Kenneth Cushner

Board Member, Communications Committee

Kenneth 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.  Ken is a Founding Fellow, Past-President and currently the Executive Director 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 including: Teacher as Traveler: Enhancing the Intercultural Competence of Teachers and Students (2018), Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide (2nd ed., 1996) and Human Diversity in Education: An Intercultural Approach (11th ed., forthcoming 2025).  He has traveled with young people and teachers on all seven continents. Since retiring from Kent State University, Ken has consulted with such organizations as ECIS, a network of 400+ international schools in 90 countries; NAFSA: Association of Intercultural Educators; has instituted a professional development program for teachers in a Massai community school in northern Tanzania, and teaches with Semester at Sea, directing Teachers at Sea in the summers of 2010 and 2011, serving as the Intercultural Specialist on the Fall 2017 and Spring 2019 voyages, and directing the Global Studies course on the Spring 2022 and Spring 2024 voyages. 

He has been associated with Givat Haviva since 2019, and is excited to be serve on the FOGH board.