Melinda (Mindy) Bier, Ph.D., is the Theresa M. Fischer Professor of Citizenship Education and Co-Director of the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Center for Character and Citizenship (CCC). With support from the Kern Family Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, and Templeton World Charities Foundation, Bier has been investigating a virtue-based model of servant leadership that promotes the health and healing of adults and children in schools. Bier is co-author of What Works in Character Education (WWCE), an ongoing series of interdisciplinary literature reviews aimed at establishing an evidence base for the practice of character education in K-12 schools. WWCE findings have been translated into models of professional development and graduate school courses. Bier and a group of international colleagues have been investigating how implementation expertise and cultural adaptation of this programming can be effectively supported and assessed.
Program Involvement
EdD - Advance Scholarship and Practice in Educational Leadership
(K-12) EdD - Educational Leadership for Character and Citizenship
Affiliations
Center for Character and Citizenship Center for Character and CItizenship
Youth Empowerment in Action
Centers and Grants
Teresa M. Fischer Endowed Professor for Citizenship Education
