Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz is known for her research on intercultural communication, language and social interaction, semiotics, social construction theory, ethnography of communication, childhood socialization, and disciplinary history.
Experience
Leeds-Hurwitz is Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, and Professor Emerita of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Over the past few years, she has been the Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication at Villanova University (US), Chercheur invité at the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon (France), Fulbright Senior Specialist at the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Portugal), and Senior Fellow at the Collegium de Lyon Institut d’études avancées (France). Shorter stays have included New Zealand, Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Israel, and Northern Ireland.
Education
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PhD
University of Pennsylvania
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MA
University of Pennsylvania
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BA
State University of New York at Binghamton
Awards
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Teaching and research awards
Campus-wide
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Service Award
National Communication Association in the USA
Publications
Erving Goffman: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory
Learning Matters: The Transformation of US Higher Education
The Social History of Language and Social Interaction
Socially Constructing Communication
From Generation to Generation: Maintaining Cultural Identity over Time
Wedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual
Semiotics and Communication: Signs, Codes, Cultures
