & Omodt, P. (2022). “Video Perfect”: Maximizing Health Care Providers’ Communication to Increase Patient Satisfaction during Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19. Paper presented at the 72nd annual conference of International Communication Association in Paris, France
Taniguchi, E., Lee. H. E., & Guan, X. (2021). Young women’s sex talk online: Roles of anonymity, social closeness, and cultural background on perceived appropriateness and behavioral intention. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 45(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684320972921
Li, X., & Guan, X. (2020). Mother-daughter work-family role transmission: Effects on daughters’ work and family well-being. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families. 29(2), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720934484
Park, H. S., Lee, H. E., Kingsley Westerman, C. Y., & Guan, X. (2019). We want a team player: A formative cross-cultural investigation in the U.S., China, and South Korea. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(10), 1161-1181. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119863884
Guan, X. (2018). Affectionate communication between young adult children and their parents in the U.S., China, and Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the 68th annual conference of International Communication Association in Prague, Czech Republic.
Guan, X., & Lee, H. E. (2017). Fight and flight: A multilevel analysis of facework strategies in intercultural face-threatening acts. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 58, 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.04.008
Guan X., & Li, X. (2017). A cross-cultural examination of family communication patterns, parent-child closeness, and conflict styles in the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia. Journal of Family Communication, 17, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2017.1293062
Guan, X. (2016). Different or similar: A cross-cultural comparison of family communication patterns, affection and conflict styles. Paper presented at the 66th annual conference of International Communication Association in Fukuoka, Japan.
Kim, W., Guan, X., & Park, H. S. (2012). Face and facework: A cross-cultural comparison of managing politeness norms in the U.S. and Korea. International Journal of Communication. 6, 1100-1118. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1284/749
Park, H. S., Levine, T. R., Weber, R., Lee, H. E., Terra, L. I., Botero, I. C., Bessarabova, E., Guan, X., Shearman, S. M., & Wilson, M. S. (2012). Individual and cultural variations in direct communication style. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 36, 179-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.010
Park, H. S., Dalsey, E, Yun, D., Guan, X., Cherry, J., & Lee, S. A. (2011). Employee responses to the implementation of a smoke free workforce policy: An interview study. International Journal of Management, 28, 40-50.
Guan, X. (2011). How attribution, uncertainty, gender, and culture explain evasion in social predicament caused by others. Paper presented at the 61st annual conference of International Communication Association in Boston, MA.
Kim, W., Guan, X., & Park, H. S. (2011). Cross-cultural comparison of Korean and American facework strategies: A multiple-scenario analysis. Paper presented at the 97th annual convention of National Communication Association in New Orleans, LA.
Bresnahan, M. J., Guan, X., & Wang, X. (2010). Culture of the soul: Spiritual beliefs about organ donation in China and the United States. Chinese Journal of Communication, 3(2), 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544751003740334
Guan, X. (2010). Face Management in Social Predicaments Caused by Others: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between the U.S. and China. Paper presented at the 60th annual convention of International Communication Association in Singapore.
Guan, X., & Park, H. S. (2010). Fight or flight: Intercultural communicators' management strategies in social predicament. Paper presented at the 60th annual convention of International Communication Association in Singapore.
Bresnahan, M. J., Guan, X., Shearman, S., & Donohue, W. A. (2009). Roommate conflict: Does race matter? Howard Journal of Communication, 20, 394-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646170903303840
Park, H. S., & Guan, X. (2009). Culture, positive and negative face threats, and apology intentions. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 28, 244-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X09335249
Guan, X., Park, H. S., & Lee, H. Y. (2009). Cross-cultural differences in apology. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33, 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.10.001
Bresnahan, M. J., Donohue, W. A., Shearman, S. M., & Guan, X. (2009). Research note: Two measures of conflict orientation, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 26, 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.238
Park, H. S., & Guan, X. (2009). Cross-cultural comparison of verbal and nonverbal strategies of apologizing. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2, 66-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513050802603471
Guan, X., & Park, H. S. (2009). Managing face threatening act: An integrated approach of self-reported survey and third-party observation. Paper presented at the 59th annual convention of International Communication Association in Chicago, IL
Park, H. S., Kim, W., & Guan, X. (2009). Cultural differences in situational threats to face needs. Paper presented at the 95th annual convention of National Communication Association in Chicago, IL.
Kim, W. S., Guan, X., & Park, H. S. (2009). Cultural differences among face needs, avoidance and confrontation. Paper presented at the 59th annual convention of International Communication Association in Chicago, IL.
Lee, S. A., Park, H. S., Liu, X., Hong, S., Imai, T., Shin, H.B., Hou, Y., & Guan, X. (2009). Gratitude and apology in Olympic athlete interviews. Paper presented at the 59th annual convention of International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Bresnahan, M. J., Guan, X., & Wang, X. (2008). The Culture of the body: Attitudes toward Organ Donation in China and the U.S. Chinese Journal of Communication, 1, 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750802287976
Bresnahan, M. J., Guan, X., & Wang, X. (2008). Culture of the soul: Further validation of the spiritual beliefs scale. Paper presented at the 94th annual convention of National Communication Association in San Diego, CA.
Park, H. S., Dalsey, E., Yun, D., Guan, X., & Cherry, J. (2008). Employees' responses to implementation of smoke-free workforce policy. Paper presented at the 58th annual convention of International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada.
Bresnahan, M. J., Guan, X., Morinaga, S., Donohue, W. A., & Tsuchiya, A. (2008). Roommates conflicts: Does race matter? Paper presented at the 58th annual convention of International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada.
- DEI Faculty Fellow, 2022-2023
- DEI Faculty Fellow, 2021-2022
- SOLV Community Engagement Grant, 2018-2019
- Global Citizenship Award, 2016
- Global and Local Engagement Sustainability Office Partnership Certificate, 2016
- Faculty Development Center's Partnership-in-Learning Grant, 2012
- Faculty Development Center's Research Grant Level 2, 2011-2012
- College of Arts and Sciences Research Enhancement Grant, 2010
- Faculty Development Center's Partnership-in-Learning Grant, 2009