About Us

HISTORY OF THE IAICS

The International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) originated from a series of Asian-American conferences run by the late Dr. John Koo at the University of Alaska and Arizona State University. In 1985, the first international conference on “Cross-Cultural Communication: East and West” was held in Seoul, Korea. The group met every two years, alternating between North America and Asia. Asian conferences were held in Harbin (China), Tainan (Taiwan), and Hong Kong (China). In North America the conferences were held in San Antonio (Texas), Tempe (Arizona), and Louisville (Kentucky). Since 2003, the conference has been held on an annual basis.

CONFERENCES SPONSORED BY IAICS

City University of Macau, China, 2023
University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 2022
Manipal Academy of Higher Education and The University of Alabama, Manipal, India, 2021
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2019
DePaul University, Chicago, USA, 2018
Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, 2017
Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China, 2016
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2015
University of Rhode Island pdf, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2014
Far Eastern Federal University pdf, Vladivostok, Russia, 2013
Yuan Zi University pdf, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2012
Ciudad Universitaria Intercultural, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2011
South China University of Technology pdf, Guangzhou, China, 2010
Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan, 2009
University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 2008
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. 2007
Trinity University, San Antonio pdf, Texas 2006
Chinese Culture University pdf, Taipei, Taiwan. 2005
Universidad de Guadalajara pdf, Jalisco, Mexico. 2004
California State University at Fullerton pdf, USA. 2003
Hong Kong Baptist University pdf, Hong Kong. 2001
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 1999
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. 1997
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. 1995
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 1993
Chung King University, Tainan, Taiwan. 1991
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 1989
Sejong Hotel, Seoul, Korea. 1985

CONFERENCE GOALS

To bring together international educators and scholars to share ideas and experiences from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives on communication across cultures.
To provide a forum for the exchange of scholarly research on issues relating to communication across language and culture.
To disseminate through monographs, journals and websites recent research and thinking on emerging issues relating to language and culture.
To bring different academic disciplines together to share theoretical insights and findings about communication across cultures.

In 1991, the conference created an organization known as the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) that is housed with Kent State University at Stark. It also established its own journal of Intercultural Communication Studies (ICS) with Bates L. Hoffer (Trinity University) as its General Editor. In addition to creating an organization, the conference shifted its focus towards interdisciplinary models of communication across languages and cultures.

CONSTITUTION

IAICS Constitution pdf

LEADERSHIP

IAICS Board of Directors

Sarah Corona Berkin, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Margaret U. D’Silva, University of Alabama, USA
Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Cindy Sing Bik Ngai, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Macao, China
Masahide Kasahara, Sugiyama Jogakuen Women’s University, Japan
Joanna Radwanska-Williams, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China
Gaby Semaan, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso, USA

IAICS Officers

President: Lixian Jin, City University of Macau, China
President Elect:
Executive Director: Ana Thomé Williams, Northwestern University, USA
Secretary: Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Treasurer: Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
ICS General Editor: Joanna Radwanska-Williams, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China
ICS Co-Editor: Roland Sussex, University of Queensland, Australia
ICS Associate Editor: Linda Tat Iong Lam, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China
Newsletter Editor: Priscilla Young, Keiser University, Tampa, USA

IAICS Past Presidents

Joanna Radwanska-Williams, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China (2021-2023)
Margaret U. D'Silva, University of Alabama, USA (2019-2021)
Robert W. Vaagan, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (2017-2019)
Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island, USA (2015-2017)
Robert N. St. Clair, University of Louisville, USA (2013-2015)
Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (2011-2013)
L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA (2009-2011)
Nobuyuki Honna, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan (2007-2009)
Bates L. Hoffer, Trinity University, USA (2005-2007)
Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (2003-2005)
D. Ray Heisey, Kent State University, USA (2001-2003)
Masanori Higa, Ryukoku University, Japan (1999-2001)
L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA (1995-1999)

IAICS International Advisory Board

An Ran, South China University of Technology, China
Li Dechao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Zi-yu Lin, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China
Liu Changyuan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Keith Lloyd, Kent State University at Stark, USA
Mao Sihui, Shantou University, China
Norbert Mundorf, University of Rhode Island, USA
Padma Rani, Manipal Institute of Communication, India
Sun Youzhong, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Roland Sussex, University of Queensland, Australia
Svetlana Ter-Minasova, Moscow State University, Russia
Keyan Tomaselli, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Lin-Wen Wang, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Doreen D. Wu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Kasumi Yamazaki, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Judy Yoneoka, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
Priscilla Young, Keiser University, Tampa Campus, USA
Viktoria Zavyalova, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Xiaoshu Zhu, Business Confucius Institute, FAAP, Brazil