Intercultural and Global Competence

Dr. Darla K. Deardorff is an internationally recognized expert in intercultural competence, global education, and internationalization of higher education. She is the chairholder of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Intercultural Competence at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, is a research fellow at Duke University, and holds several other faculty appointments at universities around the world including in Japan, China, and Canada. She is also a former faculty member at Harvard University's Global Education Think Tank and Future of Learning Institute and served as executive director of the Association of International Education Administrators for nineteen years. She specializes in intercultural competence and training, intercultural assessment and evaluation, teacher/faculty preparation and development, curriculum internationalization, and global leadership, and is regularly invited to speak around the world on these topics. She consults with organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), UNESCO, World Bank, and International Baccalaureate Organization. The founding president of the World Council in Global and Intercultural Competence, she is author and editor of 14 books and over 80 book chapters and articles. She holds a masters and doctorate from North Carolina State University and can be reached on LinkedIn.