Current Research Interests
- Intercultural education and training
- Intercultural competence
- International education and exchange
- Study abroad
- Internationalization of education
Profile
My professional career has been focused on international and intercultural
education. I first became interested in these issues while serving as a U.S.
Peace Corps volunteer English teacher in Turkey (1965-1967). Ever since that
time I have focused my professional work as an educator and researcher on
questions regarding intercultural learning, the nature and impact of
intercultural experiences (at home and abroad), the development of intercultural
skills, intercultural education and training, and the internationalization of
education. At the heart of my inquiries is a deep interest in how human beings
experience difference and diversity, and how those understandings frame their
behavior. I am passionately committed to providing our students with an
education that supports the development of their intercultural competence and
their ability to work in diverse environments. This is in addition to providing
the best intellectual and research preparation possible.
Since 1977, I have been at the University of Minnesota.
For the first 16 years, I held a joint appointment as an
international student adviser/associate director of the
International Student and Scholar Services office and as a
faculty member in the College of Education and Human
Development. Since 1991, I have been a full time faculty
member.
I am one of the three founders of the
comparative and international development education (CIDE)
program, which began in 1986 and has grown to become the
internationally recognized program that it is today. It has
been enormously gratifying to help create and develop CIDE,
work with our wonderful students over the years, and watch
them move on to positions of prominence in their own
careers.
During the past 15 years, much of my research and applied
work has been in the area of study abroad.
Gerry Fry and I are currently working
on the SAGE project which is looking at the ways in which
study abroad returnees become globally engaged throughout
their lives and the importance of study abroad on those
activities. [See
Beyond
Immediate Impact: Study Abroad for Global Engagement (SAGE)]
It has been an exciting project and we now have a large data
base of 6,391 respondents who studied abroad between 1960
and 2007. We have interviewed over 60 of them.
In almost all of our research, we seek to involve our
students as research assistants and to publish with them. We
often work together with other faculty members as well on
these research projects. Please see the link to my work
during the past 10 years which shows the projects I’ve
directed and provides summary information about them.
Research Overview
[PDF]
I welcome you to our department and our CIDE program.
Selected Publications
Books
Mikk, B. K., Cohen, A. D., & Paige, R.
M. with Chi, J. C., Lassegard,J. P., Meagher, M., & Weaver,
S. (2009). Maximizing study abroad: An instructional
guide to strategies for language and culture learning and
use. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on
Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Paige, R. M., Cohen, A. D., Kappler, B.,
Chi, J.C., & Lassegard, J. P. (2006). Maximizing study
abroad: A student’s guide to strategies for language and
culture learning and use. 2nd edition. Minneapolis, MN:
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition,
University of Minnesota.
Lange, D. L. & Paige, R. M. (Eds.)
(2003). Culture as the core: Perspectives in second
language education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age
Publishing.
Cohen, A. D., Paige, R. M., Kappler, B.,
Demmessie, M., Weaver, S. J., Chi, J.C., & Lassegard, J. P.
(2003). Maximizing study abroad: A language instructor’s
guide to strategies for language and culture learning and
use. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on
Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Paige, R. M., Cohen, A. D., Kappler, B.,
Chi, J.C., & Lassegard, J. P. (2002). Maximizing study
abroad: A program professional’s guide to strategies for
language and culture learning and use. Minneapolis, MN:
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition,
University of Minnesota.
Paige, R. M. (Ed.) (1993). Education
for the intercultural experience. Yarmouth, Maine:
Intercultural Press.
Journal Articles
Paige, R, M., Fry, G. W., Stallman, E.,
Jon, J., & Josić, J. (in press). Study abroad for global
engagement: The long-term impact of mobility experiences.
Intercultural Education.
Vande Berg, M., Connor-Linton, J., &
Paige, R. M. (in press). The Georgetown Consortium Project:
Intervening in student learning abroad. Frontiers: The
Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.
Hoff, J. G., & Paige, R. M. (2008).
Operationalizing culture and language learning in education
abroad programming. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary
Journal of Study Abroad.
Paige, R.M. (2005). Internationalization
of higher education: Performance assessment and indicators.
Nagoya Journal of Higher Education, 5, 99-122.
Paige, R.M., Jacobs-Cassuto, M.,
Yershova, Y. A. & DeJaeghere, J. (2003). Assessing
intercultural sensitivity: A psychometric analysis of the
Hammer and Bennett Intercultural Development Inventory.
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27,
467-486.
Paige, R. M. (2003). The intercultural
development inventory: A critical review of the research
literature. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 6,
53-61.
Paige, R. M. (2003). Intercultural
education and training for the 21st Century: Global issues
and challenges. Journal of Intercultural Communication,
6, 1-8.
Paige, R. M. (2003). The American case:
The University of Minnesota. Journal of Studies in
International Education, 7, 52-63.
Book Chapters
Vande Berg, M., & Paige, R. M. (in
press). The evolution of intercultural competence in U.S.
study abroad. In D. K. Deardorff (Ed.), The SAGE
handbook of intercultural competence. Thousand Oaks,
CA: SAGE Publishing.
Paige, R. M., & Goode. M. L. (in press).
Cultural mentoring: International education professionals
and the development of intercultural competence. In D. K.
Deardorff (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural
competence. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing.
Paige, R. M. and Stallman, E. M. (2007).
Using instruments in education abroad outcomes assessment.
In M. C. Bolen (Ed.), A guide to outcomes assessment in
education abroad (pp. 106-134). Carlisle, PA: Forum on
Education Abroad.
Paige, R. M., and Kippa, S. (2006).
Curriculum transformation in study abroad: The Maximizing
Study Abroad Guides. In H. Teekens (Ed.),
Internationalization at home: A global perspective (pp.
79-89). The Hague, Netherlands: NUFFIC.
Paige, R. M. (2004). Instrumentation in
intercultural training.. In D. Landis, J. M. Bennett, & M.
J. Bennett (Eds). Handbook of intercultural training
Third edition (pp. 85-128). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Paige, R. M., Jorstad, J., Siaya, L.,
Klein, F., & Colby, J. (2003). Culture learning in language
education: A review of the literature. In D. Lange, & R. M.
Paige (Eds.), Culture as the core: Integrating culture
into the language education (pp. 173-236). Greenwich,
CT: Information Age
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 1978, education
- M.A., Stanford University, 1976, sociology
- M.A., UCLA, 1969, history
- B.A., UCSB, 1965, history
Awards
- Peter A. Wollitzer Award for Advocacy in Education
Abroad – awarded by the Forum on Education Abroad (May
2007)
- Visiting research professor. University of South
Australia. Adelaide, South Australia (2004)
- Visiting professor. Nagoya University, Center for
the Study of Higher Education. Nagoya, Japan (2003-2004)
- Senior interculturalist. Awarded by the Society for
Intercultural Education, Training, and Research – Japan
(2003)
- Intercultural Development Inventory Certification
(May 1999)
- Charter member and fellow - International Academy
for Intercultural Research (March 1997)
- Distinguished Teaching Award - College of Education
and Human Development, University of Minnesota (June
1995)
- Robert H. Beck Distinguished Faculty Member Award -
Alumni Association of the College of Education and Human
Development, University of Minnesota (April 1995)
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Award (Kenya, 1993-1994)
Professional Experience
- Forty-five years of professional experience in
international and intercultural education: international
education administration (educational exchange,
international student services, etc.); intercultural
training; undergraduate and graduate level teaching,
advising; research and service; consulting for the
private and public sectors
- Professor of international and intercultural
education - Department of Educational Policy and
Administration, College of Education and Human
Development, University of Minnesota (2002-present)
- Associate professor of international and
intercultural education - Department of Educational
Policy and Administration, College of Education and
Human Development, University of Minnesota (1991-2002)
- International student adviser and associate director
- International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and
faculty member, Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, College of Education and Human Development,
University of Minnesota (1977-1991)
- Visiting research professor - University of South
Australia, Adelaide, SA (2003-2004)
- Visiting professor - Nagoya University, Nagoya,
Japan (2003)
- Fulbright senior scholar - Kenyatta University,
Nairobi, Kenya (1993-1994)
- Doctoral student, teaching assistant, and instructor
- Stanford University, School of Education (1972-1977)
- Cross-cultural trainer - U.S. Peace Corps Korea,
Libya, Philippines, Thailand (1968-1972)
- U.S. Peace Corps volunteer - Turkey, high school
English teacher (1965–June 1967)
Revised March 2009
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