Xing (Lucy) Lu

College of CommunicationCommunication StudiesProfessor EmeritusEmeritus
DegreesPhD (University of Oregon)
Contact
llu@depaul.edu

BIO

Lucy Xing Lu received her BA in English in China, her MA in TESOL in Australia, and her PhD in rhetoric and communication from the University of Oregon. Lu’s academic interests include Chinese rhetoric, comparative rhetoric, intercultural/multicultural communication, language and culture, cultural identity, and Asian American communication.

In addition to four books and two edited volumes, Lu has published over 30 articles on rhetoric and intercultural communication as peer-reviewed book chapters and in refereed academic journals, including Quarterly Journal of Speech, Western Journal of Communication, Howard Journal of Communication, Discourse & Society, Intercultural Communication Studies and China Media Research.

Outside of academia, she enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, spending time with friends, and shopping with her daughter.

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Awards

  • Via Sapientiae Award, DePaul University (2019)
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, DePaul University (2017)
  • Spirit of Inquiry, DePaul University (2008)
  • Award for Outstanding Dedication to the Class of 2006
  • Endowed Chair Professor of Xiamen University, China
  • Recipient of National Endowment for Humanities summer grant (2002)
  • Recipient of the James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address for the book Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century B. C. E.: A Comparison with Greek Rhetoric (Presented by the National Communication Association, 1999)
  • Several summer research grants and competitive research grants from DePaul University. Ola Love Fellowship, American Association of University Women (1988)

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