International Education/Studies Research Area:
The contemporary and historical understanding of global societies, cultures, languages and systems of government and of the complex relationships between them that shape the world we live in’
Published Faculty:
Miriam Jorge, Ph.D.
Allen B. and Helen S. Shopmaker Endowed Professor
Shea Kerkhoff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kerkhoff utilizes mixed methods to investigate critical, digital,
and global literacies. Her work has been published in Teaching and
Teacher Education, Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal,
and Reading Research Quarterly. She taught high school English for
seven years, including North Carolina and District of Columbia Public Schools.
William C. Kyle, Jr., Ph.D.
E. Desmond Lee Family Professor of Science Education
Bill Kyle is the E. Desmond Lee Family Professor of Science Education. He received a BS in Biology from LeMoyne College (Syracuse, NY) and a MS and PhD in Science Education from The University of Iowa. Prior to joining the UM-St. Louis faculty in 1996, Professor Kyle taught middle and high school science in New York and Iowa and between 1982 and 1996 he served as a faculty member at the University of Texas - Arlington, University of Connecticut, and Purdue University. Bill served as the Executive Director of NARST from April 2007 through December 2018. Presently, he serves as a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovation and Transformative STEM Education, h...
Virginia L. Navarro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus
Virginia Navarro, Associate Professor in the Department of Educator Preparation, Innovation & Research at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, received her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Washington University in 1994. A former high school English and journalism teacher in both public and private schools, Dr. Navarro came to St. Louis from Chicago to complete a Masters in Teaching (in English) at Washington University and decided to put down roots in St. Louis raising four children with her husband of 45 years who now serves on the faculty in the College of Business. Her partial retirement plans include spending more time with their six delightful grandchildren.
