Dr. Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Director of ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Director/Leader of Education Abroad programs in Rome (Italy) and Vienna (Austria), and Global Faculty/Intercultural Specialist for the Institute for Shipboard Education/Semester at Sea voyages.

Dr. Khrebtan-Hörhager’s research and teaching interests are in intercultural communication, international relations, global conflict, cultural memory, and film and media studies. Feminist perspectives on communication and business leadership are additional areas of her scholarly focus. She is the author of Communicating the Other across Cultures, editor and author of Migrant World Making, and has also published numerous articles and book chapters in edited volumes.

Dr. Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager is a holder of three International and one National Communication Association Top Paper Awards, and four Communication Studies Capstone Awards. Dr. Khrebtan-Hörhager has also been recognized for Excellence in Teaching by the College of Liberal Arts of Colorado State University.