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The
second edition of this popular guide to American behavior is
completely updated and expanded with two new chapters on sports
and health care.
WHAT'S
UP, AMERICA? once again takes a humorous look at American
behavior based on real questions international visitors and
residents ask.
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Price:
$14.95
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 09759278639
ISBN-13: 978-0-9759276-3-2
Pages: 271
Publisher: Culturelink Press
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Diane Asitimbay
Humorous Intercultural Expert,
International Educator, Speaker
Author of What’s Up America?
Fee: Inquire
Travels From: California
Uncovering the absurdities of American
life with a penetrating wit, Diane Asitimbay gives us a look at
our behavior as outsiders view us.
Diane has been called “a powerful and important emerging
cultural commentator” for the way she enlightens and entertains us
when she dissects our cultural quirks, from the magnets on our
refrigerators to the bumper stickers on our cars.
She’s the author of an irreverent guide called What’s Up
America? A Foreigner’s Guide to Understanding Americans, which has
won the “Fresh Voices 2006” Travel Guide Finalist award.
Diane has been a featured guest on FOX & Friends Morning
News, PACE TV, and KPBS Radio, and her articles have appeared in
Mobility Magazine and Hispanic.
Diane’s passion is to erase the “Ugly American” image. In
her speeches, she humors, inspires and challenges her audience to
be culturally smart. She believes that in today’s competitive
environment, success in the global marketplace depends on
developing genuine relationships with people from other countries
or cultures.
Her insights have been found useful to a wide array of
organizations including the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright
scholars, the San Diego Consular Corp, and the Citizen’s Diplomacy
Council.
Born and raised in Detroit, Diane gets her global
perspective from her years as a journalist in Mexico City, her
studies in Ecuador and Spain, her travels to Thailand and India,
and the culture clashes with her Ecuadorian husband.
A graduate of international relations and bilingual in
Spanish, Asitimbay has 20 years of experience helping
international students and visitors adjust to the U.S. She
currently teaches at the University of California – San Diego.
Speaking, Presentations, and Seminars
You may invite her to speak to your group of any size!
"Diane's workshop
"Communicating Across Cultures" motivated our postdoctoral
scholars to be more proactive in planning their communications and
career goals. I highly recommend this useful workshop.”
— William Zeller, Graduate
Division, University of California - Irvine
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""The "Understanding American
Culture" workshop provided an excellent opportunity for our
international graduate students to learn about important aspects
of U.S. culture. Through Diane's dynamic presentation style and
her interaction with participants, she brought increased cultural
competence to our international graduate students. Excellent
presentation!”
— William Zeller, Graduate
Division, University of California - Irvine
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"Diane Asitimbay makes a
thought-provoking and profoundly moving case for awareness of
other cultures and challenges the way we look at the world. She
humorously engaged and entertained our audience as the keynote
speaker for our NAFSA Region XII conference.”
— Kasey McCarthy, Co-Chair
NAFSA Regional XII Conference
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"Diane is a cultural
eye-opener. Her speeches are dynamic, humorous, and international
in scope. She makes us laugh at our own attempts to become
global citizens."
— Cath Kachur, Executive
Director, Citizen's Diplomacy Council
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"Diane delivered a highly
memorable and instructive presentation at the San Diego Regional
CATESOL Conference. Drawing upon years of experience in intensive
English programs, where she has taught students from a vast array
of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, Asitimbay offered a
valuable overview of classroom techniques for ESL teachers working
in multi-cultural settings.
The session was attended by an
overflow crowd. The valuable content of the workshop was
enlivened by Diane Asitimbay’s cheerful, humorous demeanor
and dynamic presentation style.”
— Seth Streichler, ESL
Instructor and Workshop Participant
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