COE Faculty Profile

Kent A. Farnsworth, Ph.D.
Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor of Community College Leadership
Community College President in Residence
Division of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Kent A. Farnsworth (Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor) serves as Community College President in Residence and Endowed Professor of Community College Leadership for the University of Missouri – St. Louis. His Bachelor of Arts degree is in Political Science from Brigham Young University, and he holds Master of Arts degrees in International Relations from California State University – Sacramento, and in Guidance and Counseling from Truman State University. His Doctorate is in Mass Communication from the University of Iowa.

Dr. Farnsworth joined the University faculty after twenty-nine years of higher education
administrative and leadership service – nineteen as President of Crowder College in
Missouri. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for the American Association
of Community Colleges and past Chair of the Missouri State Humanities Council. He has
received the National CEO Leadership Award from the American Association of
Community College Trustees and in 1989 was named one of “America’s
Transformational Leaders in Higher Education” by the League for Innovation. In 2003,
Dr. Farnsworth received the Warner Kubsch Award from Community Colleges for
International Development, for Outstanding Achievement in International Education.

Dr. Farnsworth directs the UM-St. Louis Center for International Community College Education and Leadership (CICCEL) and the Community College Leadership Academy. He is a nationally recognize speaker on community college leadership, and on globalize the curriculum. Research and writing interests include community college leadership, international community college development, and globalizing community college campuses and curricula.

• Achievement
• Administration
• At-Risk Students
• Community Colleges
• International Education/Studies
• Postsecondary Education