Cultural differences are everywhere. Understanding these differences is now a basic life skill for all of us, not just for missionaries or world travelers. This book offers a brief, critical overview ...

Differences in culture contribute to the rich vibrancy of America's own unique culture. These differences can present challenges in the workplace, however. People's communication styles and ways of ...

Culture determines so much about how people do things that it's easy to forget you have a culture at all. The American approach to business can seem like second nature, but if you're doing business ...

For a long time now, the United States has been a place where different people, styles, and cultures have mixed and fused. This country is a melting pot, essentially. This “melting pot” has allowed ...

Cultural appropriation vs. cultural appreciation — the difference can be tricky. So, let's talk about it. Sometimes the line can be blurry when regarding both terms, and most people find themselves in ...

Since antiquity, people have speculated about why it is that people in different parts of the world have different customs, rules, habits, and psychological tendencies. Indeed, if you’ve traveled ...

Adam Alharbi, 44, is an engineer for the Department of Commerce. He’s running for Hamtramck mayor to improve the place he’s ...

Written by Urvi Mange, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala. Dementia is a blanket term used to define a syndrome whose underlying cause is a disease in the ...

Among the 1,232 courses currently offered for Fall 2020, 41 will count towards the new “Culture and Difference” (CD) distribution requirement announced last spring. The new requirement, which will go ...

A few years ago I (David Smith) was in New Zealand leading a workshop for teachers. The topics I was addressing included intercultural learning. The first morning seemed to go well, but as the session ...