Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith is a professor of intercultural communication and Deputy Vice President Faculty at Alphacrucis. Her primary area of expertise is intercultural communication, particularly intercultural competence and intercultural contact-seeking behaviour. Her first book, Perception and Communication in Intercultural Spaces (University Press of America, 2011), presents intercultural spaces as a new framework with which to understand intercultural communication in today's culturally diverse communities. Her recent work on higher education includes the book Developing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: International Students' Stories and Self-Reflection (Routledge, 2022). Lily is president-elect of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. The winner of the 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award, Lily teaches in the areas of intercultural communication and research methodology. Lily is a member of the Interculturality, Interfaith and Mission and Faith-Based Education research clusters.