Dr. Su-Ann Tan is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of Dr Culture Shift, an education and training consultancy that delivers cross-cultural and intercultural competency programs for individuals and organisations working across diverse cultural contexts. She is also an Adjunct Academic at The University of Queensland, Australia, where she teaches in the School of Communication and Arts.
Su-Ann holds a PhD in Intercultural Communication and Cross-cultural Psychology, as well as an Honours degree in Intercultural Communication, and Bachelor’s Degree in Organisational Communication from The University of Queensland, Australia.
Su-Ann has 20 years’ experience in the international education sector, having held senior leadership positions including Director of the Southeast Asia Office for the Australian National University (ANU) at the Australian High Commission in Singapore, Director of Communications and Outreach at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU, a number of Regional Manager (Asia Pacific markets) roles in leading Australian institutions. Su-Ann’s professional expertise spans strategic partnerships, international engagement, and designing innovative educational programs to enhance cross-cultural understanding and adaptation.
Her work focuses on acculturation, expectancy violations, cross-cultural adaptation, international student experiences, and the development of cross-cultural competence frameworks. She is passionate about fostering intercultural understanding by building cultural intelligence, aligning expectations, and enhancing intercultural communication.
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Su-Ann Tan is the author of KC115: Cross-Cultural Adaptation.
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