This article presents an interview with Donal Carbaugh, a Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Chair of the International Studies Council (2004 to present). In 2007-2008, Carbaugh was Distinguished Fulbright Professor and Bicentennial Chair of American Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has been Chair of both the International Communication Association's Language and Social Interaction Division, and the National Communication Association's International and Intercultural Communication Division. In 1992, he was elected Visiting Senior Member at Linacre College, Oxford University, England, which is a lifetime appointment. Carbaugh is also Charter Member of the Research Advisory Group for the Security Needs Assessment Project of the United Nations, Geneva. In the interview, Carbaugh shares how he interprets the relationship between personal diversity and the role of culture in conversation.