Re-Thinking Interculturality on Zoom in a Pandemic
Presentation Summary
A group of four educators interested in interculturality came together for an intensive study group that took place on Zoom during the pandemic. Situated in different contexts and making sense of new experiences of mobility together, the group's own experience became emblematic of pressing questions for theorizing and living interculturality.
Primary Presenter
Erin Kearney, State University of New York at Buffalo
State (if in the U.S.)
NY
Country
US
Professional Biography
Erin Kearney is an educational linguist, teacher educator and classroom-based researcher, whose scholarship centers on intercultural learning in classrooms across the age range (preK-university) as well as preparing educators to engage interculturality in their professional practice.
Secondary Presenters
Aiko Minematsu, Sophia University
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Japan
Professional Biography
Aiko Minematsu is a doctoral student and educator, interested in third culture kids, interculturality and identity as well as technology mediated intercultural encounters.
Liling Huang, Boston Universiity
State (if in the U.S.)
MA
Country
US
Professional Biography
Liling Huang is a doctoral student and university-level Chinese instructor, who is interested in developing intercultural competence in classrooms through deconstruction of stereotypes, virtual reality experiences and intercultural engagements.
Amy McHugh, State University of New York at Buffalo
State (if in the U.S.)
NY
Country
US
Professional Biography
Amy McHugh is a doctoral student and an academic facilitator at the National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney.