Lynne M. Walters, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University. She teaches in the area of international and intercultural education, and research methodology. She joined the College o
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Lynne M. Walters, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University. She teaches in the area of international and intercultural education, and research methodology. She joined the College of Education after serving as director of the International Studies Degree Program, an interdisciplinary major in the College of Liberal Arts. This appointment reflects her interest in international education, as does her Fulbright Fellowship to Budapest, Hungary, in 1994-1995; four summers (1996-2000) directing the Texas A&M Mexico City study abroad program; four terms as faculty on Semester at Sea and participation in the International Education Administrators Fulbright Seminar in Germany in 2003. In June 2010, Dr. Walters and 13 Texas middle and high school social studies explored Chinese education, culture, history, personality and terrain, as participants in the five-week Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad China Seminar.
Dr. Walters’ research focuses on issues related to intercultural competence. She currently is conducting a study on pre and in-service teachers intercultural sensitivity, and the impact of cross-cultural and international experiences on classroom teaching. She is certified by the Intercultural Communication Institute to administer and analyze the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), which she frequently uses in her work.
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