索格飞，上海外国语大学新闻传播学院教师，美国亚利桑那州立大学联合培养博士，上海外国语大学博士后。教授英美文化和跨文化传播等课程。主要研究方向为跨文化传播、跨文化外语教学。

Foreword: Experiencing Intercultural Adaptation
前言
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationale in Light of My Personal Journey
1.2 Practical Reasons
1.3 Theoretical Reasons
Chapter Two Literature Review of Intercultural Adaptation Studies Home and Abroad
2.1 Key Terms
2.2 Theoretical Frameworks on Adaptation
2.3 Intercultural Adaptation and Identity
2.4 Factors Influencing Intercultural Adaptation
2.5 Media and Intercultural Adaptation
2.6 Intercultural Adaptation Studies in China
2.7 Intercultural Adaptation Studies--Research Subjects and Methodologies
2.8 Research Questions
2.9 A Proposal for a Multi-level Model of Intercultural Adaptation
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Distinction between Natural Science and Human Science
3.2 Features of Phenomenology
3.3 A Brief History of Phenomenology
3.4 Four Rules of Phenomenology
3.5 The Conjunction between Self, Other, and Culture
3.6 Subjectivity and Objectivity within Epistemology
3.7 Inter-subjectivity
3.8 The Combination of Phenomenology and Autoethnography
3.9 Summary
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Sampling and Description of Research Subjects
4.2 The Concept of "Intercu|tural Experiencers"
4.3 Research Methods
4.4 Research Procedures
4.5 Three Steps of Phenomenological Data Analysis
4.6 Conclusion
Chapter Five Phenomenological Description
5.1 Prior-contact Experience
5.2 During-contact Experience
5.3 Factors Influencing Adaptation Process
5.4 Conclusion
Chapter Six Phenomenological Reduction
6.1 The Role of Prior-contact Factors
6.2 Stages of Intercultural Adaptation
6.3 The Meaning of Intercultural Adaptation
6.4 Synergizing Context in Intercultural Adaptation
6.5 Conclusion
Chapter Seven Phenomenological Interpretation--A Proposed Model
7.1 Towards a Multi-level Cultural Penetrative Learning Model of Intercultural Adaption
7.2 The Dialectics of Meta-level, Macro-level, Meso-level, Medio-level, and Micro-level Context
7.3 Conclusion
Chapter Eight Summary and Research Implications
8.1 Autoethnographic Reflections
8.2 Theoretical contributions
8.3 Practical Significance
8.4 Weaknesses and Limitations
8.5 Implications for Future Research
8.6 Conclusion
References
Index
Appendix Ⅰ Interview Protocol: Intercultural Adaptation of the Chinese Visiting Scholars in the U.S.
Appendix Ⅱ Consent Letter

从本体论和认识论的角度，多数跨文化适应方面的研究遵循传统的社会科学范式。本研究将跨文化适应行为作为人类科学进行研究，强调人类行为在创造意义方面的意志性和目的性。该研究充分展现了现象学在获取真实描述、精确还原以及深度阐释等方面具有其他研究方法不可替代的优势和潜力。今后有关中国访问学者跨文化适应状况的现象学研究可以拓展至其他国家，并与索格飞著的《中国访美学者跨文化适应的现象学研究（英文版）》结论进行横向比较，以了解不同旅居国社会文化环境对跨文化适应产生的影响。同时，需要更多的实证研究来深入考察上述五个情境因素对其他群体跨文化适应产生的影响，并进一步揭示这些情境因素之间的互动关系。