The Ethics of Cultural Competence in Higher Education (PDF)

Bev Burnell is an associate professor in counselor education at the State University of New York (SUNY), Plattsburgh, New York. She also serves as the employee assistance coordinator for the campus. She teaches graduate students in the department's three nationally accredited counseling programs, has served as the counselor education department chairperson, and as coordinator for the Student Affairs Professional Practice program. Some of her areas of professional focus have been student affairs practice in higher education, college students and environments, professional roles and identity, ethical practice, cultural competence, and transition processes for students with disabilities. Dr. Burnell has been an active contributor to the design and coordinates the graduate programs in teacher education and counselor education. She also coordinates the accreditation process for the Counselor Education Department. Dr. Burnell began her education career as a secondary mathematics teacher and worked for many years as a counselor in higher education settings.

Heidi Schnackenberg is a professor in educational technology in SUNY Plattsburg's Teacher Education Unit and is coordinator of the masters of science in education programs. She currently teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes on the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in the P-12 classroom, social issues in education, ethical issues in educational technology, and childhood education courses as a member of one of the faculty cohorts in the BS program in childhood education. She previously taught in the graduate educational technology program at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, and worked as an instructional designer for both Intel and Motorola corporations. Her various research interests include the integration of technology into pedagogical practices, the legal and ethical implications of western technologies on non-western and third wo