The Third Space: Fostering Intercultural Communicative Competence Within Doctoral Education

Abstract

In this chapter, I investigate the notion of an intercultural doctoral community as a means to support international and domestic students in the development of their intercultural communicative competence skills. Even though all graduate students are on unique doctoral journeys, we are all establishing new identities within the academic realm. This commonality unites us; thus I put forward that this creates a third space. I contend that this third space provides international and domestic students with various opportunities to develop their intercultural communicative competency through academic and social interactions.