Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities

Adam Komisarof is Professor of Intercultural Communication and Acculturation in Reitaku University's Department of Economic Studies and Business Administration in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.Zhu Hua is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Communication and Head of Department at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

"Komisarof, Zhu Hua, and their contributors avoid the politically correct self-absorption that too often accompanies explorations of cultural identity, instead showing us how various concepts of cultural adaptation can bring meaning to the profoundly liminal experience of becoming intercultural."Milton J. Bennett, Executive Director, Intercultural Development Research Institute, US"This book provides fascinating accounts of the complex challenges and opportunities for growth that living and working in a different environment generate. It offers highly reflexive accounts of lived experiences in combination with theoretical frameworks that can help to illuminate and, ultimately, facilitate dialogue and understanding as a precondition for greater inclusivity." Karin, Zotzmann, Language and Intercultural Communication

• Foreword: The Pleasure of Peeking Behind the Curtains...1.Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities: An Introduction Adam Komisarof & Zhu Hua Part 1: Acculturation Dynamics 2.Organizational Membership Negotiated, Denied, and Gained: A Limited Breakthrough of the Rice Paper Ceiling in Japan Adam Komisarof 3. Twists and Turns: Forging a Career as a Psychology Academic in Australia Anita S. Mak 4. From Outside In: Cultural Practices and Organizational Life of a Chinese Immigrant in Japan Gracia Liu-Farrer 5. Heart and Mind: Using Critical Incidents to Decipher Culture David L. Sam 6. Difference, Disconnection, Social Support, and Connection: Communication with the Host Environment and Cultural Adaptation Deepa Oommen Part 2: Negotiating Identities 7. The Struggles of an International Foreign Language Lecturer with Representations of Cultural Identity Regis Machart 8. Issues and Challenges in Constructing Identity in an Adopted Home: Being an Iranian Professor in America Maryam Borjian 9. Rituals of Encounter: Campus life, liminality and being the familiar stranger Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich Part 3: Language and Interaction 10. Brussels-London: Crossing Channels While Juggling with Social and Cultural Capital Jean-Marc Dewaele 11.‘Where Are You From?’: Interculturality and interactional practices Zhu Hua 12. Manoeuvring the Margins: A Korean-American in Kazakhstan Elise S. Ahn Conclusion 13 . Making Sense of Transnational Academics’ Experience: Constructive Marginality in Liminal Spaces Adam Komisarof & Zhu Hua