The International and Intercultural Business Communication Committee:
1. Maintains ongoing forum discussions with committee members about topics related to international and intercultural business communication.
2. Identifies and proposes strategies to internationalize ABC and promotes the international focus of the Association.
3. Coordinates with Regional Vice Presidents to expand international and intercultural connections, i.e., opportunities for ABC to connect with business communication organizations in various countries or regions; opportunities to connect with university student organizations in countries around the world.
4. Organizes a panel, poster or workshop on research/teaching across countries for the annual conference; sends out Call for Proposals to ABC members; reads and reviews submissions.
5. Encourages participation of all members in meetings held in different regions around the world.
6. Assists members in developing publishable research related to international and intercultural business communication.
7. Supports members who teach international/intercultural communication courses by compiling and disseminating relevant, up-to-date research findings in this field of study for more effective teaching.
8. Develops and maintains online archive of ABC international and intercultural teaching materials, case studies, etc., and highlights of international members’ achievements and awards.
9. Works with IJBC and BPCQ editors to develop and promote themed sections.
10. Works with Chinese delegation to enhance international collaboration with ABC.
11. Requests committee members additions/drops by first logging into ABC and then completing the quick Committee Update Request form at: http://tinyurl.com/CommitteeUpdateRequest.
Committee Chairs 2024
Julia Deems
Katherine Wills
Committee Members
| Name | End of 3-Year Term |
| Tatiano Andriienko-Genin | 12/31/2025 |
| Judith Ainsworth | 12/31/2024 |
| Kaneko Atsuko |
12/31/2026 |
| Tatiana Batova | 12/31/2024 |
| Anthony Chan | 12/31/2025 |
| Xin Chen | 12/31/2026 |
| Bertha Du-Babcock | 12/31/2025 |
| Gail Flanagan | 12/31/2025 |
| Misa Fujio | 12/31/2025 |
| Karin Goettsch | 12/31/2024 |
| Hiro Hayashida | 12/31/2025 |
| Kimberly Jordon | 12/31/2025 |
| Xiaoli Li | 12/31/2026 |
| Reid McClain | 12/31/2025 |
| Shoma Mukherji | 12/31/2025 |
| Carroll Nardone | 12/31/2025 |
| Augustine Pang | 12/31/2024 |
| Amy Parziale | 12/31/2025 |
| Sana Reynolds | 12/31/2025 |
| Angela Perry | 12/31/2026 |
| Leslie Seawright | 12/31/2025 |
| Andy Spackman | 12/31/2025 |
| Miyuki Takino | 12/31/2025 |
| Leila Valoura | 12/31/2025 |
| David Victor | 12/31/2026 |
Recent Prior Chairs
Hiromitsu Hayashida - Chuo University
Bertha Du-Babcock - City University of Hong Kong
Maryann Wysor - George State University
Community Page
Members of the International and Intercultural Business Communication Committee can access the committee’s forum and file library on their Community Page.