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John (“Jack”) Condon, Emeritus Professor of Communication at the University of New Mexico, is an award-winning educator and author of many books, including the first dedicated textbook in the field of intercultural communication. His 20th book, It Goes Without Saying, is expected to be published this Fall. Condon lived outside of the US for over 20 years, teaching at colleges in Mexico, Brazil, Tanzania, and Japan, as well as in the US. A founding faculty member of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Jack is considered one of the founders of the field of intercultural communication.Tatyana Fertelmeyster, an interculturalist and a mental health counselor, came to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1989, moving from one of the largest cities in the world (Moscow) to a bedroom community in the Chicagoland suburbia. She does not like to move, and she feels most at home on the road. In her consulting practice (https://www.connectingdifferences.com/), Tatyana has a strong preference for spontaneous facilitation – an approach to working with groups and individuals that is based on maximum presence to what is happening right at the moment and bringing learning in through insights, metaphors, and mindful meaning-making. As a therapist, she works a lot with issues of change, loss, trauma, and resilience.
