Igor E. Klyukanov is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication Studies at Eastern Washington University. The first edition of his textbook Principles of Intercultural Communication (Pearson Education, 2005) was adopted by over 30 Colleges and Universities in the U.S. His monograph A Communication Universe: Manifestations of Meaning, Stagings of Significance (Lexington Books, 2010) won the 2012 NCA Philosophy of Communication Division Best Book Award.