MPU-BELL Centre of English, Macao Polytechnic University, China.
Research Interests: intercultural communication; history of linguistics; translation; creative writing

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau, China.
Research Interests: applied linguistics; intercultural learning.

Department of Communication and Theatre, Auburn University at Montgomery, 7400 East Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA.

Department of Communication, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA.
Research Interests: how new information-communications technologies (ICT) have influenced theories and practices of advertising; cross-national advertising; and consumer behavior.

Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.

World Languages & Cultures, The University of Toledo, USA.

University of Queensland, Australia.
Research Interests: Curriculum and pedagogy; Linguistics

School of International Education, South China University of Science and Technology, China.
Research Interests: multilingual and multicultural education; cross-cultural communication and adaptation; global/cross-cultural communication competence.

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA.
Research Interests: intercultural communication; foreign and second language acquisition by speakers of Spanish, French, English and Portuguese; technology in the foreign language classroom; lusophone studies; portuguese language teaching and learning in the USA.

Center for Culture and Language Education, Tohoku University, Japan.
Research Interests: sociolinguistics; applied linguistics; english linguistics.

Institute of Linguistics, Opole University, Poland.
Research Interests: linguistics

School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Research Interests: cognitive pragmatics; interlanguage pragmatics; L2 instruction; teacher education.

Dept. of International Relations, University of Opole, Poland.
Research Interests: international cultural relations.

Faculty of Languages and Translation, Macao Polytechnic University, China.

Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
Research Interests: humanities linguistics.

Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia.

Department of Applied Linguistics, The University of Warwick, UK.
Research Interests: multidisciplinary field of intercultural communication and interaction; social pragmatics; (im)politeness and evaluation; higher education pedagogy; workplace ethics; and morality.

Faculty of Languages and Translation, Macao Polytechnic University, China.

Department of Media and Communication, ESHCC, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Research Interests: crisis communication and sustainability transition.

Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Japan.
Research Interests: intercultural communication; interpersonal communication; cross-cultural psychology; social psychology.

Northwestern University, Illinois, United States
Research Interests: second language acquisition and pedagogy; interaction between language and culture; and analysis of narration.

Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Research Interests: peirceian semiotics; reception analysis and translation as applied within the paradigm of cultural and media studies.

Confucius Business Institute, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, Brazil.

School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK.
Research Interests: intercultural education and communication; interplay of language, culture; and identity in mobility and migratory contexts.
