Deborah Cai

Deborah Cai is a Professor and Senior Associate Dean at the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University. She is an internationally recognized researcher in intercultural communication, negotiation, and conflict management.

• Specializes in cultural impacts on social networks and cognitive processes
• Focuses on conflict perception, decision-making, and relational obligations across cultures

Her research utilizes advanced statistical techniques to analyze cross-cultural differences, particularly between China and Western cultures. Recent work includes studies on pandemic response cognition (2022) and social media conflict dynamics (2020).

• Editor of Sage Benchmarks in Communication: Intercultural Communication
• Former Editor-in-Chief of Negotiation and Conflict Management Research

She has published extensively in top-tier journals including Communication Monographs and Human Communication Research. Her scientific awards include fellowship in the International Association for Intercultural Research.