Author: Basma Ibrahim DeVries

"Basma Ibrahim DeVries, PhD, is associate professor of communication studies at Concordia University–St. Paul, Minnesota, where she specializes in teaching intercultural, interpersonal and theory and research communication courses, facilitating campus-wide intercultural/diversity sessions and integrating service-learning into the curriculum. Basma regularly presents at academic and intercultural training conferences, has won faculty development grants for her work every year since 2001 and, in 2007, was the recipient of the annual Concordia University Faculty Award for Service Learning. Basma is Egyptian-American and has spent much time traveling and living in Egypt, Europe and the U.S. and leading annual student travel and service-learning groups to Egypt, Mexico and Russia. In addition to teaching, Basma trains and consults on intercultural topics with corporate, educational and community clients and facilitates workshops, simulation activities and sessions on a variety of communication topics. Throughout 2009, Basma was a featured speaker on Egypt in the 21st Century for the Foreign Policy Institute’s Great Decisions series. Basma recently completed a five-year term on the national board of SIETAR-USA (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research), is chair of SIETAR-USA’s Oral History Project Committee, is founder and coordinator of SIETAR–Minnesota and is a member of the Egyptian American Society, NCA (National Communication Association) and several other professional and cultural organizations. "