Honggang Yang, Ph.D.

Dean and Professor Emeritus

Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

yangh@nova.edu

Education:

Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology, 1991, University of South Florida
Master of Jurisprudence in Sociology and Social Psychology, 1986, Nankai University
Diploma, 1982, Harbin City School of Health Professions
Harvard's Management & Leadership Institute in Education, 2006

Co-Founder, NSU's Inclusion and Diversity Council with Dr. Debra Nixon.
Senior Advisory Editor, Peace and Conflict Studies
Editorial Board Member, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, American Review of China Studies, The Qualitative Report, and Lexington Book Series for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Asia.
Co-Founder, and President (2014-2016), Council of Chinese American Deans & Presidents
Former Leadership Council Member, Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), a joint organization of Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Academy of Family Mediators, and Conflict Resolution Education Network
Former Chair, Individualized Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution at the McGregor School of Antioch University
Former Research Associate, The Carter Presidential Center of Emory University

University Finalist of NSU Executive of the Year in Student Life Achievement (2011, 2014, 2018, 2020)
Recognition for the Dean's Commitment to Students by the CAHSS Student Government Association (2007)
NSU Academic Dean of the Year (2002)
Campus Nominee of NSU Administrator of the Year (2000)
SOCHE Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence from the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (1998)
Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Department of Anthropology, USF (1997)
Outstanding Instructor of the Year at the Heilongjiang Provincial Health Administrators' Institute, China (1983)

Cross-cultural perspectives to peace and conflict resolution
Ethnographic methods
Reflective practice, experiential learning, internship, and practicum
Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution co-edited with Alvin Wolfe. University of Georgia Press (1996)
The Disputing Process: An Ethnographic Study in a Homeowners Association.
Conflict Resolution Quarterly (formerly Mediation Quarterly), Vol. 13, No. 2 (1995)
Resolving Intra-National Conflicts: A Strengthened Role for Inter-Governmental Organizations edited for the International Negotiation Network Consultation. The Carter Center of Emory University Conference Report Series, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1993)
Neighborly Strangers. "Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture" edited by P. DeVita and J. Armstrong. Wadsworth Publishing Company (1993, 1998, 2002, 2015)
Academic Program Initiatives. "Academic Administration" edited by S. Chen.
Nova Science Publishers (2009)
Conceptualizing Trust: A Holistic Chinese View to Bridge Divergences and Dichotomies, with Hsiu-Ying Chang and Kuang-Hui Yeh, Chinese Journal of Communication, Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2014)