Bo Feng has expertise in interpersonal, supportive and intercultural communication. Her scholarship focuses primarily on supportive communication, which includes a broad range of situations in which people interact with the intention of seeking or providing some form of aid or assistance to cope with a problematic situation. She has published research that examines supportive communication processes in face-to-face, personal relationship contexts as well as technologically mediated environments (e.g., online communities) and professional settings (e.g., physician-patient interactions during primary care visits). In addition to her appointment in the Department of Communication, she is a faculty member of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, the Institute for Social Sciences, the Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis, and the Center for Design in the Public Interest.