The Institute for Intercultural Communication and Research (IICR) is a collaborative effort between the Center for Global Engagement, The School of Communication and between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs at the Florida State University. The IICR coordinates services and educational/training activities that enhance existing and emerging efforts to expand campus wide internationalization efforts. The IICR will also coordinate research and assessment projects, in collaboration with faculty and staff, to measure the success of various programs in developing intercultural competencies in students in efforts to develop a more interculturally competent campus. The IICR was formed in January 2010.
The vision of the Florida State University IICR is to be a comprehensive center dedicated to the development of an interculturally competent campus and community.
The mission of the Florida State University IICR is to promote intercultural communication research and program assessment/evaluation to serve the development of intercultural competence among students, staff, faculty and community members, to provide training and outreach, and to enhance internationalization initiatives by seeking external sources of funding for these efforts.
These research and assessment activities are intended to build networks of faculty members and students across the university to assist them in their work by providing access to resources and expertise, and serve to raise the profile of internationalization and cross-cultural initiatives at the Florida State University. The list of activities we seek to pursue to support these goals include:
A. Education and Training:
- Support the development of courses and workshops on effective intercultural engagement for all the Florida State University students.
- Provide faculty workshops to support curriculum internationalization.
- Provide intercultural communication workshops to meet specific needs of campus and community members.
B. Curriculum Internationalization and Development:
- Support faculty workshops to advance curriculum internationalization
- Develop faculty network for course development and revision
- Provide for seeded flagship curriculum projects
- Coordinate an annual faculty showcase of curriculum internationalization projects
C. Research and Assessment
- Collaborate with faculty and students on research related to the field of intercultural communication.
- Provide support for assessing the needs and the effectiveness of programs designed to develop intercultural competencies and the Florida State University's internationalization efforts.
- Collaborate with faculty and students to produce an annual publication on the research findings in the field of intercultural communication and globalization as well as highlights of the Florida State university Internationalization efforts.
D. Resources and Outreach:
- Provide assistance and collaborate with campus and community in its internationalization efforts through programs and services designed to increase global awareness; including speakers bureau, K-12 outreach etc.
- Provide a comprehensive toolkit and materials to facilitate internationalization efforts, and maintain a database of relevant publications.
- Produce a searchable database of faculty and students engaged in international and intercultural research.
We are glad to speak with students, faculty and staff about your interests in the above.
Contact Information:
E-mail: Cgreen2@admin.fsu.edu or SMcDowell@cci.fsu.edu
Office: Room 2201 Center for Global Engagement
Telephone: 644-4696
Co-Directors:
Cindy Green, Director, Center for Global Engagement
Steve McDowell, Professor and Director, School of Communication
Steering Committee:
The steering committee will be chaired by the co-directors, and meet regularly to review and co-ordinate the activities of the institute.
Steve McDowell, Co-Director
Cindy Green, Co-Director
Michelle Ceci (Int'l Programs, program assessment)
Felicia Jordan-Jackson (Faculty Resources/Research/Curriculum)
Cadence Kidwell (Faculty Resources/Education/Curriculum)
Laura Dobson (Program Assessment)
Aleks Nesic (Training/Resources and Outreach/Program Assessment/Fundraising)
Anchalee Ngampornchai (Research/Program Assessment/Fundraising)
Affiliated Faculty and Professional Staff Network:
A number of faculty and professional staff have agreed to participate in initiatives and activities as members of an affiliate network, and to assist and advise in the work of the Institute. The initial list of affiliates is below, and the invitation letter is attached.
Faculty:
Ralph Brower, Public Administration
Joyce Carbonell, Psychology Department
Terry Coonan, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights
Bill Cooper, Department of Chemistry
Adam Gaiser, Religion
Felipe Korzenny, School of Communication
Tom Luschei, College of Education
John Mayo, Center for Intercultural Dialogue
Jeff Milligan, College of Education
Barbara Robinson, College of Communication and Information
Zeina Schlenoff, Department of Modern Languages
Dale Smith, Department of Political Science
Tricia Young, Department of Dance
Mark Zeigler, School of Communication
Professional Staff:
Greg Beaumont,Undergraduate Studies
Jennifer Buchanan, Dean of the Faculties
Barbara Davidov, University Counseling Center
Judy Devine, The Graduate School
Juan Guardia, Office of Multicultural Affairs
Naoya Izawa, University Counseling Center
Patrick Kennell, CIES
Ramin Yazdanpanah, CIES
Bill Moeller, Center for Civic Education and Leadership