Bridging Cultures

Federica Santini is associate professor of Italian at Kennesaw State University and coordinates their Italian program. Her published works include articles on modern and contemporary Italian poetry, as well as numerous translations and volume contributions. Santini recently completed a new English edition of the anthology I Novissimi in collaboration with Luigi Ballerini.Sabine H. Smith is associate professor of German at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of Sexual Violence in German Culture: Re-Reading and Re-Writing the Tradition. Her current focuses are on the scholarship of teaching and learning and undergraduates’ service-learning and study abroad experiences.Sarah R. Robbins is the Lorraine Sherley Professor of Literature at TCU and professor emerita of English at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of Managing Literacy, Mothering America and The Cambridge Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe. With historian Ann Pullen, Robbins co-edited and contributed to Nellie Arnott’s Writings on Angola, 1905-1913.

• Acknowledgments Preface: Building an Aspirational Culture through Collaborative InquirySarah R. Robbins IntroductionFederica Santini, Sabine H. Smith, and Sarah R. RobbinsI. Memoirs on Bridging Cultures Chapter 1: Professing in a Foreign Tongue: A Central European Perspective on English StudiesKatarina Gephardt Chapter 2: East Meets West: An Asian Woman Teacher Educator’s Journey Enacting Global Pedagogy in the American SouthGuichun ZongChapter 3: Perfectly Ambivalent: How German Am I?Sabine H. SmithChapter 4: The Stranger in the Classroom:The Professional Acculturation of Three Romanian ScholarsDarina Lepadatu, Cristina Gheorghiu-Stephens, and Gilbert LepadatuChapter 5: Disclosure, Dialogue, and Coming of Age in the Academy Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Pier Angeli Junor Clarke, Wanjira Kinuthia, Ewa McGrail, and Geeta Verma Chapter 6: Language is the House of BeingFederica SantiniII. Responses Response 1: Race, Identity, and International Faculty on US CampusesSatya P. Mohanty, Cornell UniversityResponse 2: In Defense of Encapsulated MarginalityEdward K. Chan, Aichi University, JapanResponse 3: Alien Alliances: An Austrian Academic Reads US Scholars’ StoriesUlla Kriebernegg, University of Graz, AustriaResponse 4: In Pursuit of Excellence, Diversity, and Globalization: The Art of Leveraging International Assets in AcademiaSteve O. Michael, Arcadia University Response 5: Still BecomingRosangela Boyd, Texas Christian UniversityIII. Building an Aspirational Culture Epilogue: Synthesizing Stories and Making ConnectionsLori Howard, Sarah R. Robbins, Sabine H. Smith, andBridging Cultures writersQuestions: Reflection, Discussion, and Cultural ChangeFederica Santini and Sabine H. SmithIndexAbout the Contributors