School of International Studies

Faculty and Administration

Janet Bennett, Executive Director of the Intercultural Communication Institute; Director of the MAIR Program; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1985: Speech Communication.

Milton Bennett, Co-Director of the Intercultural Communication Institute and ICI Director of Graduate Studies; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1976: Speech Communication.

LaRay Barna, Associate Professor Emerita, Portland State University, Portland Oregon; M.S., Portland State University, 1970: Speech Communication.

Laura Bathurst, Academic Director of MAIR, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, School of International Studies, University of the Pacific; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2005: Sociocultural Anthropology.

Karen Coleman, Program Associate of MAIR, the Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon; B.A., University of Puget Sound, 1991: International Affairs and French.

Steven R. Dowd, Director of Finances, the Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon; M.A., University of California, Davis, 1974: Organizational Communication

Katrina Alison Jaggears, Associate Director of MAIR and Lecturer in General Education, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California; M.L.A., Stanford University, 2000: Interdisciplinary Social Science.

Bruce La Brack, Professor of Anthropology and International Studies Emeritus, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1980: Interdisciplinary Social Science and Anthropology.

Judith Martin, Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1980: Speech Communication.

Adair Linn Nagato, Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan; Ph.D., Fielding Graduate University, 2002: Human Development.

Joyce Osland, Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, California; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1990: Organizational Behavior.

Michael Osmera, Adjunct Professor, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990: Anthropology.

Margaret D. Pusch, Associate Director of the Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon; M.A., Antioch University, 2004: Individualized Liberal and Professional Studies Program.

Nagesh Rao, Associate Professor, Communication, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994: Intercultural Communication.

George Renwick, President, Renwick and Associates (international consulting firm), Carefree, Arizona; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1994: International Relations.

Barbara F. Schaetti, Principal, Transition Dynamics and Senior Associate, The Crestone Institute, Seattle, Washington; Ph.D., The Union Institute, 2000: Intercultural Communications.

Phyllis Thompson, Writer and Teacher; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1974: Medieval Studies.

Francisca Trujillo-Dalbey, Consultant, Trainer, and Cross-Cultural Mediator; Ph.D., Portland State University, 2006: Urban Studies.

Kent Warren, Director of Graduate Programs, the Intercultural Communication Institute; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1974; Speech Communication.

Valerie White, Ombudsman, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon; M.A., Antioch University, Seattle, 1993; Whole Systems Design; doctoral candidate, University of Washington.

Kathleen Wong, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2007: Intercultural Communication.

Muneo Yoshikawa, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii System; Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1980; American Studies.