David Boromisza-Habashi (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst) in an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research explores how communication as language use is shaped by the cultural context in which it occurs.
David's approach to intercultural communication (ICC) is steeply
grounded in theory, yet it is also practical and accessible for
students. Using vivid and relatable anecdotes, he delves straight
into the challenge of effective ICC interactions in our globalized
world: the ability to properly coordinate interactions to achieve
shared meaning. I also appreciate his openness and and
vulnerability in sharing his own cross-cultural/intercultural
experiences as an 'outsider within,' an international scholar who
now calls the U.S. his home. I look forward to bringing his fresh
perspective on this important subject matter to my classes!" —Sunny
Lie, Assistant Professor of Communication, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona
"The concept of 'making culture' is a unique approach that I feel
can appeal to undergrad students. I find Boromisza-Habashi's
'how-to' approach, that is, examining the inner workings of
cultural interaction, to be particularly helpful in understanding
larger systemic information/configurations." —Cheryl L. Nicholas,
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences,
Pennsylvania State University, Berks
"The theoretical approach of Boromisza-Habashi is very consistent
with my own, so I would feel quite at home teaching undergraduates
from this perspective. I find ethnography of communication to be
the most solid foundation for intercultural communication
instruction, and I believe it is highly respected in the field by
enough people that this view would be widely shared. I also found
the consistent through line particularly easy to follow. This would
be an enormous advantage for a beginning teacher, so if I had a
novice TA to supervise, I could hand them this textbook, a template
syllabus, some draft assignments and exams and feel quite
comfortable that they would do well in their first semester of
teaching. Also, if I were developing an entirely online version of
intercultural communication I could see using this textbook because
it’s easy to follow, coherent, and intellectually solid, requiring
very little supplementation from me to make a complete course. I
would feel comfortable that students in both cases would find the
writing style clear and engaging and would want to, as I did when I
read it, keep going." —Kristine L. Muñoz, Professor of
Communication Studies, University of Iowa
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