The Future of Intercultural Communication: Building on Stability yet Working toward Change

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

Key and upcoming scholars discuss the future of Intercultural Communication (ICC) education and scholarship in this time of economic and institutional instability. One thread of discussion centers on the stability of ICC programs, employment opportunities, and publishing venues. Another thread concerns the relationship between critical and interpretive ICC and globalization as well as the areas of cyberspace studies, media studies, performance studies, and gender and queer studies. Can ICC as a discipline re-invigorate its momentum?

Sub Unit

• International and Intercultural Communication Division

Chairs

• Ahmet Atay, University of Louisville

• Melissa L Curtin, University of California, Santa Barbara

Presenters

• Thomas Nakayama, Northeastern University

• John Oetzel, Univ of New Mexico

• Dreama Moon, California State University, San Marcos

• S. Lily Mendoza, Oakland University

• Victoria Chen, San Francisco State Univ

• Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, Indiana University

• Jolanta Drzewiecka, Washington State University

• Ahmet Atay, University of Louisville

• Melissa L Curtin, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Ramona Liera-Schwichtenberg, Wichita State University

• Tina Harris, University of Georgia

Session Organizer

• Ahmet Atay, University of Louisville