Preparing Students for Success in a Multicultural World: Faculty Advisement and Intercultural Communication
U.S. academic advisors are challenged to adapt to the educational needs of a culturally diverse student body. They are expected to prepare advisees for success in a multicultural, multilingual world. Presented are key findings from counseling, advisement, and intercultural communication literature that are associated with multicultural competence, including the academic and modeling role of the advisor. The authors also provide a promising conceptual framework of standards that can guide advisors who want to increase their multicultural communication advisement competence and who want to create a more systematic and comprehensive approach to expanding multicultural advisement scholarship.
Contributor Notes
Myrna M. Cornett-DeVito is associate professor of communications and academic advisor at Emporia State University. Her scholarly and consulting activities focus on intercultural communication, and she teaches intercultural communication and multicultural intensive interpersonal communication. She has been active on campus-wide committees that foster multicultural curriculum enrichment, minority student retention, and international affairs. Interested readers can contact Dr. Cornett-DeVito at cornettm@emporia.edu.
Kenna J. Reeves is instructor of communication and an academic advisor at Emporia State University. She is an active member of NACADA and has been a presenter at state, regional, and national conferences. She was a 1994 recipient of NACADA's Outstanding Advisor Award. She teaches courses in public speaking, nonverbal communication, and multicultural intensive interpersonal communication.
