主    题：From Theory to Practice: Intercultural Praxis in the Global Context

时    间：2013年10月9日         18:30-20:30          

地    点：虹口校区图书馆606室

主 讲 人：美国加利福利亚州立大学Kathryn Sorrells教授

举办单位：上海外国语大学跨文化研究中心

讲座简介：

美国加利福利亚州立大学Kathryn Sorrells教授，受上海外国语大学跨文化研究中心邀请，将于9月-10月在虹口图书馆开讲“跨文化交际与全球化研究”（ “Researching Intercultural Communication and Globalization”）系列讲座，欢迎全校教师与研究生参加。

演讲者简介：

Kathryn Sorrells为美国加利福利亚州立大学传媒学院教授，曾获加利福利亚州立大学教学杰出贡献奖等重要奖项，代表性学术成果包括专著《跨文化交际：全球化与社会公平》（Sage），代表论文为：《全球化背景下的跨文化教育》、《有关社会责任与社会公平的跨文化交际实践与策略》、《交际的共同土壤：社区服务学习与跨文化课堂的结合》等。

Kathryn Sorrells is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge. She has a passion for teaching and learning about issues of culture, gender, race, and social justice with people of all ages and in a variety of educational settings. Kathryn combines approaches from critical, cultural studies, feminist and post-colonial theory to investigate these issues, balancing both political and aesthetic dimensions. Dr. Sorrells teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in intercultural communication, critical pedagogy, communication education, performance, language and cultural studies, gender and communication, and feminist rhetoric and theory. She has also developed and taught courses at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon for the past twenty years. Dr. Sorrells is author of the book, Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, co-editor of a forthcoming book, Globalizing Intercultural Communication: A Reader and author of a variety of articles and book chapters related to intercultural communication.

Professor Sorrells has received numerous national, state and local community service awards for founding and directing the Communicating Common Ground Project, an innovative community action research project that allows CSUN students the opportunity to develop creative alternatives to intercultural and interethnic conflict. In additions, Kathryn has experience as a consultant and trainer for businesses and educational organizations in the field of intercultural and multicultural learning. Dr. Sorrells has facilitated change processes for individuals, groups, and institutions in the areas of diversity, gender, and intercultural conflict. She is currently (August-October, 2013) co-hosted as a Visiting Scholar in Shanghai by the SISU Intercultural Institute and by the Foreign Languages College, of Shanghai Normal Universtity.