Carrie Cameron, Ph.D.
Consultant and Professor, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
Carrie Cameron is a consultant and educator in cross-cultural communication with more than 25 years experience working internationally and interculturally. She has consulted with leading companies in energy, healthcare, air transportation, aerospace and space technology, as well as with universities and government institutions. Her global skills expertise builds on field research working in places as diverse as Russia, Paraguay, Germany, Japan, Hungary, Chile, Brazil, and Mexico.
Carrie is a faculty member of The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, with joint appointments at the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the UT School of Public Health, where, among her other contributions, she works with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to develop scientific communication skills and intercultural teamwork skills. She served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in this capacity in Santiago, Chile, in 2009, and in Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 2013. She is a University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor, a member of the UT Academy of Health Sciences Education, and was awarded the UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012.
She is past president and founding member of the Houston chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research.
Carrie received her B.A. in Russian language from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, with additional studies at Leningrad State University. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University in Houston and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cross-cultural communication styles at Rice.
Co-author of Cultural Detective Russia