15.11. 2014

Dr. Carmencita P. Del Villar was recently awarded the Fulbright Advanced Research Scholarship

Dr. Carmencita P. Del Villar was recently awarded the Fulbright Advanced Research Scholarship to the US  for her research proposal about the influence of cultural orientations on the successful aging of Filipinos.  She will be at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon during the academic year 2014-2015.

WCA 2013 Seoul Conference book

A full-paper version of the WCA 2013 Seoul Conference, which was a 30th Anniversary Conference, was published in June 2014 sponsored by generous Prof. Park Myung-Seok, one of the founding fathers of the WCA. The 574-page book was printed by Jin Seok Cooperation and Prof. Park kindly mailed the book to the authors who submitted their papers for the full-paper version.

Intercultural Communication Encounters by Prof. Park Myung-Seok

Prof. Park Myung-Seok published a book, with the title of Intercultural Communication Encounters in October 2013. This book published by Thaehaksa in Seoul is a collection of papers presented by Prof. Park from 1995 to 2013 in various conferences along with two new chapters dealing with the patterns of cross-cultural business behavior and Asian and American communication styles. This book will serve as a very insightful and practical textbook for intercultural communication focusing on the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, with many interesting and hilarious examples based on Prof. Park’s personal experiences helping the reader to understand the points.

WCA European Vice President and JICR Editor, Stephen Croucher has a new book coming out

This month WCA European Vice President and JICR Editor, Stephen Croucher has a new book coming out, which is co-authored with Daniel Cronn-Mills: “Understanding communication research methods: A theoretical and practical approach.” The book is published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis. Here is a link to the book: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415833110/