This book won the 2017 NCA Applied Communication Division Distinguished Edited Book Award

Contents: Loril M. Gossett: An Introduction to International and Intercultural Volunteering - Lynette M. McDonald/Melissa Creber/Huichun Sun/Lindsey Sonn: Developing Public Disaster Communication for Volunteer Recruitment: Understanding Volunteer Motivations - Treepon Kirdnark/Claudia L. Hale: Volunteering in the Thai Context: Rising Above the Waters - H. Erin Lee/Jaehee Cho: Exploration of the State and Nature of Korean Parents' Volunteering in School: Who Volunteers, for What, and Why? - Marie-Pierre Leroux/Tania Saba: Knowledge Sharing in International Volunteering Cooperation: Challenges, Opportunities and Impacts on Results - Kirstie McAllum/Anne Zahra: Constructing «Them» and «Us»: Host Communities' Perspectives of Voluntourist Identities - Rick Malleus: Voices from the Peace Corps: An Intercultural Communication Study of Blogs from Southern Africa - Lacy G. McNamee/Brittany L. Peterson/Kelly K. Gould: How Was Your «Trip?» Long-Term International Volunteering and the Discourses of Meaningful/less Work - Janice Hua Xu: Bridging Cultural Gaps: U.S. Voluntourists Teaching English in China - Katelin Frederick/Jennifer Mize Smith: Making Good: The Identity and Sensemaking of International Mission Trip Volunteers - Brett J. Craig/Tracy Russo: Implications for Constructing the «Serviceable Other»: Desired vs. Actual Outcomes in Rotary's International Service Projects - Jenna N. Hanchey: Constructing «American Exceptionalism»: Peace Corps Volunteer Discourses of Race, Gender, and Empowerment - Anna Sarah Pfeiffer: On Equal Terms? Desired Equality and Concealed Hierarchy in a German-Turkish Mentoring Project - Rati Kumar/Mohan J. Dutta: Organizing for Social Justice: Serving the Needs of Bhutanese Refugees in Atlanta, Georgia - Michael W. Kramer/Laurie K. Lewis: Reflections and New Directions on Volunteering in International and Intercultural Contexts.