After seven years living in London and lecturing at Richmond, the American International University, I returned to my native Ohio in 2002 to take the appointment as Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Bowling Green State University. I enjoy being near to relatives and old friends again, although my commitment to friends, family and colleagues in Britain continues.

I began my research on the impact of technology on international and intercultural communication in Tunisia where, between 1993 and 1994, I was a Fulbright Scholar and American Institute of Maghreb Studies Fellow. Since that time I've been fascinated with CMC. In 1996, I co-founded Frontera (Frontiers of New Technology Education, Research and Action) which has brought 1,000 students from 13 universities around the world for dialogue on the impact and role of CMC in international and intercultural communication.

I've also done field research on information and communication technology in China, North Africa and Southeastern Europe. My interest in East Central and Southeastern Europe, and my own cultural heritage (Hungarian/Polish-American) led me to collaborate with scholars living and working in the region. One outcome of this collaboration was a book I edited in 2000 called Culture and Technology in the New Europe.