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About the Multicultural Teaching Scholars Program

Multicultural Teaching Scholars serve as full-time instructors who teach or co-teach a course during one of MU’s summer sessions. They also serve as ambassadors to the MU experience.

2008 Multicultural Teaching Scholars

Marlon Moore

  • University of Florida
  • Sponsoring Departments: English, Women's and Gender Studies

Tehia Starker

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Sponsoring Department: Educational, School and Counseling Psychology

Dr. Maryanne Williams

  • Chicago School of Professional Psychology
  • Sponsoring Department: Psychological Sciences

The MTS Program Creates Opportunities

  • Increases an academic program’s ability to recruit members of under-represented groups to MU during the summer
  • Prepares MU graduate and undergraduate students for the future by presenting them with faculty more representative of the diversity of American society

Who Are the Multicultural Teaching Scholars?

  • Non-Mizzou doctoral candidates or professors with less than three years of experience
  • Committed to providing high-quality, diverse educational opportunities to students
  • Looking for a unique opportunity to create and instruct a class based on their teaching philosophy, experience and educational objective within their field
  • U.S. citizens or permanent residents who contribute to the diversity goals of the University

Why should academic programs participate in the MTS Program?

  • Provides a new opportunity for academic programs to recruit under-represented applicants
  • The cost of the program is funded by the International Programs and Faculty Development Office and the MU Graduate School

Why should scholars participate in MTS?

  • Enhance your curriculum vitae
  • Establish contacts for possible future positions.
  • Improve your teaching skills.
  • Earn an attractive stipend.

The MTS Program is sponsored by the International Programs and Faculty Development Office and the MU Graduate School.