About

I am Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, part of the Council of Communication Associations, based in Washington DC. I am also Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, where I taught for 28 years in the Communication Department. I am also Associate Faculty at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. My main areas of specialization are intercultural communication, language and social interaction,  ethnography of communication, semiotics, and disciplinary history.