Intercultural Survey

The Center for Intercultural Dialogue has been asked to help circulate the following notice:

We are currently running a survey on the nature of the intercultural profession with three goals in mind:

1. Gain an understanding of the nature of the intercultural profession globally in 2013

2. Provide guidance for newcomers in the intercultural field

3. Show the development of the intercultural profession over the last 10 years (this will be done based on the results of surveys from 2004 and 2008 from K. Berardo and G. Simons)

We are asking all  who work in the intercultural field (*), be it as educators, trainers, coaches, academics, youth workers or others, to please take time to complete the survey.

Here’s the link to the 15 mins survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ICProfessionSurvey2013

Thank you all for this collective effort to shed light on our field and the way we work.

Best regards,

Anja Franz (Lecturer and Research Associate at Institute of Educational Science (IEW), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany | M.A. Sociology and Education)

Susan Salzbrenner (Intercultural Trainer and Owner of “Fit Across Cultures”, Paris, France | M.A. Psychology)

Tanja Schulze (Program Officer for German-Indian Relations at Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany | 2011-2013 President of Young SIETAR | M.A. Romance Languages and Literature,Intercultural Business Communication, History of Economics)

(*) For the purposes of this study, ‘intercultural work’ is defined as work that focuses on the subject of culture and aims to facilitate communication and interaction across cultures. It may involve, though is not limited to, such activities as teaching, training, and consulting. We do keep the term “cross-cultural” as well since it’s commonly used in some parts of the world.

Mudra Institute Comm (India) job ad

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), India
Faculty Position Openings

Established in 1991, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) is India’s premier postgraduate institute in Communications Management dedicated to meeting the communication needs of the industry, government and community.  MICA offers  a two-year program  leading to  a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Communication), a one-year certificate program in Crafting Creative Communication, a three-year doctoral program in communication, and a number on online programs.

MICA invites applications for the following faculty positions from bright and high calibre individuals who possess a proven track record of quality independent research and innovative pedagogical approaches. Alignment with MICA’s culture of professionalism, creativity, generosity and appreciation of diversity is highly desirable for all positions. Remuneration for all positions will be on par with the best academic institutes in India, with generous funding for research projects and to present in international conferences.

MICA invites applications for a tenure-line, open-rank faculty position in one or more of the following areas:
*       Organizational Communication
*       Strategic Leadership  & Communication
*       Brand Communication
*       Health Communication/Communication for Social change
*       Intercultural Communication
*       New Media (Digital Communication)

The desired qualification for the faculty positions is a Ph.D. in communication, organizational behaviour, psychology or a related field. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of strong scholarship, successful teaching, and a deep commitment to institute and community service. ABDs may be considered, but those hired ABD must earn their doctoral degree within six months of being hired.

Please email your application clearly specifying the position applied for and area in the subject line   by October 31, 2013. Application should have (a) covering letter, (b) Curriculum Vitae, (c) Copies of the last two relevant publications, (d) Teaching evaluations, and (e) Three references.

Interviews are scheduled during the NCA 99th Annual Convention on November 22, 2013 which will convene at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Woodley Road, Washington DC.  Please let us know if you are not attending the NCA Conference so that we can organize alternate ways to connect with you.

This institution chooses not to disclose its domestic partner benefits policy.

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Penn State job ad Int’l Comm

International Communication Faculty Position in Media Studies
Penn State University
College of Communications

The Department of Film-Video and Media Studies is seeking candidates with the ability to contribute to the broad intellectual and creative life of an interdisciplinary media studies program.  To that end, a tenure-track assistant professor position in international communication is available starting August 2014.

Candidates should have demonstrated scholarly interest and teaching expertise in international communication and related topics (e.g., comparative media systems). Key responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester and student advising (including the possibility of graduate-level teaching and mentoring), service on departmental and college committees and the active pursuit of a substantive agenda for scholarly/creative work.  An earned Ph.D. in Mass Communication, Media Studies, or a related field is preferred, although ABD status will be considered.

The College of Communications at Penn State is home to four departments: Advertising/Public Relations; Film-Video and Media Studies; Journalism; and Telecommunications. In addition, the College offers a master’s degree program in media studies, and a Ph.D. program in mass communications. The University Park Campus is set in State College, a university town located in the heart of central Pennsylvania.  State College offers a vibrant community with outstanding recreational and cultural activities, and excellent public schools. The campus is also within a half-day drive to Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Pittsburgh.

To apply, send a letter describing qualifications, a c.v. detailing teaching and research/creative experience and the names of three to five references to International Communication Faculty Search Committee, College of Communications, Penn State University, 201 Carnegie Building, University Park, PA  16802.  Electronic submissions should include “International Communication Position” in the subject heading.  Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.  Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.

This institution offers benefits to same-sex and different sex domestic partners.

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Chase Mitchell Profile

Profiles

Chase Mitchell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at East Tennessee State University.

Chase MitchellHe teaches courses in multimedia production, media management, branding, and public relations. He also coordinates the department’s Adobe Certified Associate program. Chase has 10+ years of experience in strategic communication and higher education, and has lived and worked in the U.K., Southeast Asia, and the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Technical Communication & Rhetoric from Texas Tech University, where his dissertation explored the International Coffee Organization’s rhetoric of economic sustainability. Chase’s research interests include brand and media strategy, technical communication, and metaphor.

Zrinjka Peruško Profile

ProfilesZrinjka Peruško is professor of sociology and teaches communication and media studies at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Zrinjka Peruško

Peruško is founder and Chair of its Centre for Media and Communication Research. She holds a PhD (in sociology) from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb. Her research expertise covers media systems democratization dynamics and media cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. She has received research funding from the Croatian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, the Council of Europe, Open Society Institute (Budapest), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Croatia), UNESCO (Paris), the Croatian Foundation for the Development of Civil Society (Zagreb), and was involved in major international research networks funded by the EU COST initiative and UNESCO.

Her publications include Assessment of Media Development in Croatia, based on UNESCO Media Development Indicators (UNESCO, Paris, 2011) and Croatian Media System (according to the UNESCO Media Development Indicators) (in Croatian, Zagreb: FPZ, 2011), as well as earlier books (all in Croatian) on Democracy and the Media (Zagreb: Barbat, 1999), Media and Civil Society (Zagreb: Jesenski Turk, 2008), Introduction to Media (Zagreb: Jesenski Turk, 2011). Several articles on CEE & SEE media systems will be published in 2013 (Comparing Post-Socialist Media Systems (in Croatian), Politička misao, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2013; Media Pluralism Policy in a Post-socialist Mediterranean Media System: The Case of Croatia. Central European Journal of Communication, Vol. 6, no. 2.; Rediscovering the Mediterranean Characteristics of the Croatian Media System. East European Politics and Societies and Culture, 2013). She has also published book chapters and journal articles on media policy, television and the public interest, media concentration and pluralism, and media bias. Her current research focuses on comparative understanding of the southeast European media systems development. Her new research interest is in the relationship between popular television and politics.

Peruško was member of the Advisory Panel on Media Diversity (2000-2004), the Group of Specialists on Media Diversity of the Council of Europe (2005-2008) which she chaired in 2006 and 2007, Croatian representative to the UNESCO International Program for Development of Communication (IPDC) (2000-2003, 2005-2008), 2011-2015), Croatian National Commission for UNESCO (2004-2010). She is expert member of the Committee on Information, Informatization and the Media of the Croatian Parliament (2004-2007, 2013-2015), and serves as expert for the Media division of the Council of Europe. She is member of ICA, ECREA, Croatian Sociological Association, Croatian Political Science Association, Centre for Law and Democracy Miko Tripalo, and associate member of ORBICOM.

How does one find international collaborators?

When I was a kid my father talked to everyone. He made best friends with random strangers in the checkout line. As a middle schooler I hated it. It was weird, awkward, and completely embarrassing. Couldn’t we just get the groceries and go home?

Fast forward more than a few years later. As a graduate student, I remember being puzzled about how I could find international collaborators for the NSF grant for which I wanted to apply. I ended up sending emails to some researchers in some non-U.S. institutions. It felt awkward. Thankfully a few scholars had pity on me. I didn’t get the grant, but I learned that cold calls weren’t for me.

Now I let the process be more serendipitous, driven by my curiosity about other people and what interests them, rather than exploring potential collaborations. For example, this past summer I spent a few days with a colleague in Cyprus. How did we meet? He was an engineering graduate student at the school where I got my first tenure-track job. I was sitting in the Engineering Building before our orientation meeting and he said hello (likely to avoid working on the dissertation, which we’ve all done). I asked about his research—the de facto first question of all academic conversations–and we started talking, happening upon overlapping interests between our research and professional lives. Three years later I ended up visiting Cyprus where he was working after he finished his Ph.D. so that we could begin putting together a research project that we’d been discussing for a few years. How was I able to afford the visit? I tagged it onto another international trip. Since I was already in Europe, the trip to Cyprus cost me very little extra (plus, now I know that the Center offers some nice mini-grants for exactly such trips).

Certainly I’ve met international colleagues at international conferences; however, many of the connections happened on my “home” turf—in the United States where I work—myself an international import from Canada. (It may be hard to believe but Canada and the United States are different countries). The best collaborations have come when I have not tried to seek collaborations but rather simply expressed interest in other people’s work—and also when people have connected me with other people who could add a different perspective to the work I was doing. In both cases, if the conversation continues, then I propose a project. Not every conversation becomes a collaboration—but on my best days by being open to new people and new perspectives, I leave open the door to such conversations. And if you’re wondering who I am, I’m that person who now makes friends in the grocery line and the conference line—and just wherever the interest strikes me. Thanks Dad.

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Brenda Berkelaar
Assistant Professor | Communication Studies
The University of Texas at Austin

CFP Intercultural Comm for Evolving Global Order

Call for book chapters
Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader
to be Published by Cognella, San Diego, CA, USA

Editor:
Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor of Intercultural/Global Communication, Chapman University, Orange CA 92866 USA

Teachers/scholars of intercultural communication are all invited to submit competitive research or theoretical position chapters to be considered for inclusion in the textbook Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader (working title) to be published by Cognella, San Diego, California, USA by July 1, 2014. While any topic of intercultural communication in a global context is welcomed, the focus of new developments of intercultural communication based on the evolving global dynamics and structure as well as the emerging global trends of the early 21st century such as the relationship between intercultural communication and global citizenship and the relationship between intercultural communication and new media is particularly welcomed. Preference is also given to solid chapter contributions addressing issues of intercultural communication between emerging economies such as the BRICS and the established economies such as the G8 as well as among the BRICS countries such as China and India, China and Russia, China and Brazil, China and South Africa and so on. Last but not least, submissions addressing applied topics of intercultural communication in such sectors such as the global corporate and organizational arena, global public diplomacy, global health and global environmental changes, and global creative industry and so on are encouraged.  A variety of research approaches such as the qualitative, quantitative, and critical are accepted. The targeted readership consists of undergraduate and graduate students, interested professionals, and the general public.

Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must conform to the latest APA style standards. Use Times New Roman, 12-font size, and single-space. A proposal of around 600 words is due along with a biography of 100 words and a list of intercultural communication or related courses by October 31, 2013. Tentative selections based on the proposals are made on the basis of originality, quality and fit. The full manuscript of 5000 to 7000 words is due on February 31, 2014. Formal selections for inclusion in the textbook are made on the basis of originality, quality, and fit.  Recommendations of already published articles fitting the theme of the book are also welcomed. Send all submissions electronically with the E-mail subject title “IC for the Evolving Global Order Submission” to:  Wenshan Jia with a copy also sent here. If you have any questions, please contact:

Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor/IAIR Intercultural Fellow
Department of Communication Studies Doti Hall 214
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange CA 92866 USA

UC Santa Barbara job ad

The Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenured senior Associate or Full Professor faculty position, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2014.  The successful candidate will complement one or more of the Department’s core areas in interpersonal/intergroup communication, media communication, and organizational communication, and any of our cross-cutting emphases in communication and technology, media neuroscience, globalization, family, group, health, political, legal, or intercultural communication.  Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Communication or related discipline and an exceptional record of scholarship.   The successful candidate will be expected to assume the role of Chair for a 3-year term beginning July, 2016.  Thus, administrative experience is highly desirable.

Applicants should submit a cover letter highlighting qualifications, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching excellence and administrative effectiveness, three publications, and a list of 3 references along with contact information to the appropriate sections of the job search website.  Questions should be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Howie Giles. The search committee will begin screening completed applications on November 1, 2013, and all materials need to be submitted before this date.

The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service.  UCSB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  This institution offers benefits to same-sex and different sex domestic partners.

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U Iowa Asian Studies job ad

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and UI International Programs invite applications for the position of C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley Family Chair of Asian Studies. Geographic area of specialization is open to East and Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on transnational and cross-cultural topics. Appointment will be within one of the following units: Department of Anthropology, Department of Communication Studies, or the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The successful applicant will also hold a 0% appointment in International Programs. Review processes, teaching assignments, and primary responsibility for mentorship will reside within the department of appointment.

TO VIEW POSITION QUALIFICATIONS AND TO APPLY: visit http://jobs.uiowa.edu and reference requisition #63326. The review of applications will begin on November 15, 2013 and continue until the position is filled. Final applicant is subject to a credential and background check. The Departments and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are strongly committed to gender and ethnic diversity; the strategic mission of the University and the College reflect this commitment. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. This institution offers benefits to same-sex and different sex domestic partners.

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U Miami job ad

Position in Health and/or Intercultural Communication
School of Communication
University of Miami

The Department of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at the University of Miami is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2014.  Successful candidates will have expertise in health and/or intercultural communication and will join a growing team of faculty working to build a nationally prominent Ph.D. program focused in these areas.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. in communication, or provide evidence they will have completed all requirements for the degree by August 2014.  They should also have a record of strong teaching and publication in mainstream communication journals, or promise of such.

U Miami

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled.  Qualified candidates should send:  (1) letter summarizing teaching philosophy and research area, (2) current CV, and (3) three letters of recommendation to:
Professor Diane Millette
Communication Studies Department
School of Communication
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248127
Coral Gables, FL  33124-2105

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental benefits, tuition remission, vacation, paid holidays and much more.  The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
This institution offers benefits to same-sex domestic partners.