Stephanie Allen-Adams is a cross-cultural training consultant who is a frequent speaker at state, local, and national conferences. She is an expert in the area of cultural senstivity and an enthusiastic globetrotter who has lived abroad, and traveled extensively.      

With a background in psychology, sociology, and education, Stephanie has a clear understanding of human behavior and therefore brings a wealth of experience and expertise. She has the ability to ease tensions and diffuse emotions that can sometimes become an issue in the workplace, especially among individuals with differing cultures, customs, values, and beliefs. By providing a forum for friendly, non-threatening discussion, she helps individuals attain the skills, knowledge, expertise, and sensitivity to successfully maneuver through the maze of conflicts and misunderstandings that can arise at work.

For much of her career, Stephanie has been committed to helping teachers, corporate workers, and service providers, who have been faced with the challenges of providing education, business relations, and health care services to individuals with limited English language skills and those from cultures and backgrounds that are different from their own.    

In addition to her work as a training consultant, Stephanie also serves as Adjunct Lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas where she teaches a graduate level course on cultural understanding. The course focuses on the impact of the student's own culture, attitudes, values, and beliefs, which can go a long way in helping them to understand and respect families from diverse backgrounds while utilizing culturally-appropriate practices. Students acquire the listening and observation skills, and the cultural competence to build partnerships with families of diverse cultures and linguistic backgrounds.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Loyola University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, a Teaching Certification from The Midwest Montessori Teacher's Training Institute in Evanston, Illinois, and a Master's of Education from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

She is the author of "A Magnificent Exchange...Two Years in the Life of an American Family in Japan" and has been a contributing writer for Global Woman, a magazine dedicated to the exploration of customs, cultures, values and beliefs of women of all nationalities. 

Stephanie has served on numerous community boards and holds memberships in The Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth and The Plano Chamber of Commerce.

In her spare time she enjoys traveling, practing yoga, reading, and singing and playing guitar.