Abstract
:This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College, Tehran, Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college for Iranian women. The author decided to reflect on its mission (it had had a religious heritage),what he had hoped to accomplish, its possible role in the women’s movement and Islamic Reformist Movement, what had happened to its graduates, its teachers, and its friends and supporters. As he reflected on their achievements, he realized that their growth and advancement served as metaphors for his own personal and professional growth into an intercultural person. Because of that experience in Iran, he has dared subsequently to live in other countries and do research and teach in different cultures. He realized that Damavand, named for the highest mountain in Iran, was a symbol of reaching higher heights. Damavand College now had become a living symbol of what had developed as his research agenda in intercultural communication, leading him to years ago in Iran. He recently began his journey back in time.
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