Robert M. Shuter

Robert M. Shuter
Born July 14, 1946 (1946-07-14) (age 69)
New York, U.S.
Fields Intercultural communication
Institutions Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University,
Diedrich School of Communication at Marquette University
Alma mater Loyola University Chicago
Northwestern University
Known for Intercultural communication research
Intercultural new media studies
Intracultural communication theory
Multinational organizational theory
Notable awards Fulbright Specialist Award, 2015

Dr. Robert Martin Shuter (born July 14, 1946, in New York) is an American author, academic, and consultant specializing in intercultural communication.[1][2] He is Research Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University and Professor Emeritus at the Diedrich College of Communication at Marquette University, where he taught for 41 years and chaired the Department of Communication Studies for 29 years.[3]

Education and Career Overview

Shuter commenced collegiate studies at Loyola University, where he received a bachelor of science degree in communication in 1969. He earned his masters and doctoral degrees in communication from Northwestern University in 1971 and 1973, respectively, and after completing his doctorate began what would be a 41-year-long professorial career at Marquette University.[3]

He became Chairperson of the Department of Communication Studies after just one year at Marquette, a position he held for a total of 29 years between 1974–1980 and 1987–2010.[3] He helped bolster the department’s reputation through several key methods, including recruitment of outstanding scholars, improvement of the curriculum, and expansion of the graduate program. His Marquette colleague Dr. Lynn Turner credits him for “the very existence of the communication studies program.”[4]

Shuter also taught a wide variety of highly popular courses at Marquette which, according to Dr. Steve Goldzwig, “challenged his students to learn deeply,” as well as improve “their understanding, empathy and care for others.”[4]

During his career at Marquette, Shuter also served as Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer at several research universities, including the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, Uppsala University School of Business in Sweden, the Stern School of Business at New York University, the International Academy of Business in Denmark, and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Now Research Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, he is also Professor Emeritus at Marquette.[3]

He has presented more than seventy papers at juried conferences. Additionally, he has authored or co-authored over eighty publications, including books, book chapters, and scholarly articles in major peer-reviewed journals, and his work is widely cited in both popular and scholarly publications. He has served on the editorial board of a dozen national and international journals, was a guest editor for multiple national and international journals, and has held leadership positions in major national and international academic associations such as the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association and the Intercultural Communication Division of the International Communication Association.[3]

Early Work in Intercultural Communication Studies: 1970s-1980s

Shuter was an early contributor to the field of intercultural communication (ICC). In the 1970s and 1980s, Shuter established an international reputation as an expert in nonverbal communication and culture, particularly in the ways proxemics, tactility, and gesticulation function in different countries. To enhance his research, he interacted with the cultures at the heart of his investigations, traveling extensively throughout Europe, East Asia, and Latin America.[5] He published articles in leading communication and psychology journals, including the Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs, Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Management Communication Quarterly.[6] One of his most cited articles, “Proxemics and tactility in Latin America,” was published in the Journal of Communication in 1976.[7]

During this time period, he also contributed to the scholarship of “subculture,” later coining the term "co-culture" as a replacement for “subculture” in his 1990 article “The Centrality of Culture.”[8] This substitution of “co-culture” for “sub-culture” helped ensure that cultural groups within societies were viewed as co-equals. He published a number of articles on race and communication in major journals such as the Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Communication, and Management Communication Quarterly, which established his position as a scholar on race, ethnicity, and communication.[9]

Shuter founded the Center for Intercultural Communication in the 1970s and served as its director through the 1970s and 1980s. The center produced the first compendium of worldwide researchers and research in intercultural communication, titled World Researchers and Research in Intercultural Communication, which was published in 1985.[10]

An early leader in academic associations in communication, Dr. Shuter served in 1979 as Chair of the Commission on International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) for the National Communication Association (NCA) and helped transition the field of Intercultural Communication from a commission within the National Communication Association to a full division. He was also a leader in the Intercultural Communication Division of the International Communication Association. Between 2008–2011 he served as Vice Chair Elect, Vice Chair and Chair of the International Communication Division of the National Communication Association.[11]

Theoretical Contributions (1990s)

Intracultural Communication Theory

Shuter created intracultural communication theory in 1990, presenting it in his article “The Centrality of Culture” in the Southern Communication Journal. [8] His work intersected and built upon research and theories from noted scholars such as Edward T. Hall [12] and Robert T Oliver.[13] Later communication theories such as Asiacentrism drew in part from Shuter's research. Dr. Yoshitaka Miike, a scholar in intercultural communication and creator of the term Asiacentricity,[14] called Shuter’s writings on intracultural communication “extremely important,” and commented that they “urge the discipline of communication in general, and the field of intercultural communication in particular, to reconsider the place and role of culture in human communication research and proposes a new and alternative model of theorizing communication from cross-cultural and intercultural perspectives.”[14]

Multinational Organizational Theory

Shuter's investigations helped develop multinational organizational communication as a research perspective and theoretical framework, one which explores how national culture and co-culture impact internal and external organizational communication. His earliest research in this area was presented in his article "The International Marketplace" (which appeared in the Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication)[15] in which he articulated a framework for investigating and theorizing about the role of national culture and co-culture in organizational communication studies. His articles on race and workplace communication, with Lynn Turner, continued this line of research.[16][17] He edited a book in this area with Richard Wiseman, Communicating in Multinational Organizations (1994, Sage).[18]

Founder of Intercultural New Media Studies (2000s)

Shuter founded intercultural new media studies (INMS),[19] a communication sub-discipline which explores how new media technologies affect intercultural communication and “investigates new digital theories of intercultural contact as well as refines and expands twentieth-century intercultural communication theories, examining their salience in a digital world.”[20] As part of this sub-discipline, he led a study on “textiquettes,” the results of which were published in a 2010 article in the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.[21] This research was later featured in the Chicago Tribune[22] and highlighted in the National Communication Association’s Comm365 Project, a publication which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the NCA.[23]

He also edited a special 2011 forum on new media across cultures for the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication as well as a special 2012 issue on Intercultural New Media Studies for the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.[2] These special issues and articles are among the most viewed issues and articles in the history of these two leading communication journals.[24][25]

He published his 2012 article on INMS—“Intercultural New Media Studies: The Next Frontier in Intercultural Communication”—in the Journal Intercultural Communication Research. The article is the most read in the journal’s history, with over 7800 views.[25] The article established INMS as a field which “refines and expands twentieth-century intercultural communication theories, examining their salience in a digital world”[20] and challenged communication researchers to investigate the impact of new media on intercultural communication. Intercultural new media studies provides a theoretical framework for exploring (1) the influence of culture on the social uses of new media, (2) how new media changes culture, and (3) how new media affects extant intercultural communication theories, most of which were developed in the twentieth century and grounded in a face-to-face paradigm.[20]

To generate research on culture and new media, Shuter developed the independent Center for Intercultural New Media Research in 2011, which he has directed since its inception.[26] The Center is the anchor for intercultural new media studies and boasts more than 300 Research Associates in 46 countries, representing more than 200 universities. Described as a “think tank and clearinghouse for scholarship,” the Center focuses “on the impact of new media on human communication across cultures, nations, and world regions” and finds inspiration and possibilities in the distinct potential of new media to enlarge and enrich intercultural contact and dialogue.[27]

Shuter was selected in 2013 by the National Endowment for the Humanities to serve as grants panel reviewer for the social science program of the research division.[9]

In 2015 Shuter served as a Fulbright Scholar via a Specialist Award, bringing his experience in intercultural new media studies and multinational organizational communication to Hong Kong Baptist University School of Communication. He worked with students, faculty, and administrators to familiarize them with intercultural new media studies and integrate it into their curriculum and research agendas. He also convened meetings of the Hong Kong chapter of the Center for Intercultual New Media Research to initiate additional new media studies focusing on Hong Kong and mainland China.[28]

Global Consultant

Shuter is also a “researcher who consults,” having noted that “[i]t’s what I do as a professor that makes me valuable as a consultant. And I’m only as strong as the last research I’ve done.”[29] He used his knowledge of Scandinavian business culture and communication[30][31][32] to work as a consultant for Scandinavian corporations and was invited to speak to organizations and companies across the world.[9][33] Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, Shuter also provided customized consultations on multinational organizational communication issues to international corporations throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States, including Asea Brown Boveri, Atlas Copco, Danfoss, Novo Nordisk, Siemens, and Tetra Pak.[34][35]

In addition to global consulting, Shuter provided diversity consultations on race, ethnicity, and gender to Fortune 500 companies in the United States.[36] Shuter’s clients included, among many others, American Family Insurance, the American Gas Association, General Electric Medical Systems, Johnson Wax, Miller Brewing, Snap-On Tools, St. Jude Medical, and the U.S. Forest Service.[35]

Contributions to Mass Media and Popular Press

From 1979–1980 Shuter directed, wrote, produced, and hosted the Shuter-Herzberg Edition, a live weekly prime time show on WMUR-PBS in Milwaukee that focused on cross-cultural communication issues.[37] He also made appearances on national television, addressing the topic of foreign corporations operating in the U.S. on Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser[38] and also appeared as a special guest on the Financial News Network’s Marketwatch.[9]

Shuter wrote, produced, directed, and conducted on-camera interviews for Life or Death?,[39] a half-hour documentary on health communication that aired on the Milwaukee NBC affiliate in 1980. He later served as an Associate Producer and Academic/Creative Consultant for CBS Network’s Specials Division.[9]

Shuter has written articles appearing in the New York Times,[34] Wall Street Journal,[40] Crain's Chicago Business,[41] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,[42] International Management,[43] and Huffington Post,[44] and was a columnist for the Swedish-American publication Currents from 1998–2001.[45] Shuter’s work and expertise have been cited in a number of popular publications in the United States including Psychology Today,[9] Working Woman,[46] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,[47] Milwaukee Magazine,[9] Too Much,[48] Chicago Tribune,[22] and Chicago Sun-Times,[49] as well as in European publications such as Berlingske Tidende (Denmark),[9] Veckans Affarer (Sweden),[50] and DN.Arbete & Pengar (Sweden).[51]

Published Works[9]

Books

Selected Guest Edited Scholarly Journals

Selected Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Articles in Peer Reviewed Books

Selected Book Chapters

Selected Publications In Periodicals

References

  1. ↑ "News & Events – Center for Management Communication – USC Marshall School of Business". www.marshall.usc.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. 1 2 "Director & Research Associates". Center for Intercultural New Media Research. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dr. Robert Shuter – Diederich College of Communication – Marquette University". diederich.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  4. 1 2 Miller, Katharine (2015). "Lasting Impressions". Marquette Comm. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Getting Across," Milwaukee Magazine, 1985.
  6. ↑ "Robert Shuter". Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  7. ↑ Shuter, Robert (1976-09-01). "Proxemics and Tactility in Latin America". Journal of Communication 26 (3): 46–52. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1976.tb01902.x. ISSN 1460-2466.
  8. 1 2 Shuter, Robert (1990-09-01). "The centrality of culture". Southern Communication Journal 55 (3): 237–249. doi:10.1080/10417949009372792. ISSN 1041-794X.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shuter, Robert M. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ Shuter, Robert (1985-01-01). World researchers and research in intercultural communication. Culture Publications.
  11. ↑ Edmondson, Jingjing Z (2012-01-12). "An interview of Dr. Robert Shuter". China Media Research.
  12. ↑ [Special:PermanentLink/676010169 "Edward T. Hall"] Check |url= value (help).
  13. ↑ [Special:PermanentLink/653246428 "Robert T. Oliver"] Check |url= value (help).
  14. 1 2 Miike, Yoshitaka. “Beyond Eurocentrism in the Intercultural Field: Searching for an Asiacentric Paradigm,” in William J. Starosta and Guo-Ming Chen (Eds.), Ferment in the Intercultural Field: Axiology/Value/Praxis (International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 26), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003, pp. 243-276.
  15. ↑ Asante, Molefi Kete & Gudykunst, William B. (1994). Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication. Sage Publications. ISBN 0803958684.
  16. ↑ Shuter, Robert; Turner, Lynn H. (1997-08-01). "African American and European American Women in the Workplace Perceptions of Conflict Communication". Management Communication Quarterly 11 (1): 74–96. doi:10.1177/0893318997111004. ISSN 0893-3189.
  17. ↑ Turner, Lynn H.; Shuter, Robert (2004-07-01). "African American and European American Women's Visions of Workplace Conflict: A Metaphorical Analysis". Howard Journal of Communications 15 (3): 169–183. doi:10.1080/10646170490479787. ISSN 1064-6175.
  18. ↑ "Communicating in Multinational Organizations – SAGE Publications Inc". us.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  19. ↑ "Marquette communication professor earns Fulbright award". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  20. 1 2 3 Shuter, Robert (2012-11-01). "Intercultural New Media Studies: The Next Frontier in Intercultural Communication". Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 41 (3): 219–237. doi:10.1080/17475759.2012.728761. ISSN 1747-5759.
  21. ↑ Shuter, Robert; Chattopadhyay, Sumana (2010-07-01). "Emerging Interpersonal Norms of Text Messaging in India and the United States". Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 39 (2): 123–147. doi:10.1080/17475759.2010.526319. ISSN 1747-5759.
  22. 1 2 Healy, Vikki Ortiz. "U.S. texters ruder than India texters, study finds". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  23. ↑ "New Media and Technology" (PDF). Comm 365 (National Communication Association). 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Most Frequently Read Articles". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  25. 1 2 "Most Frequently Read Articles". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  26. ↑ "Real collaboration in a virtual world – News – Marquette Magazine". www.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  27. ↑ "Center for Intercultural New Media Research". Center for Intercultural New Media Research. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  28. ↑ "Marquette communication professor earns Fulbright award – News Center". news.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  29. ↑ "Getting Across," Milwaukee Magazine, 1985.
  30. ↑ Editorial notes on Shuter, Robert’s “Improving your global eye.” IAD News, 3.9 (November 1997): 2.
  31. ↑ “Managing the Differences Dividing Swedes and Americans – A Lesson in Cross-Cultural Relations.” The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce/USA Newsletter. 4.3: March 13, 1991.
  32. ↑ Ethel G. Ericsson, “Först kallprat – sedan affärer.” DN. Arbete & Pengar, 1986.
  33. ↑ “Managing the Differences Dividing Swedes and Americans – A Lesson in Cross-Cultural Relations.” The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce/USA Newsletter. 4.3: March 13, 1991.
  34. 1 2 Shuter, Robert (1984-09-02). "KNOW THE LOCAL RULES OF THE GAME". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  35. 1 2 Dr. Bob Shuter Demo Reel, retrieved 2015-12-29
  36. ↑ "New ‘toolkit’ offers one-stop shop for diversity – Milwaukee – Milwaukee Business Journal". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  37. ↑ "Film & Video Credits – PrairieFire Productions". prairiefireproductions.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  38. ↑ "Daytona Beach Morning Journal – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  39. ↑ Life or death?, 1981-01-01, retrieved 2015-12-29
  40. ↑ Shuter, Robert. “When the boss is a stranger in a familiar land.” Wall Street Journal, November 6, 1986: 63.
  41. ↑ Shuter, Robert. “Vive la Difference Applies to International Biz Relations, Too.” Crains Chicago Business, 8.1: January 13, 1985.
  42. ↑ Shuter, Robert (2012-09-12). "The U.S. could learn from Scandinavia". www.jsonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  43. ↑ Shuter, Robert. “Foreign Managers Beware.” International Management, September 1985: 93-96.
  44. ↑ Shuter, Robert (2013-10-10). "Pay or Perish". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  45. ↑ Shuter, Robert (1998–2001). “Shuter’s Blunder of the Month” column. Currents, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce/USA.
  46. ↑ Rose, Jennifer (1987-01). “Cultural Collisions to Watch Out For.” Working Women, pp. 21-22.
  47. ↑ Johnson-Elie, Tannette. "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tannette Johnson-Elie column: New social networking system is highly informal". www.tmcnet.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  48. ↑ "Greed at a Glance". toomuchonline.org. 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  49. ↑ Browning, Graeme (1984-12-23). “US Firms Can Learn From India Tragedy.” Chicago-Sun Times.
  50. ↑ “Kulturkrockar” (1986). Veckans Affarer.
  51. ↑ Ericsson, Ethel G. (1986). “Först kallprat – sedan affärer.” DN. Arbete & Pengar.

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