Intercultural horizons : best practices in intercultural competence development / edited by Eliza J. Nash, Nevin C. Brown, and Lavinia Bracci.

Empathy, Action and Intercultural Competence: A Neurological Rationale for Simulation's Effectiveness in Developing Intercultural Competence / John Suarez -- A Model for Merging Service-Learning and Global Citizenship Education Without International Travel: The Nobis Project Global Action Steps / Christen Higgins Clougherty -- The Double Responsibility of Civic Engagement: Reflections from the Polisocial Program / Ida Castelnuovo and Francesca Cognetti -- Developing Critical Perspectives in International Service-Learning: Challenges and Opportunities / Sandra Enos -- G/Local General Education at Russell Sage College: Civic Engagement in the WORLD / J. Russell Gray-Couch, Shealeen Meaney, Tonya Moutray, David Baecker, Sharon Robinson and Sybillyn Jennings -- Building Bridges to Strengthen Communities and Cultures through Service-Learning Internships and Reflection: Opportunities and Challenges / Dorothy J. Knauer, Hugo Torres, Abel Jimenez, and Ponce Dienhoue -- Fostering the Intercultural Learning Cycle through Academic Service-Learning / Meghmala Tarafdar, Josephine Pantaleo and Sharon Ellerton -- Multiracial Identity Development through Civic Engagement / Ashley Farmer-Hanson -- Digital Media Literacy and Intercultural Competence: Finding Convergence to Increase Civic Engagement / Willow Williamson -- Serendipity Plus Service-Learning Equals Global Competency / Amy Ramson -- Service-Learning and the Humanities in Haiti and Nicaragua / Wes Kennison -- Envisioning Global Citizenship through Civic Engagement and Intercultural Understanding: Course-embedded Community Service for First Year College Students / Laura Anker, Jermaine Archer, Andrea Elder-Howell, Maureen Feder-Marcus, Barbara Hillery and Cristina Notaro -- Educating in the Post Gutenberg Era: How to Cope with Virtual Otherness / Alfonso Casella.

This volume features a collection of papers from the first annual Intercultural Horizons conference held in May 2011 in Siena, Italy. The 2011 conference was entitled "Best Practices in Intercultural Competence Development" and featured speakers and participants from over 15 countries, including leaders in the field such as Janet Bennett of the Intercultural Communication Institute, Alvino Fantini of the School for International Training, Andrew Furco of the University of Minnesota, and Carol Ma of the Center for Service-Learning at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. The authors of these papers provide perspectives on intercultural communication and related issues from viewpoints as varied as the traditional researcher, the teacher in fields as diverse as second-language acquisition, music and the culinary arts, and the administrator of a specific program or at the senior level of a college or university. Together they form a representative sample of the themes discussed during the 2011 conference. The editors consider this first meeting to be the dawn, so to speak, of Intercultural Horizons, which aspires to become a respected venue for scholars and practitioners to exchange ideas, techniques and pedagogies on intercultural communication in years to come. -- Provided by publisher.

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