Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz

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.

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.

Companies

• Associate Faculty Royal Roads University (2015)
• Director Center for Intercultural Dialogue (2010)
• Professor Emerita University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2010)
• Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication Villanova University (2013 — 2014)
• Professor of Communication University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1995 — 2010)
• Associate Professor of Communication University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1988 — 1995)
• Assistant Professor of Communication University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1982 — 1988)

Education

• MA, PhD University of Pennsylvania (1975 — 1983)
• BA Binghamton University (1971 — 1975)