Key Players

Co-Directors

Marvin W. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education, UMSL

Melinda C. Bier, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

Advisor

Wolfgang Althof, Ph.D.
(Retired, Teresa M. Fischer Endowed Professor of Citizenship Education, UMSL)

Research Team

Satabdi, Samtani, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Christopher Funk, Ph.D.
Research Associate

Eboni Sterling

Margaret (Meg) Cloud

Margaret (Maggie) Speck-Kern

Center Staff

Beatrice Shivers, M.B.A.
Program/Project Support Coordinator

Deborah Sanders O'Reilly, M.B.A.
Center Coordinator

Sandra I. Diamond, M.Ed.
Project Director, Kids Voting Missouri
Citizenship Education Clearing House(CECH)

Henry C. Waterford Jr.
Media Producer/Graphic Design

J. Travis Schmidt
Administrative Assistant