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R.Michael Paige
Professor of International and Intercultural Education
R. Michael Paige, Professor of International and Intercultural Education,
coordinates the Comparative and International Development Program in the
Department of Educational Policy and Administration. He has been on the
faculty since 1977 and for the first 16 years at Minnesota served as the
Associate Director for the Office of International Education (now the International
Student and Scholar Services). He has been an intercultural educator and
trainer since 1968 when he began working with the U.S. Peace Corps on their
cross-cultural training.
Holder of two Distinguished Teaching awards in the College of Education
and Human Development, Professor Paige has worked with CARLA for six years
co-directing and directing a variety of projects related to Language and
Culture Learning initiatives. His efforts have resulted in two CARLA working
papers, a culture teaching manual for teachers of Spanish and Portuguese,
and (with Andrew Cohen, James Lassegard, and Julie Chi ) three volumes
on culture and language learning strategies for students, teachers, and
study abroad advisors. His team has also conducted a research project on
levels of intercultural development and language/culture learning experiences.
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Education
- Ph.D. in Education, Stanford University, 1978.
- M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University, 1976.
- M.A. in History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1969.
- B.A. in History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965.
Experience
| 1992-present: |
Associate Professor, Comparative International Development
Education Program, Department of Educational Policy and Administration,
University of Minnesota. |
| 1977-1982: |
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and
Instruction and Assistant Director, International Student Advisor's Office,
University of Minnesota. |
| 1973-1977: |
Acting Director, Souteast Asian Development Education
Program, Stanford University |
| 1965-1972: |
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and Cross-Cultural Trainer
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Selected Publications
Lange, D. L. & Paige, R. M. (Eds.) (2003). Culture as the core:
Perspectives in second language education. Greenwich, CT: Information
Age Publishing.
Paige, R.M., Jacobs-Cassuto, M., Yershova, Y. A. & DeJaeghere, J. (2003).
Assessing intercultural sensitivity: An empirical 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.
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 students' 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 coordinators' 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.
Paige, R. M. (Ed.) (1986). Cross-cultural orientation: New conceptualizations
and applications. Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America.
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