My Master Essay investigates professional cross-cultural interactions and researchers' potential for negotiating "open stances" and reflexive identifications in cross-cultural interactions. In this essay, I look to explore the intersections where identification theory and reflexive positionality in cross-cultural communication connect. I believe professional communication is really about relationships, not this shallow notion of persuasion. In this essay, I will posit that Krista Ratcliffe's theory of rhetorical listening—as a trope for interpretive invention—is especially important for the field of rhetoric and communication studies as it provides a paradigm for how researchers in cross-cultural contexts may negotiate and move from disconnected and unreflexive identifications to more reflexive and conscious identifications with research participants in cross-cultural research.
My faculy advisor's name is Monica Torres and she has instructed me to pursue the publishing of this essay in JAC and the Journal of American Studies. I am still looking into the prospect of publishing in others journals, so if you have any suggestions...
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