Dr Amy McHugh
Dr. Amy McHugh serves as an Academic Facilitator at the National Centre for Cultural Competence, where she fosters subtle yet impactful shifts in existing mindsets through her thoughtful, dynamic, and flexible facilitation and presentation style. She encourages others to engage thoughtfully and creatively with the Centre's ethos, strongly advocating for the idea that there are multiple ways of knowing, being, and doing. This belief is reflected in her dissertation on reconceptualizing intercultural competence as a co-constructed and situated achievement.
intercultural/cultural competence, interculturality, online learning, intercultural communication, social justice, motivation, artificial intelligence
Amy facilitates workshops for both staff and students at the University of Sydney, and is the unit coordinator for the centres OLE: The Fundamentals of Cultural Competence. Amy also teaches online courses to undergraduate and graduate students in intercultural communication for the State University of New York at Oswego.
Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research (SIETAR)
International Communication Association (ICA)
Diversity Council Australia (DCA)
Belgium | (University of Antwerp) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Our students (both taking classes in intercultural communication) work together on collaborative projects. |
China | (Shantou University) Created a co-taught course in intercultural communication/culture studies with colleagues from Shantou University and the University of Calgary. |
Japan | (Kansai University) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Our students (both taking classes in intercultural communication) worked together on a collaborative project. |
Mexico | (TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Our students (one group taking a class in strategic communication in business, the others in public speaking) worked together on collaborative projects. |
Mexico | (Universidad de Monterrey) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Our students (one group taking a course in intercultural communication, the other in English composition) worked together on a collaborative project. |
Netherlands | (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences / Hogeschool van Amsterdam) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Our students (one group taking a class in intercultural communication, the other in cultural intelligence) work together on collaborative projects. |
Publications
Book Chapters
- McHugh-Cole, A., Simons, R., Russell, G. (2020). Creating Effective Cultural Competence Workshops for Australian Higher Education Staff. In Jack Frawley, Tran Nguyen, & Emma Sarian (Eds.), Transforming Lives and Systems: Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Interface, (pp. 9-19). Singapore: Springer Nature. [More Information]
Conferences
- Paul, M., McHugh-Cole, A. (2023). “Walking the cultural competence talk”: how educator’s professional identity influences cultural competence teaching and learning. Management and Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society (MOBTS) Oceania Conference, Sydney, Australia: Management and Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society (MOBTS). [More Information]
- McHugh, A., Russell, G., Gabrielle, S., Simons, R. (2018). Cultural competence: a key component for training global citizens. 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'18), Valencia: Editorial Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. [More Information]
Research Reports
- McHugh, A., Paul, M., Young-Ferris, A., Vale, C., Sarago, L. (2024). Walking Together: Education Guide for the Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series. The University of Sydney Business School, Australia: The University of Sydney Business School. [More Information]
2024
- McHugh, A., Paul, M., Young-Ferris, A., Vale, C., Sarago, L. (2024). Walking Together: Education Guide for the Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series. The University of Sydney Business School, Australia: The University of Sydney Business School. [More Information]
2023
- Paul, M., McHugh-Cole, A. (2023). “Walking the cultural competence talk”: how educator’s professional identity influences cultural competence teaching and learning. Management and Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society (MOBTS) Oceania Conference, Sydney, Australia: Management and Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society (MOBTS). [More Information]
2020
- McHugh-Cole, A., Simons, R., Russell, G. (2020). Creating Effective Cultural Competence Workshops for Australian Higher Education Staff. In Jack Frawley, Tran Nguyen, & Emma Sarian (Eds.), Transforming Lives and Systems: Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Interface, (pp. 9-19). Singapore: Springer Nature. [More Information]
2018
- McHugh, A., Russell, G., Gabrielle, S., Simons, R. (2018). Cultural competence: a key component for training global citizens. 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'18), Valencia: Editorial Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2017
- Understanding of aged care - a global learning experience, Du Toit S, Barton R, Chapparo C, McHugh A, Dylke E, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant