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1 InterculturalHorizons 2011 Presenters&Bios 2011 KeynoteSpeakers JanetBennett(InterculturalCommunicationInstitute Portland,OR,USA):OnBecomingGlobalSouls:BuildingIntercultural Competence JanetBennett,Ph.D.,isexecutivedirectoroftheInterculturalCommunicationInstitute,sponsoroftheSummerInstitutefor InterculturalCommunication,anddirectoroftheMasterofArtsDegreeinInterculturalRelationsjointlyofferedbyICIandthe UniversityofthePacific.Shespecializesindevelopinginterculturalcompetenceprograms,bothdomesticallyandinternationally. SheteachesinthetraininganddevelopmentprogramatPortlandStateUniversity,andpublishesoninterculturaltrainingdesign, interculturalcompetence,andadjustment. CarolMaHokKa(LingnanUniversity HongKong):Service LearninginAsia:TheService LearningModelatLingnanUniversityin HongKong Dr.MaHokKa,CarolisAssistantDirector,OfficeofService Learning(OSL)andAdjunctAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofSociology andsocialpolicyatlingnanuniversity,hongkong.shehasapassioninpromotingservice LearningandSocialentrepreneurship. ShewasawardedtwofellowshipstostudyattheUniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles(UCLA)andtheUniversityofManchester respectivelyin2001and2004. As a young, energetic and committed person, she has also an eminent record of public service in Hong Kong, e.g. serving as a memberofthecommitteeonthepromotionofciviceducation,theworkinggrouponactiveageing,theelderlycommission,fight CrimeCommittee(TuenMunDistrict),IndependentPoliceComplaintCouncil,etc. PlenarySpeakers FioraBiagi,LaviniaBracci,JuanCarlosRuiz Coll&JulesMartinBellaOwona(SienaItalianStudies,InternationalCenterfor InterculturalExchange Siena,Italy):ReflectiveInterculturalCompetence(RIC)anditsAssessment:TheRICAModel FioraBiagi,Ph.D.,holdsadegreeinlinguisticsfromtheUniversitadegliStudidiSiena,aswellastheDITALSspecializationinteaching ItalianasasecondlanguagefromtheUniversitaperStranieridiSiena.ShehasworkedasaProfessorattheUniversitàperStranieri ofsienaaswellasanitalian/englishtranslator.shehasmostrecentlyco authoredatextontheficcsinstructionalapproachcalled L educazioneriflessivainterculturale:l approccioficcsallostudiodellalinguaeculturaitalianaandcurrentlyteachesitalian languageatsienaitalianstudies. LaviniaBracciholdsadegreeinTranslationandSimultaneousInterpretinginGermanandRussianfromtheSchoolofTranslationand Interpreting(SSIT)inRome,andaspecializationinGlotto technologiesandglotto didacticsfromtheuniversitàperstranieridi Siena.SheisfounderanddirectorofSienaItalianStudiesandtheInternationalCenterforInterculturalExchange,whichhostsa service learningprogramoftheinternationalpartnershipforservice Learning.Throughusingserviceasaninstructionaltoolshe inventedtheficcs(full Immersion:CultureContentandService)approachtodevelopreflectiveinterculturalcompetenceandhas recentlyco authoredatextonthisapproachentitledl educazioneriflessivainterculturale:l approccioficcsallostudiodellalingua eculturaitaliana. JuanCarloswasbornandraisedinVenezuela.Giventhedelicatepoliticalsituationinhishomecountry,hisfamilydecidedtomove totheunitedstatesin2004.hegraduatedfromtheohiostateuniversitywhere ratherrandomly hediscoveredtheitalian language,whichbroughthimtosienaitalianstudiesduringthesummerof2009.lessthanayearlater,juancarloscamebackto Italy,butthistimeasastudentattheUniversityofSienawhereheispursuingamaster sdegreeinlinguisticsandcognitivestudies.

2 1 Atthesametime,heworksforICandhisroleconsistsmainlyinorganizingprogram relatedactivitiesandconductingthesiswriting Workshop. UniversitàperStranieridiSiena,DegreeinteachingofItalianLanguageandCulture,B.A.inBilingualStudiesFrench/EnglishandM.A. inenglishlanguagestudies(universityofyaounde,cameroon)julesmartinbellaowonaincameroon,hastaughtinan internationalschoolandhasworkedastranslatorforajointventurebetweenalocalcompanyandasouthafricanone.he sa certifiedexaminerfortheproficiencytestforitalianlanguageoftheuniversitàperstranieriofsiena(certificazionediitalianocome LinguaSeconda,CILS).HefirstlytookatrainingcourseatSienaItalianStudiesandsubsequentlyfurtheredtheexperience collaboratingintheelaborationofsomeaspectsoftheficcsapproach. AlvinoFantini(SITGraduateInstitute Brattleboro,VT.USA):ExploringtheMultipleDimensionsofInterculturalCompetence: ImplicationsandApplications AlvinoE.Fantini,Ph.D.,holdsdegreesinanthropologyandappliedlinguisticsandhasbeeninvolvedininterculturalcommunication andlanguageeducationforover40years.hehasconductedsignificantresearchandpublishedwidelyincludinglanguage AcquisitionofaBilingualChildandNewWaysinTeachingCulture.FantiniservedontheNationalCommitteetodevelopForeign LanguageStandardsforU.S.education,aspastpresidentofSIETARInternational(SocietyforInterculturalEducation,Training,and Research),andisrecipientofitshighestaward.HeisarecentgraduatefacultyofMatsuyamaUniversityinJapanandprofessor emeritusatthesitgraduateinstituteinvermont,currentlyservingaseducationalconsultanttotheinternationalexchange organization,thefederationoftheexperimentininternationalliving. AndrewFurco(UniversityofMinnesota Minneapolis,MN.USA):TheComplexitiesofCrossingBoundariesinCommunity EngagedWork ANDREWFURCOisAssociateVicePresidentforPublicEngagementattheUniversityofMinnesota,whereisalsoservesasan AssociateProfessorofEducationandDirectoroftheUniversity sinternationalcenterforresearchoncommunityengagement.his publicationsincludetwoco editedbooksandmorethan50journalarticlesandbookchaptersfocusedonservice learningand communityengagementinprimary,secondary,andtertiaryeducation.heistherecipientofthedistinguishedresearchawardfor Service Learning(2003)presentedbytheInternationalAssociationforResearchonService LearningandCommunityEngagement (IARLSCE)andResearcheroftheYearAward(2006)presentedbytheUnitedStates snationalsocietyforexperientialeducation. WendyWilliamson(EasternIllinoisUniversity Charleston,IL.USA):SophisticatedStudyAbroad WendyWilliamsonisDirectorofStudyAbroadatEasternIllinoisUniversityandauthorofStudyAbroad101(apopularguidebookfor students).shealsofoundedfacultyled.comandabroadscout.com,andsucceedsasastudyabroadconsultantandfreelancewriter. Someofherarticlesinclude7SignsofSuccessfulStudy AbroadProgramsandStudyAbroad:RevenueDrainorStream?(both featuredinthechronicleofhighereducation sglobaledition).wendyholdsanm.a.inadministrationofcollegestudentaffairs fromwesternmichiganuniversityandab.a.incommunicationandculturefromindianauniversity.shecompletedtwo assignments(fouryears)withtheuspeacecorpsincameroon,westafrica,andecuador,southamerica,andhasbeenworkingin thefieldofeducationabroadformorethantenyears.wendyactivelypresentsatnafsa,aiea,andtheforumoneducationabroad conferences,amongothers. ConcurrentSessionPresenters TündeBajzát(UniversityofMiskolc,Hungary):Whatdoesinterculturalcompetencemeanforengineersandhowcanwedevelop it? Tünde Bajzát is an assistant professor at the University of Miskolc, Foreign Language Teaching Centre, Hungary. She is a Ph.D. candidate of Applied Linguistics at the University of Pécs, Hungary. She has taken part in several national and international conferences in Hungary and abroad in China, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, the USA. Tünde has publishedseveralarticlesandbookreviewsininternationaljournals,conferencebooklets,andonlineinhungaryandworldwide.her main interests are language use at the workplace, intercultural communication, developing intercultural competence, foreign languageteaching,learningandacquisition.

3 2 SarahBarker(TheInstituteatPalazzoRucellai,FlorenceItaly):CulturalLiteracy:PathwaystoInterculturalCompetenceinStudy AbroadPrograms Cross CulturalPsychology and InterculturalCompetence professor,consultanttothedirector,andpsychologistattheinstituteat PalazzoRucellai,DrSarahBarker(D.Psych)hasadecadeofteachingandcounselingexperienceinItalyandAustralia.Shehasa privatepracticeinflorencededicatedprimarilytostudyabroadstudentsandexpertiseinmanagingtheirissues.shehaslecturedat FlorenceUniversityandcollaboratesoncross culturalprojectswiththeeuropeanresearchforumonmigrationandethnic Relations. AdaBertiniBezzi(JohnCabotUniversity Rome,Italy):Educazioneinterculturaleedidatticadelcinema:unconnubiopossibilein uncorsodigrammaticaecomposizione AdaBertini BezziteachesItalianLanguage,especiallygrammarandcomposition,andcollaborateswiththeBusinessDepartmentin teachinganinterdisciplinaryitalianbusinesscourseatjohncabotuniversity.sheintegratesherteachingwiththevirtuallearning Environment.SheholdsadegreeinLaw(UniversityofRome),anM.A.E.D.ItalianTeaching(UniversityofVenice).Shewasenrolled inamulti MediaE LearningMastersProgram(UniversityofRomaTre).SheholdsaTutoronlineCertificate(UniversityofPerugia). SheiscurrentlyenrolledinaPhoneticsProgramattheUniversityofVenice.ShehastaughtattheUniversityofPennsylvaniain PhiladelphiaandattheCornellUniversityPrograminRome.ShehaspublishedarticlesonteachingItalianandtheuseofmultimediaandnewtechnology.ShecontributesregularlytothereviewILSA.ShealsocollaborateswiththeUniversityofSalento. SilviaBergonzi(UniversitàCattolicadiMilano Milan,Italy):CultureandLanguageLearning SilviaBergonzireceivedaDoctorateofResearchinAppliedLinguisticsandlanguagesofcommunicationfromtheUniversitáCattolica dimilano.since2006sheisateacherinmastersofitalianasasecondlanguage,organizedbytheuniversitàcattolicadimilano,in themoduleofitalianlinguistics,andsheisalsoteacherforprepatorycoursesforcertificationditalsatthel UniversitàdegliStudi dibrescia.from2004to2008shewasresponsableforitaliancoursesforforeignstudentsattheucdimilanoandthe Summer SchoolinItalianLanguageandCulture sponsoredbytheserviziolinguisticod Ateneo(SeLdA).From1999till2004shewasVisiting ProfessorattheTokyoUniversityofForeignStudiesandattheKeioUniversityofTokyo.DuringherstayinJapanshecollaborated withthenationalbroadcasternhkforitalianradioandtelevisionprogramsandshewasauthorofitalianhandbooksforjapanese studentsfortheinstituteofitaliancultureintokyo.atthemoment,silviaisanitalianreaderattheinstituteofitalianculturein Stokholmwhereshealsotrainsteachersandplanscourses. MariaTeresaBonfattiSabbioni(NorthwesternUniversity Chicago,IL.USA):InterculturalActivitiesforStudentsofItalianas ForeignLanguage AgraduateinHistoryofMedievalartattheUniversityofPavia,MariaTeresaalsoattainedafurtherdiplomainDiplomacyand PaleographyattheStateArchiveofParma.SheachievedaMastersinItalianasaSecondLanguageattheUniversityCa Foscariin Venice.AfterworkingasanItalianandLatinreaderinOhio,shenowteachesattheNorthwesternUniversityinChicago.Atthe sametime,mariateresaisfinishingamastersinlinguisticsatthenortheasternillinoisuniversitywithathesison Berlusconion discourseanalysis.sheisalsoworkingasanonlinetutorfortheitalslaboratoryofca Foscari.Hermaininterestsarebringing interculturallearningintheclassesofitalianlanguagethroughauthenticvideossuchasthoseonyoutubeanddealingwiththe practicalapplicationofgrammarofthelanguage. ClaudiaBorghetti(UniversitàdiBologna Bologna,Italy):TowardsaMethodologicalModelofInterculturalCompetence:Some TheoreticalIssues ClaudiaBorghetticompletedherPh.D.attheNationalUniversityofIreland,Galwayin2008withadissertationabout interculturalforeignlanguageeducation.whileattheuniversityofgalway,sheheldthepositionofforeignlanguageassistant attheitaliadepartmentduringtheacademicyears and Presently,sheisacontractedresearcheratthe DepartmentofModernForeignLanguagesandLiteraturesoftheUniversityofBologna,wheresheisresearchingoncorpus linguisticsandforeignlanguageteaching.inthemeantime,sheworksasteachertrainerandteachesitalianasasecondlanguage todifferenttargetstudents(migrants,universityandoperastudents).amonghermainresearchinterests:teachingitalianasa foreign/secondlanguage,interculturaleducation,andcorpuslinguisticsinforeignlanguageteaching.

4 3 MajaBrala Vukanovic&IrenaVodopija Krstanovic(RijekaUniversity,Croatia):RevisitingInterculturalCompetence: UnderstandingStudents ConceptualizationsandNeeds AfteraB.A.inTranslationandInterpretingattheUniversityofTrieste,Italy,MajaBralacompletedherM.Phil.andPh.D.inApplied LinguisticsattheUniversityofCambridge,U.K.SheiscurrentlyAssociateProfessorandChairinEnglishandAppliedLinguisticsatthe EnglishDepartment(FacultyofPhilosophy)oftheUniversityofRijeka,CroatiawheresheteachesGeneralLinguistics,Semanticsand Pragmatics,andPsycholinguistics.Hercurrentresearchinterestsincludethelanguage spacerelationship,andtheculture languageidentityrelationship(focusingonpedagogicalimplications).majabralaistheauthorofovertwentyarticlesoncross linguisticcoding (prepositionalandprefixalsemantics),bilingualism,andtranslationstudies,andatextbookingenerallinguistics( InsideBabel ). IrenaVodopija Krstanovicteachescoursesonthesocio culturalaspectofenglishlanguageteachingandeltmethodologyinthe EnglishDepartmentatRijekaUniversity.SheearnedaPh.D.fromKlagenfurtUniversity;anM.A.fromSITGraduateInstitutein Vermont,andaB.A.fromZagrebUniversity.Herresearchinterestsfocusonlanguage culture identityissuesinefl/elt,thecultural aspectsoflanguageteaching,englishasaninternationallanguageandthenative/non nativedivide.astheerasmuscoordinatorof thefacultyofartsandsocialsciencesinrijeka,irenahastakenaparticularinterestintheinterculturaldimensionofeducationand issuesrelatedto(student)interculturalcompetence. NevinBrown&GianpieroCiacci(InternationalCenterforInterculturalExchange,ArciconfraternitadellaMisericordiadiSiena): Addictivebehavior:ImplicationsforStudentEngagementinStudyAbroad NevinBrownhasbuiltanextensivecareerwitheducationalorganizationsintheWashingtonD.CareasuchastheNational AssociationofStateUniversitiesandLand GrantColleges(NASULGC),theAmericanAssociationforHigherEducation(AAHE),The EducationTrust,andDistrictofColumbiaPublicSchools.HehasmostrecentlyworkedasDeanofAcademicProgramsandPresident oftheinternationalpartnershipforservice LearningandLeadership,andasSeniorFellowinPostsecondaryInitiativesatAchieve. Nevinhaspublishednumerousarticlesregardinghighereducation,globalcivicengagementandservice learning.attheicheactsas aseniorfellow,contributingtothedevelopmentoficinitiativesregardinginterculturalexchange. GianpieroCiaccireceivedhisdegreeinComputerScienceEngineeringattheUniversitàdegliStudidiSienain1998,sincethenhas workedasafreelanceprogrammer.since2001heisinchargeofthecomputerdepartmentoftheuniversitàperstranieridisiena. Hismainskillsareinthefieldofdatabases,networkdesignanddeploymentandstudentmanagement.Inhisfreetimehevolunteers atthemisericordiadisienaasanambulancedriver,emtandprotezionecivile.from2003hecooperateswithseveralamerican schoolstoenrolltheirstudentsinhealthcarevolunteering. ClarisseCostaAlfonso(UniversidadeNovedeLisboa Lisbon,Portugal):InterculturalLearningintheStudyAbroadcontext ERASMUS ClarisseCostaAlfonsoisanAssistantLecturerattheFacultyofSocialandHumanSciences,UniversidadeNovadeLisboa,andholdsa Ph.D. in German Studies. Her main subjects are teacher training and supervision(german as a foreign language), translation and interculturalstudies.from shewasresponsiblefortheFaculty steachereducationprogrammecoordinationandwasa memberofthepedagogicalboard.shehasseveralpublicationsontheportugueseschoolsystemandteacherseducationaswellas oninterculturalissues. AlvinoFantini(SITGraduateInstitute Brattleboro,VT.USA):ExploringLanguage:AnIntegralComponentofIntercultural Competence Seeabove IdaFerrari&GiuliaGrosso(CortedeiMiracoli AssociazioneCulturale,SienaItaly): AscuoladiCittadinanza :dallecompetenze generaliallosviluppodelleconoscenzeinterculturali IdaFerrariteachesandorganizesItalianLanguageandCulturecoursesspecificallyforyoungandadultmigrantsinSiena (associazioneculturalecortedeimiracoli).shealsoteachesitalianforotherinstitutions(universitàdeglistudidelmolise,iti Sarrocchi).ShehasaPhdinLinguistics(UniversitiesofFirenze/Siena).Herresearchconcernslanguageacquisition:shehasworked

5 4 ontheacquisitionofcliticsinitalianbyitalian Germanbilingualchildrenandontheacquisitionofmonosyllabicprepositionsby Italianmonolingualchildren. GiuliaGrossoisaPhDCandidateinLinguisticaeDidatticadell'ItalianoaStranieriattheUniversitàperStranieridiSiena.Herresearch concernsinterculturalpragmaticsinadultmigrants'interactions.sheteachesitalianasasecondlanguagetoadults,teenagersand childreninprimary,secondaryschoolsofsiena;shealsomanagesprojectsconcerningpeopleatriskofsocialexclusion(immigrant women,teenagers,ecc.). SusanGhaffaryan(UniversityofKashan Iran):AMetaphoricalAnalysisoftheConceptofDoubtandItsRelationtoSchumann s AcculturationTheorybetweenMaleandFemalePersianEFLStudents SusanGhaffaryaniscurrentlyaMAstudentinTEFL(TeachingEnglishasaForeignLanguage),attheUniversityofKashan,Iran.This articleispartofherthesistitled MetaphorsWeBelieveBy (inspiredbylakoffandjohnson suniquework MetaphorsWeLive By ).HerthesisholdsauniquetypeofimplicitcomparisonbetweennativeEnglishstudents worldviewandthatofpersianmuslim onesinordertoraiseinterculturalawarenessbetweenthesetwoseeminglydifferentgroupsespeciallylettingtheenglishlanguage learnersiniranseethedifferencebetweenassimilationandaccommodation(piaget stheory)infacingthenewculture. JagdishGundara(InstituteofEducation,UniversityofLondon UK):InterculturalTeacherEducation:TeacherCompetenceswith SpecialReferencetotheArtandMusicCurriculum JagdishSinghGundaraisEmeritusProfessorofEducationattheInstituteofEducationattheUniversityofLondon.Heholdsthe UNESCOChairinInternationalStudiesandTeacherEducationattheSchoolofCultureandLifelongLearning.Hewasappointedas thefirstheadofinternationalcentreforinterculturaleducationin1979.heisthefounderandthecurrentpresidentofthe InternationalAssociationofInterculturalEducationattheUniversityofVeraCruzinMexico.HewastheChairmanoftheBoardof TrusteesoftheScarmanTrust,andthenthesecondPresidentoftheTrust.ProfessorGundaraisafounderoftheInternational BroadcastingTrust(IBT)forwhichheisVice ChairmanoftheBoardandwasaCommissioneroftheCommissionforRacialEquality. HewasthePresidentofJuryofEvensFoundationInterculturalEducationJury.Hisresearchinterestsincludeschoolandcommunity policiesandpractice;curriculumstudies;developmentstudies;comparativeeducation;citizenshipeducation;multilingualismand asylumandrefugeeissues.heistheauthorofinterculturalism,educationandinclusionandco editorofinterculturalsocialpolicyin Europe.Hewastheco authorwithrogerhewittofabookforchildrenonracismandhaspublishedextensivelyinthefieldsof humanrightsandeducationinmulticulturalsocieties. JennyHuq(UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill,USA):Campus WideOrientationonCultureandEthicsPreparesStudentsto GO!Global JennyHuqistheassociatedirectoroftheCarolinaCenterforPublicServiceattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.Jenny completedhermaster'sdegreeininternationalstudiesandpublicadministrationfromnorthcarolinastateuniversity.aspartof herundergraduateeducation,shestudiedabroadforoneyearatst.andrewsuniversityinst.andrews,scotland.in2010,jenny receivedthenorthcarolinacampuscompactcivicengagementprofessionaloftheyearaward.priortoworkinginhigher education,sheworkedforovertenyearsinnonprofitadministration,communitydevelopmentandprogrammanagementin California,ArizonaandSouthDakota. WestonKennison(TheStateUniversityofNewYorkatGeneseo,USA):FromTuscanytoNicaragua:ReadingGreatBookswiththe HelpofGlobalPartners BeckyLewis&CarolLong(TheStateUniversityofNewYorkatGeneseo,USA):FindingCommonGround Dr.BeckyLewisisAssistantProvostforInternationalProgramsatSUNYGeneseo,administeringmorethan40studyabroad programsin15countries,aswellasbringinginmatriculatedinternationalstudentsfrom32countries.inhertimeatgeneseoshe hasalsoworkedintheschoolofeducation,coordinatingthenationalaccreditationprocess,andintheofficeofthedeanofthe College.Heracademicbackgroundisinthesocialandphilosophicalfoundationsofeducation,withafocusonimaginationand dialogueinteachingandlearning.

6 5 Dr.CarolS.LongisProvostandVicePresidentforAcademicAffairsatSUNYGeneseo,whereshealsoholdsafacultypositioninthe EnglishDepartment.PriortoherworkatGeneseoshewasDeanoftheCollegeatWillametteUniversityinSalem,Oregon.Shehas workedwithinternationaleducationatbothinstitutions,andwithpartnerinstitutionsinmanycountries,includingjapan,ukraine, China,Mexico,England,andAfrica.ShehaslivedinbothIrelandandEngland;sheteachesliteratureandwriting,andhermost recentresearchisinrhetoricofscience. LeoLoSassoRicciardi(UniversityofNorthernColorado Greeley,CO.USA):TheReggioEmiliaMethodinDevelopingIntercultural CompetenciesthroughSecond LanguageAcquisition ProfessorLeoLoSassoRicciarditeachesattheUniversityofNorthernColorado scenterforurbaneducation,specializinginthe training,supervision,andmentoringofteachercandidates.a2006and2007recipientofthecultureandheritagegrantfromthe NationalItalian AmericanFoundation(NIAF),ProfessorRicciardiconductedresearchathomeandinItalyforhisdoctoral dissertationinlanguageimmersionprogramsandanticipatesopeningapreschoolthroughelementaryschoolcombiningthereggio Emiliamethodofinstructionwithlanguageimmersion.ThiswillbethefirstschoolintheUnitedStatescombiningthesetwo instructionalstrategies.healsoanticipatespublicationoftwochildren spicturebooks,inenglishanditalian,depictinghis grandfather simmigrationtotheunitedstates. SoniaMassari(Gustolab/UniversityofIllinois Rome,Italy):FoodandCulture:BetweenLocalIdentitiesandTransnational Perspectives SoniaMassariistheDirectorofGustolabInstitute,CenterforFoodandCultureinRomeandalsotheProgramsDirectorofUniversity ofillinois UrbanaChampaign inrome.sheachievedabaincommunicationstudiesandamainwebandtvreporting.sonia wasavisitingscholarandspecialistprofessor(italianlanguageandvisualarts)atmontclairstateuniversityandcuny(us).sheis currentlyaphdcandidateatflorenceuniversity DepTelematicsandInformationSociety.Hercurrentresearchfocusesonfood andurbandesignandshewillbeeditorofthebook:"idcity TheidentityoftheItaliancities".SheisaMAPACA,PAMLA,NEMLA andasfsmember. GlennMcClure(TheStateUniversityofNewYorkatGeneseo,USA):TransatlanticLearningPartnerships:Studentwritingand musicmakingfromafricaandtheusontheatlanticslavetrade GlennMcClureisacomposerandArtsIntegrationConsultant.HecurrentlyservesasanadjunctfacultymemberattheEastman SchoolofMusicandatSUNYGeneseo.Mr.McClure sworkwasfeaturedbythest.olafchoirattheculminatingconcertofthe WorldSymposiumofChoralMusic.Hisoratorio, TheStarryMessenger wasfeaturedonnationalpublicradio s AllThings Considered. Mr.McClure smaincompositionalinterestliesinthemixingofclassicalmusicwithethnicmusictraditions.mr. McClureisatwo timerecipientoftheprestigiouscontinentalharmonycommissionbytheamericancomposersforum.mr. McClureisalsoapassionateadvocatefortheintegrationoftheArtsintotheeducationofchildren. ThomasMcEvoy(UnionCollege Schenectady,NY.USA):PostGraduateVolunteerismandSocialEntrepreneurshipinDeveloping Nations TomMcEvoyisAssociateDeanofStudentsandDirectorofMinervaProgramsatUnionCollege,inSchenectady,NewYork.Tomhas spent30yearsholdingpositionsinhighereducationunion,rensselaerpolytechnicinstituteandwilliamscollege.heholdsa BachelorofArtsdegreefromtheStateUniversityofNewYork.Inadditiontogeneraldutiesasadean,hecurrentlyoverseesa FellowshipProgramwhichplacesrecentUnionCollegegraduatesindevelopingcountriesworldwide. FrancescaMirti(StonyBrookUniversity,NYUSA):"MatterofTaste(s)Project":DiscoveringOthernessThroughtheFamiliarand UnfamiliarintheItalianClassroom Dr.Mirti,anativeofBologna,Italy,studiedattheUniversityofBolognawhereshereceivedaLaureainFinnishLanguageand Literature,andatStonyBrookUniversity,NYwheresheearnedaDoctorofArtsdegreeinForeignLanguageEducation.Shehas taughtitalianatstonybrookuniversity,thepennsylvaniastateuniversity,coloradocollegeandattheuniversityoftunis El Manar.HerresearchfocusesonthedevelopmentofinnovativeapproachesfortheteachingofItalian.Shehasrecentlydelivered

7 6 papersfortheamericanassociationforitalianstudies(aais),theamericanassociationofteachersofitalian(aati)andthe UniversityofToronto. ThomasWinstonMorgan(InternationalPartnershipforService LearningandLeadership Portland,OR.USA):UsingInteractive TechnologyDuringtheApplicationProcesstoEncourageStudentLearningabouttheEthicsofInternationalService Learning ThomasWinstonMorganisthePresidentoftheInternationalPartnershipforService LearningandLeadership.Thomashasworked ininterculturaleducationandinternationalmanagementforprofit basedcompaniesandnon profitorganizations,includingafs InterculturalProgramsandAHAStudyAbroad/UniversityofOregon.Hehasalsohelddirector levelpositionsatinternationalhigh techcompanieslikemusicmatchinsandiego,junoonlineservicesinnewyork,andmicrosoftcorporation.hiseducational backgroundincludesmaster sanddoctoral(abd)degreesingermaniclanguagesandliteraturesandinternationalbusiness. ThomasisalsoanAFSReturnee(Honduras ). KevinMurphy(CEAGlobalEducation,Rome&Florence,Italy):LearningAboutTaste:aGatewaytoInterculturalCompetence KevinMurphyisAcademicDeanandCampusDirectorforCEAGlobalEducation,overseeingCEAforeignstudyprogrammesinRome andflorence.sincemovingtoitalyfromhisnativeenglandin1996dr.murphyhastaughtarthistoryatmanyu.s.foreignstudy programmes,heldthepostofacademicdirectorofhistoryofartatthebritishinstituteofflorence,andwasappointedalecturerin ArtHistoryfortheUniversityofBristol(UK).In1997Dr.MurphyearnedhisPh.D.attheCourtauldInstituteattheUniversityof London,whichalsoconferredtohimanM.A.inArtHistory. AntoniaPérezBolívar(CentrodeLenguasyEducacionIntercultural Granada,Spain);ServiceLearningasPartoftheLanguage Class:ProvidingCulturalExperiencetoStudyAbroadStudentswithLowLanguageProficiency AntoniaBolivarholdsaMaster sdegreeininterculturaleducationmanagementfromsit(schoolforinternationaltraining,usa)and abadegreeinpsychologyfromtheautonomousuniversityofbarcelonaandintranslationandinterpretingfromtheuniversityof Granada.Inaddition,shehasdonePost graduatestudiesattheuniversitiesofedinburghandmontpelierindefieldof Interpretation. AntoniaBolivarhasbroadprofessionalexperienceinEuropeandtheUSA.SheisaconferenceinterpreterandcoordinatestheStudy AbroadprogramsfortheSchoolforInternationalTrainingandWorldLearning ssummerabroadprogram TheExperiment in Granada.SheisateacherofEnglishandSpanishasaforeignlanguageandInterculturalCommunication.Shedevelopsandexecutes educationalprogramsaswellasworkshopsandteachertrainingcourses.sheisalsopresenterinthe MasterdeGestiónCulturalde lasuniversidadesdegranadaysevilla.currently,antoniabolivaristhedirectorofthecenterforlanguagesandintercultural Education(CELEI)inGranadaandfoundingmemberoftheInterculturalEducationForum.Shehaspublishedandpresentedin specializedforumsonthefieldofinternationaleducationandtraining. SashaPerugini(SyracuseUniversity,Florence,Italy):HumanResourcesManagementinStudyAbroadPrograms:CaseStudiesin Italy DrSashaPerugini(MA,PhD)haslived/workedindifferentcountriesdevelopinghermultilingualandcross culturalcompetencies. Shehasbeenworkingininternationalhighereducationsince1994,inteachingandmanagementroles,bothintheUSandItaly (AcademicManageratUniversityofSiena;AssistantDirectoratIESAbroadRome,CentreManageroftheEuropeancampusof MonashUniversity Australia inprato).sheiscurrentlydirectorofthesyracuseuniversityflorencecentreinflorence. ThomasPeterson(UniversityofGeorgia,AthensGA.USA):EducatingAcrossDifferences:Gaps,Analogies,Pluralism ThomasE.PetersonisProfessorofItalianattheUniversityofGeorgia.Hisprimaryarea ofspecializationisinitalianlyricandepicpoetry:dante,petrarch,tassoandthe20thcentury.hehaspublishedseveralarticleson thephilosophyofeducation,notablyineducationalphilosophyandtheory.hisforthcomingarticleinepatisentitled "ConstructivistPedagogyandSymbolism:Vico,Cassirer,Piaget,Bateson."

8 7 MonicaReynoso(EspirituSantoUniversity Guyaquil,Ecuador):CreatingAwarenessforaGlobalCampusCommunity:UEESa CaseStudy MonicaDReynoso GauteisDeanoftheCollegeofInternationalStudiesandDirectoroftheSchoolofTranslationandInterpretation at Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo UEES in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She holds an MATI from Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA, where she taught ( ) translation and interpretation and headed the Spanish GSTI Program. MemberofAIIC AssociationInternationaled IntérprètesdeConférence.Asaneducator,awriter,andactiveT&Iprofessionalwith experienceintheus,latinamericaandecuadorshefocusesondeveloping21 st centuryprofessionalsandworldleadersthrough innovative programs at UEES. Some of her articles focus on translation and interpretation as an intercultural communication profession.furthermore,herinterestininterculturalstudiesledhertocreateanemphasisandaminorinthisfieldforstudentsof Business,Tourism,Communication,Education,andtoestablishinterculturalcommunicationasoneofthecoreareasofstudyforthe internationalcareerscurriculaofferedthroughcollegeofinternationalstudiesatuees. SusanRosenstreich(DowlingCollege Oakdale,NY.USA):CultureinTheoryandPractice:AnInteractiveWorkshoponAddressing CulturalDissonance SusanL.Rosenstreich,ProfessorofForeignLanguagesandLiteratures,istheprimaryinvestigatorforamulti nationalstudyofthe meaningsofcultureintheoryandpractice.sheteacheslinguistictheoryandfrenchanditalianliteraturesatdowlingcollegein Oakdale,NewYork.Theauthorofarticlesthatfocusonlanguageusageinmedieval,Renaissanceandcontemporaryliteratures,she iscompletingabookontherepresentationsofculturaldifferenceinearlymodernfrenchtravelwritingfromthenewworld. PeterSercombe&TonyYoung(NewcastleUniversity,UK):Educationfornon essentialisedinterculturaladjustment:acasestudy amonginternationalpostgraduatestudentsintheuk DrTonyYoung(PhDLondon)has25yearsofinternationalexperienceasateacher,manager,teachereducator,researcherand writerinthefieldsofcommunicationandlanguage.hecurrentlydirectsamastersprogrammeincross CulturalCommunicationat NewcastleUniversityintheUK,wherehealsoteachesandsupervisesresearchininterculturalcommunicationandthesocial psychologyofcommunication.healsoheadstheappliedlinguisticssectionintheschool,ofeducation,communicationand LanguageSciences,andwasthefoundingConvenoroftheSpecialInterestGroupinInterculturalCommunicationfortheBritish AssociationforAppliedLinguistics.Hisresearchinterestscurrentlyfocusonthecodificationanddisseminationofeffective communicationpracticeinavarietyofprofessionalandnationalcontexts.hehasaddressednumerousinternationalconferences, congressesandsymposiaonhiswork.hewasawardedthejamesjbradacprizefromtheinternationalassociationoflanguageand Socialpsychologyin2010forhisworkoncommunicationandlivingwithdementia. DrPeterSercombe sacademicbackgroundisinappliedlinguisticsandlanguageeducation.hehashadextensiveexperience abroad,teachingmainlyinbrunei,malaysia,andturkey,besidestheuk.heiscurrentlyteachingonanmaprogrammeincross CulturalCommunicationatNewcastleUniversityintheUK.Healsosupervisesresearchdegreesininterculturalcommunication. HisownacademicresearchfallsmainlywithinSociolinguistics,havingaparticularinterestinqualitatively orientedresearch,with referencetocode switching,languagemaintenance&changeandinterculturalcommunicationineducationalsettings. LauraTarabusi(NewYorkUniversity FlorenceItaly):DevelopingInterculturalCompetenceUsingHofstede sculturaldimensions LauraTarabusireceivedherdegreeinForeignLanguagesandLiteraturefromtheUniversityofFlorence(Italy)in1990.Shestarted teachingitalianasasecondlanguagein1991attheuniversityofflorence,andsince2000hasbeenteachingatlapietra,newyork University'sstudyabroadsiteinFlorence.ShewastheDirectoroftheUniversityofFlorenceLanguageResourceCenterfrom1997to 2000.Since2001,LaurahasbeeninchargeoftheServiceLearningprogramatNewYorkUniversityinFlorence.Herresponsibilities include,besidesteaching,syllabusdesign,courserequirements,coordinationwithinternshipsites,andorganizingextra curricular events.shehaspresentedpapersatseveralseminarsonitalianlanguageteachingandlearning.

9 8 AvgustinaZinovieva&SvetlanaAlpatova(StateUniversityofManagement Moscow,Russia):InterculturalBusiness CommunicationandCross CulturalManagementasaNewChallengeforInteculturalManagerialCompetenceDevelopmentDr. Dr.ZinovievaistheDirectorofInstituteofForeignLanguagesattheStateUniversityofManagement,andamemberoftheRussian AssociationofRhetoricTeachers.Shewaspresentedwiththe HonourAwardofRussia MinistryofEducation.Zinovievahas participatedinmanyinternationalconferencesincluding:"therussianwordandtherussianlanguageintheworld"inbulgaria; InternationalForumonResearch,Theories,andBestPractices inwashingtond.c; RhetoricandCulturalSpeakingforRealization ofnationalprojects. XIIInternationalScientificconferenceonRhetoric; Culture,CommunicationandAdaptationinGlobalContext The16 th IAICSConference2010,inGuangzhouChina,andmanyothers.HermainresearchinterestsareIntercultural Communication,InterculturalManagement,BusinessRhetoric,andGovernmentalPolicyinUniversityEducation. Ph.D.ProfAlpatovaisHeadoftheEnglishDepartmentattheInstituteofForeignLanguagesoftheStateUniversityofManagement inmoscow.afterachievingadegreeattheirkutskinstituteofforeignlanguages,alpatovadidapostgraduatecourseatthe PhilologicalDepartmentofLeningradUniversity,andsincethenhasbeenworkingforalongtimeatMoscowStateLinguistic UniversityasaPhD.Prof.AlpatovahasbeenaparticipantinmanyinternationalconferencesinRussia(StPetersburgState University,MoscowStateUniversity(Lomonosov),Vladivostock,Chelyabinsketc),inEurope(Germany,Greece,BulgariaLatvia, Ukraineetc)andinAsia(China,Uzbekistan).Herresearchinterestsinclude:Linguistics,DiscourseandSociolinguistics,Semantics, Pragmatics,InterculturalBusinessCommunicationandEnglishFSP. AbsenteePresenters EstherLouie(WhitworthUniversity Spokane,WA.USA):ThePersonalLeadershipCurriculum:Atoolfornegotiating interculturalcompetency EstherLouieistheassistantdeanforInterculturalStudentAffairs,WhitworthUniversity,Spokane,WA,USA.Hermaster sof sciencedegreeisinbusinessandcommunicationfromtheuniversityofidaho,moscow,id.sheconductspre departuretrainingfor studentsstudyingabroad,aswellastrainingsinleadershipdevelopment,communityengagement,interculturalcommunication, researchmethodologyandcriticalracetheory.shewaspastpresidentforsietar USA,andwasprogramco chairforthe2008 GlobalSIETARCongress,Granada,Spain.ShewasaninterncoordinatorfortheSummerInstituteforInterculturalCommunication, Portland,OR,andmostrecentlyco teachingwithmargaretpuschforthe NewInterculturalists courseatsiic. AloisMoosmüller(LudwigMaximiliansUniversity Munich,Germany):OnConceptualizingCulturalDifferencesinIntercultural Communication AloisMoosmüllerisafullprofessorforinterculturalcommunicationandculturalanthropologyattheLudwigMaximiliansUniversity Munich.Inadditiontothis,heisalsoaninterculturaltrainerandconsultant.From1992to97,hetaughtintercultural communicationatkeiouniversity,tokyo.hehasdoneextensiveresearchonreligiousandsocialmovementsinindonesia,on German JapaneseandAmerican JapanesecollaborationinmultinationalcompaniesinJapan,oninterculturalissuesinmultinational companiesandontransnationalcommunitiesanddiaspora. RhondaZaharna(AmericanUniversity WashingtonDC,USA):AnAssociativePerspectiveofInterculturalCompetenceintheArab World Dr.R.S.ZaharnaisanAssociateProfessorintheSchoolofCommunication,AmericanUniversityinWashington,DC.Shespecializesin interculturalandinternationalstrategiccommunication,withanemphasisonarabandamericancross culturalcommunication.her recentbook,battlestobridges:u.s.strategiccommunicationandpublicdiplomacyafter9/11,discussesamerica scommunication effortsaimedatwinningheartsandmindsinthearabandislamicworld.shehastestifiedbeforetheu.s.congressandhas counseledmultinationalcorporations,diplomaticmissionsandinternationalorganizationsoncross culturalcommunicationand publicdiplomacy,includingtheunitednations,worldbank,andnato.dr.zaharnaholdsanundergraduatedegreefrom GeorgetownUniversityandadoctoratefromColumbiaUniversity.

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