Kris Acheson-Clair
Director, CILMAR, Purdue University, USA
Bio
Kris Acheson-Clair, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR) at Purdue University, Indiana, USA and holds a courtesy faculty appointment in the Brian Lamb School of Communication within the College of Liberal Arts. Her responsibilities include overseeing the strategic planning for CILMAR, management of Intercultural Learning Specialists and their projects, and providing intercultural research support.
Perhaps best known in intercultural learning (ICL) circles for her article on representing the Intercultural Development Continuum as a pendulum and for her scholarly work with the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory, Kris has also published book chapters and journal articles on a variety of topics including the meaning of silence, emotion labor (emotional labour), and the assessment of ICL in study abroad. In 2019-2020, Kris secured nearly a million dollars in grants to fund her research and that of her collaborators.