Dr. Milton Bennett is the co-founder and a director of the Intercultural Communication Institute. He was an associate professor of communication at Portland State University, where for 15 years he taught communication theory and intercultural communication. Subsequently he became a trainer and consultant in domestic and global diversity for university faculty, corporate managers and executives, and other folks in the public and private sectors. He has edited and contributed to a synthesis of classic intercultural theory, Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication; generated the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) and co-developed a measurement of it, the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI); and co-edited and contributed to the 3rd edition of the Handbook of Intercultural Training. Following his life-long interest in the philosophy of science, Milton currently generates new theory and research through the Intercultural Development Research Institute, which operates in the U.S. and Europe.