This document is a compilation of 10 papers exploring various aspects of the new and growing field of intercultural communication. The 11 authors are educators and researchers from institutions of higher education, research centers, and the Peace Corps. The papers are presented in two sections. Section I, Basic Issues in Intercultural Communications Research, contains seven papers. Titles are as follows: (1) Intercultural Communication Research: Where Do We Go From Here; (2) Outline of Intercultural Communication; (3) An Outline of Problems in Intercultural Communications Education, Training, and Research; (4) Black Communication Research: A Problem in Intercultural Communication; (5) Culture Training, Cognitive Complexity and Interpersonal Attitudes; and (6) Communication in Pluralistic Systems. Section II is titled Applications: Cross Cultural Training and the Intercultural Communications Workshop (ICW). (See SO 012 927 for a discussion of ICWs.) The three papers in this section are titled Cross Cultural Training Programs and Their Evaluation, Research Issues in Evaluating the Objectives of the ICW, and Researching the Cross-Cultural Communications Workshop. (AV)