Kenneth Cushner

Dr. Kenneth Cushner is an Emeritus Professor of International and Intercultural Teacher Education at Kent State University (1987 – 2015). Prior to his university appointment he taught in schools in Switzerland, Australia and the United States, and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa while a degree scholar at the East-West Center. Dr. Cushner is a Founding Fellow and Past-President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research; has been a Fulbright Scholar to Sweden (2008) and Poland (2016); a visiting professor at Shanghai International Studies University, the College of the Bahamas, University of Newcastle (Australia) and the University of Nis (Serbia); and twice served as director of COST – the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching. He is author or editor of several books and articles in the field of intercultural education and training, and has has traveled with young people and teachers on all seven continents. Since his retirement, Dr. Cushner has consulted with ECIS, a network of 400+ international schools in 90 countries; with NAFSA: Association of Intercultural Educators; and has instituted a professional development program at the Orkeeswa School, a Massai community school in northern Tanzania (www.ieftz.org). He has served as professor with Semester at Sea on 4 voyages (Summers of 2010 and 2011, Fall, 2017 and Spring 2019.