ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses issues related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education, specifically for purpose of awakening a social justice approach to intercultural competence in academic advisor professional development and training. It shows how intercultural learning can move the reader from monocultural and monological perspectives toward the multiple and plurilogical. The chapter proposes intercultural competence training using the Deardorff framework, with an additional action dimension. Intercultural awareness and competencies are integral to academic advising. Because of its dynamic and evolving nature, intercultural competency is a complex construct. In addition to self- and institutional knowledge and comprehension, developing or enhancing specific skills is vital to intercultural competence process. Advisors who practice intercultural competence with an action toward social justice lens have the capacity to create community spaces that invite cultural diversity. Training coordinators and participants can use existing frameworks and tools to learn more about their own beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and identities and to identify areas for improvement.
