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Gary Weaver

Professor
School of International Service

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Chair, University Faculty Senate
    Member, Board of Trustees
    Founder and Executive Director, Intercultural Management Institute
  • Each year, Dr. Gary Weaver gives over 100 keynote addresses, lectures, training seminars, and workshops to various universities, nonprofit groups, government agencies, professional organizations and business groups in the U.S. and abroad. His topics range from working in a multicultural workforce, law enforcement in a cultural diverse community, culture shock, and cross-cultural negotiation to conflict resolution, American identity movements and multicultural childcare.

  • Degrees

    PhD, international relations, American University; MA, American University; BA, American University
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  • OFFICE

  • SIS - School of International Service
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  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-1637 (Office)
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Teaching

  • Spring 2012

    • SIS-033 Topics in Int'l Communication: IMI Conference
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    • SIS-096 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: IMI Libya Diplomatic Training
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    • SIS-096 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: IMI UAE Diplomatic Training
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    • SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Art of Negotiation
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    • SIS-633 Sel Topics in Int'l Comm: IMI UAE Diplomatic Training
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Dr. Weaver's lecture topics range from law enforcement in a culturally diverse community, culture shock, and cross-cultural negotiation to conflict resolution, American identity movements and multicultural childcare.

Selected Publications

  • Culture, Communication, and Conflict.
  • Editor, "Intercultural Relations," The Journal of International Communication, 2004
  • "This Cutthroat College Generation"
  • "American Identity Movements"
  • "The Melting Pot Myth vs. the Cultural Cookie Cutter"
  • "Police and the Enemy Image in Black Literature"
  • "Law Enforcement in a Culturally Diverse Society"
  • "Understanding and Coping with Cross-Cultural Adjustment Stress"
  • "The Process of Reentry"
  • Readings in Cross-Cultural Communication
  • The University and Revolution

 

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Fellow, International Academy for Intercultural Research

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: American foreign policy; cross-cultural and international communication, adaptation, negotiation, and conflict; hostage negotiations; American culture; higher education; history of student movements on campus; contemporary social and political movements; human behavior; counseling; race relations; college campus life; managing cultural diversity; law enforcement in a culturally diverse society

Additional Information: Gary Weaver's published articles include “This Cutthroat College Generation,” “American Identity Movements,” “The Melting Pot Myth vs. the Cultural Cookie Cutter,” “Police and the Enemy Image in Black Literature,” “Law Enforcement in a Culturally Diverse Society,” “Understanding and Coping with Cross-Cultural Adjustment Stress,” “The Process of Reentry.” His books include Readings in Cross-Cultural Communication; The University and Revolution; Culture, Communication and Conflict; and his most recent, America's Midlife Crisis: The Future of a Troubled Superpower. In addition, Weaver, the editor of the special edition of the Journal of International Communication titled “Intercultural Relations," coauthors a column in RealClearWorld with Bill Ahlstrom and Theodore Couloumbis.

Media Relations
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