Nettie Brock Author

John R. Baldwin, PhD, is Professor of Communication and Culture at Illinois State University, USA, where he teaches on culture, diversity, and communication. He has published extensively on these and related subjects over a career spanning more than a quarter century.

Alberto González, PhD, is Distinguished University Professor in the School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. His research is situated at the intersection of criticial intercultural communication and rhetorical criticism.

Nettie Brock, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Convergent Media at Morehead State University, USA. Her research and teaching concern popular culture texts and their connections to the societies that procue and receive them.

Ming Xie, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University. Her research focusses on intercultural communication, female leadership in nonprofit organizations, and emergency management.

Chin-Chung Chao, PhD, is Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA. She is a past President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies and a past Chair of the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division, and has researched and published extensively on communication, conflict management, and related subjects.