2025-26 University Bulletin

Educator Preparation and Leadership

April Regester
Chair and Associate Professor
Ph.D. , University of California - Santa Barbara

Charles Granger
Curators' Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Rebecca Rogers
Curators’ Distinguished Research Professor and E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Tutorial Education
Ph.D., University of Albany-SUNY

Marvin W. Berkowitz
Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education
Ph.D., Wayne State University

Miriam Jorge
Dr. Allen B. and Mrs. Helen S. Shopmaker Endowed Professor for Education in collaboration with Springboard to Learning
Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Jerome E. Morris
E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Urban Education in Conjunction with St. Louis Public Schools
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Michael V. Smith
E. Desmond Lee and Family Fund Endowed Professor in Music Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Nancy Singer
Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Lindsay Athamanah
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Natalie Bolton
Associate Professor and Director of Quality Assurance
Ph.D. , University of Louisville

Amber Candela
Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Support
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Vanessa Garry
Associate Professor
Ph.D. , University of Missouri - St. Louis

Shea Kerkhoff
Associate Professor
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Timothy Makubuya
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Alina Slapac
Associate Professor
Ed.D., University of Northern Iowa

Andresa De Souza
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Omaha

Magen Rooney-Kron
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Phyllis Balcerzak
Associate Teaching Professor
Ph.D. , Kent State University

Martille Elias
Associate Teaching Professor
Ph.D.
University of Missouri - Columbia

Jennifer Fisher
Associate Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis
Art and Design

Katherine O'Daniels
Associate Teaching Professor
Ed.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Julie Smith Sodey
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Teacher Education
Ed.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Lynn Navin
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Tom Stephens
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ed.D., St. Louis University

Thomas E. Jordan
Curators' Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., Indiana University

Lloyd I. Richardson, Jr.
Curators' Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. , Vanderbilt Univeristy

Bruce A. Clark
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Thomas J. Loughrey
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Virginia L. Navarro
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Washington University

Charles G. Smith
Associate Professor Emeritus and Athletic Director Emeritus
M.S., Washington University

Gwendolyn Turner
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., University of Arkansas

Gayle A. Wilkinson
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

George J. Yard
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Saint Louis University

Richard Burnett
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., Indiana University

Charles J. Fazzaro
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., West Virginia University

Kathleen Haywood
Professors Emeriti
Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

E. Louis Lankford
Professors Emeriti
Ph.D., Florida State University

Wendy Saul
Professors Emeriti
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Helene J. Sherman
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis

Kim Song
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Paul D. Travers
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., George Peabody College

Harold E. Turner
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., George Peabody College

Douglas Turpin
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., Washington University

Cathy Vatterott
Professors Emeriti
Ph.D., Saint Louis University

Huber Walsh
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., University of California-Los Angeles

Jane Zeni
Professors Emeriti
Ed.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis