• Practical Pronunciation Strategies YouTube Channel

• Today's English in the World Blog

• Doctor of Philosophy, Comparative Literature, emphasis in Drama, Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

• Master of Arts, Drama, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

• Master of Arts, Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

• Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

• Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

• Study Abroad in Spanish Philology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona

• Launched and directed the first U.S.-based academic program in the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2018 (with a current annual enrollment of 1,800+ students) in the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, leading to the foundation of the first U.S.-based university in Central Asia in 2019 (Webster University Tashkent)

• Recipient of two Fulbright Grants to Uruguay (2016 & 2025) and selected for three English Language Specialist projects for the U.S. Department of State for Honduras (2020 & 2024) and Brazil (2021)

• Recipient of four Faculty Research Grants supplied by Webster University for projects involving research in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, and Uruguay. 

• Project Director and primary writer for a $2.7 million federal National Professional Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education (2017-2023) - Project title: Increasing Teacher Capacity through Communities of Practice to Serve English Learners

• Co-Principal Investigator and a primary writer for a $1.4 million National Science Foundation Scholars grant (2023–2028) with the title Webster Educating STEM Teachers Bound for Success (WESTbound Success) and a $124,000 National Science Foundation Noyce Capacity-Building grant (2019-2020) with the title Laying the Groundwork for Dual-degree Pathways for Educating STEM Teachers Bound for Success

• Selected as a member of the 2014 Global Leadership Academy cohort at Webster University (including training sessions in St. Louis, MO; Kansas City, MO; and Leiden, Netherlands)

• Grant work in partnership with K-12 School Districts:  On the partnership team for The Culturally Responsive Instruction for English Learners Project (Webster University in Kansas City and Kansas City Public Schools; 2012-2017; $1.9 million National Professional Development grant from the Department of Education) and on the partnership team for Math Success for ELLs (St. Louis Public Schools, Webster University, Pearson Education, the Center for Applied Linguistics, the International Institute, and the Magic House; 2011-2013; Missouri state grant)

• International experience presenting at conferences, giving seminars, conducting research, and consulting in more than a dozen countries, including Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, Macau SAR, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Egypt.

Special Note

The web addresses below are the original web addresses at which these stories could be found.  Some links may have since changed or pages removed, but the following represents stories that have included mentions of DJ Kaiser.

2020s

• Professor Kaiser Completes a Fulbright Project in Uruguay <https://news.webster.edu/2026/kaiser-fulbright-2026.php> (March 2026)

• Celebrating Our Midwest Heartland Alumni: From America to the World <https://elprograms.org/story/celebrating-our-midwest-heartland-alumni-from-america-to-the-world> (February 2026)

• DJ Kaiser Awarded Fulbright Grant to Help Train Remote Teachers of English in South America <https://news.webster.edu/2025/kaiser-fulbright-grant.php> (September 2025)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Chaudhuri, Corrigan, Fan, Gaal, Kaiser, Muyco-Tobin, Werfelmann, Yuasa <https://news.webster.edu/2024/f-s-highlights-11-21-24.php> (November 2024)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Carter, Curtis, Hoover, Kaiser, Li, Werfelmann <https://news.webster.edu/2024/f-s-highlights-6-17-24.php> (June 2024)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Assner-Alvey, Chekoudhian, Colleti, Green, Kaiser, Nomikos <https://news.webster.edu/2023/f-s-highlights-12-4-23.php> (December 2023)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Carter, Fyfe, Lee-Johnson, Hoover, Plamer, and More <https://news.webster.edu/2023/f-s-highlights-11-14-23.php> (November 2023)

• Webster University Awards First WESTbound Success Scholarship <https://news.webster.edu/2023/first-westbound-scholarship-23.php> (October 2023)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Kaiser, Mansouri, and Zhang [CamTESOL presentation] <https://news.webster.edu/2023/f-s-highlights-kaiser-mansouri-zhang.php> (March 2023)

• Faculty and Staff Highlights: Ćosić, Gregg, Kaiser, and Smith [Keynote address] <https://news.webster.edu/2023/f-s-highlights-cosic-gregg-kaiser-smith.php> (March 2023)

• Webster University Receives $1.4 Million National Science Foundation Grant to Prepare More STEM Teachers <https://news.webster.edu/2023/noyce_nsf_grant_2023.php> (February 2023)

• Faculty Highlights: Carter, Christeson, Hoover and Kaiser <https://news.webster.edu/2022/f-s-highlights-carter-christeson-hoover-kaiser.php> (January 2023)

• News Around Webster: Kaiser, Ćosić and Geraghty-Rathert <https://news.webster.edu/2022/news-around-webster-kaiser-cosic-rathert.php> (December 2022)

• Armstrong Teasdale Celebrates 2022 Inclusion Week, Recognizes Alumnus Steven Cousins with Groundbreaker Award <https://www.armstrongteasdale.com/news/armstrong-teasdale-celebrates-2022-inclusion-week-recognizes-alumnus-steven-cousins-with-groundbreaker-award/> (November 2022)

• ELT & Academia: The Morning Break with Graham Stanley <https://teacherstalkradio.podbean.com/e/elt-academia-the-morning-break-with-graham-stanley/> (November 2022; Live radio conversation on The Morning Break available as a podcast)

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences Launches GELT Institute <https://news.webster.edu/2022/college-humanities-social-sciences-gelt-institute-tesol.php> (August 2022)

• Kaiser Named Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs <https://news.webster.edu/2022/kaiser_named_avp.php> (July 2022)

• $2.7 Million TESL Program Grant Expected to Exceed Goals <https://news.webster.edu/2022/tesl_grant_exceeds_expectations.php> (May 2022)

• Webster University Earns CAEP Accreditation for Nearly Two Dozen Education Programs <https://news.webster.edu/2022/caep_accreditation_2022.php> (May 2022)

• International Conference on Creativity, English Language Teaching Held at Tashkent Campus <https://news.webster.edu/2022/tashkent-tesl-international-conference.php> (April 2022)

• Webster U DE&I Conference Delves into Community Inequities <https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/webster-u-de-i-conference-delves-into-community-inequities/article_8aa46100-94c9-11ec-a432-bbc258e44ec3.html> (February 2022)

• Webster Tashkent Holds 2021 Graduate Student Commencement <https://news.webster.edu/2022/tashkent-graduate-student-commencement.php> (January 2022)

• Home is where the office is: A look at 8 cool St. Louis work-from-home spaces <https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/home-is-where-the-office-is-a-look-at-8-cool-st-louis-work-from/article_bf1e9bd9-6846-52df-85e8-7cc76a3989a6.html> (October 2021)

• DJ Kaiser Selected for a Second State Department Education Project <https://news.webster.edu/2021/kaiser-state-department-education-brazil.php> (April 2021)

• Faculty News and Research <https://news.webster.edu/2021/naw-research-education-kaiser-stiles-lee-johnson-song.php> (March 2021)

• You Can't Replicate an In-Person Classroom Online, or Can You...? The MR/TR Framework (virtual presentation as an English Language Specialist through the U.S. Department of State) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSIb9onVNU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78yY2Df6dUk&t=3s> (December 2020)

• Taking a Digital Inventory to Maximize Remote Instruction and Plan for Challenges (virtual presentation as an English Language Specialist through the U.S. Department of State) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNTe8MIlBBo&t=156s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stvfZVWfdnY&t=7s> (December 2020)

• DJ Kaiser Selected for a State Department Education Project <http://devnews.webster.edu/2020/kaiser-state-department-project-honduras.php> (November 2020)

• Kaiser's Historic Home Profiled <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2020/in-news-votes-chess-cooper-kaiser.html> (October 2020)

• Newlyweds begin next chapter of their lives in rehabbed Tower Grove East home <https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/newlyweds-begin-next-chapter-of-their-lives-in-rehabbed-tower-grove-east-home/article_371f719d-3235-5c55-b5c0-d90484873f4c.html> (September 2020)

• TESL Program Receives National Recognition from TESOL <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2020/tesl-receives-national-recognition-from-tesol.html> (April 2020)

• Webster at Home: Four-legged friend Friday (featuring Tippi) <http://news.webster.edu/webster-life/2020/webster-at-home-four-legged-friend-friday.html> (April 2020)

• Kaiser on Multiple Topics at Medium <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2020/in-news-stiles-psychology-children-nursing-kaiser-coronavirus.html> (March 2020)

• Kaiser Thought Piece in Th-Ink Queerly <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2020/in-news-schuster-coronavirus-elections-kaiser-schollhammer.html> You may read the referenced piece at https://tinyurl.com/perfectlyqueer (March 2020)

• Kaiser Accents Posts in Age of Awareness Magazine <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2020/in-news-milly-sawyers-kaiser-accents-smith-bots.html> You may read the referenced piece at https://tinyurl.com/everyonehasanaccent (February 2020)

2010s

• Vebster universitetining darslari davom etmoqda (Webster University Classes Continue) <https://samdchti.uz/yangiliklar/1411> (September 2019)

• Vebster universitetining darslari boshlandi (Webster University Classes Have Begun) <https://samdchti.uz/yangiliklar/1371> (August 2019)

• A Signature Part of Me <http://websterampersand.com/a-signature-part-of-me/> (April 2019)

• St. Louis Area Teachers Taking Classes to Learn How to Teach Immigrant Students <https://www.ksdk.com/video/news/local/st-louis-area-teachers-taking-classes-to-learn-how-to-teach-immigrant-students/63-ca541625-72eb-4baa-a23b-2d4deb0f5815?fbclid=IwAR2U_Nb93kUX96ZbB0MffOCh4UYPnL4XdDKYEl5q9uDU7Iuqi69vPkeeeI0> (April 2019)

• Supporting Success for English Language Learners in Today’s Schools <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2019/supporting-success-for-english-language-learners.html> (March 2019)

• Webster University Faculty and Staff Present at TESOL in Atlanta <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2019/tesol-convention-event.html> (March 2019)

• Webster Announces New Degree Offerings in Uzbekistan <http://websterjournal.com/2019/03/06/webster-announces-new-degree-offerings-in-uzbekistan/> (March 2019)

• Webster Awarded $124,000 STEM Educator Grant <http://blogs.webster.edu/education/2019/02/22/webster-granted-124000-to-encourage-more-to-become-stem-teachers-in-missouri-schools/> (February 2019)

• Webster Granted $124,000 to Encourage More to Become STEM Teachers in Missouri Schools <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2019/stem_teaching_grant.html> (February 2019)

• Kaiser Visits Eurasian National University in Kazakhstan <https://www.enu.kz/ru/info/novosti-enu/56096/> (February 2019)

• 2019 Faculty Research Grant Recipients Announced <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2019/2019-faculty-research-grants.html> (January 2019)

• Webster University's TESL Program in Tashkent, Uzbekistan <http://mediabay.tv/podcasts/podcast/7152?play> (September 2018)

• В Узбекистане открылась магистратура Вебстерского университета (Master's program in Webster University opens in Uzbekistan) <https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2018/09/05/webster/>(September 2018)

• Kaiser, Saisanan Na Ayudhya Present Research <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2018/news-around-palmer-kaiser-stiles-woolf-hulsizer-yupa.html> (August 2018)

• Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages <https://youtu.be/enI5fSw44II> (August 2018)

• Университет Вебстер запускает программу TESL в УзГУМЯ (Webster University launches TESL program at USUWL) <https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2018/07/30/tesl/> (July 2018)

• Kaiser Presents Research in Macau <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2018/around-kaiser-cosic-foppiani-dixon-link-diversity.html> (July 2018)

• Opening the TESL Program in Tashkent <http://bimm.uz/index.php?new_lang=lang3&op=news&id=109> (May 2018)

• Kaiser Publishes on English Teaching, Pronunciation App <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2018/around-foppiani-ervin-kaiser-song-social-language-human-rights.html> (March 2018)

• Kaiser on English Language Learner Growth <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2018/in-news-diversity-bias-english-learners-protest-movements.html> (February 2018)

• Growth of English-Language Learners Overwhelming some Suburban School Districts <http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/growth-english-language-learners-overwhelming-some-suburban-school-districts#stream/0> (February 2018)

• Webster's TESL Program Hosts First Grant Saturday Seminar <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2017/tesl-grant-saturday-seminars.html> (December 2017)

• New School of Education Leadership Announced <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2017/school-education-leadership-changes.html> (October 2017)

• School of Education Receives Grant for English Language Learning <http://websterjournal.com/2017/10/04/school-education-receives-grant-english-language-learning/> (October 2017)

• YouTube Video on Suanphet Riverside Resort and Organic Farm (including DJ Kaiser) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gtg_aQ0iOg> (September 2017)

• Federal grant to help 3 St. Louis-area districts meet new English-language learner requirements <http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/federal-grant-help-3-st-louis-area-districts-meet-new-english-language-learner-requirements#stream/0> (September 2017)

• Webster University Receives Grant to Help Local Educators with Teaching English as a Second Language <http://fox2now.com/2017/09/05/webster-univ-receives-grant-to-help-local-educators-with-teaching-english-as-second-language/> (September 2017) 

• School of Education Received $2.7 Million Grant <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2017/SOE-ESL-grant.html> (September 2017)

• Webster Thailand Holds English Language Seminar at the Phuket Office of Education <http://www.webster.ac.th/news/2017/english-language-seminar-phuket.html> (July 2017)

• An Interview at the Plan Ceibal 10-Year Anniversary Conference - Speaking about Technology and Education (in Spanish) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwqaDgaCwGE> (June 2017)

• "Kaiser Speaks at LATU Education and Technology in Uruguay" - Article on presentation at the Plan Ceibal 10-Year Anniversary Conference Event <http://news.webster.edu/global/2017/kaiser-speaker-plan-ceibal-latu-uruguay.html> (May 2017)

• "School of Education Programs Scored Among the Best in Missouri" - Quoted in this Academic News piece <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2017/state-education-scores.html> (March 2017)

• "Dr. Kaiser Performs Research in Uruguay and Brazil" - Article on Webster University's Blog "Transformative Teaching" <http://blogs.webster.edu/education/2016/11/07/1712/> (November 2016)

• Interview with Rick Rockwell from Webster University on Latin Pulse <https://soundcloud.com/latinpulse/special-us-elections-cuban-view-education-south-america-lp11052016#t=18:11> (November 2016)

• Faculty Research Grant: Kaiser observes EnglishWorks project in Brazil <http://news.webster.edu/global/2016/kaiser-faculty-research-grant-brazil.html> (July 2016)

• Kaiser Concludes Fulbright Scholars Grant in Uruguay <http://news.webster.edu/global/2016/kaiser-ends-fulbright-in-uruguay.html> (July 2016)

• Unidades do Projeto Casa Futuro Agora recebem professor norte-americano <http://www.riosolidario.org/unidades-do-projeto-casa-futuro-agora-recebem-a-visita-de-professor-americano/> [In Portuguese] (July 2016)

• DJ Kaiser Interviewed by Walter Fumero on Mediodía Juntos on Canal 6 in Durazno, Uruguay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2l3iJVS7Yo> [Video in Spanish] (June 2016)

• DJ Kaiser Interviewed by Julio Romero on Radio Yi AM 960 in Durazno, Uruguay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Y_zwelGX4> [Audio in Spanish] (June 2016)

• Faculty Update: Kaiser in Uruguay on Fulbright Scholars Grant <http://news.webster.edu/global/2016/kaiser-fulbright-in-uruguay.html> (June 2016)

• Kaiser Presents at TESOL Arabia in Dubai, Shares Insight from Webster Athens Proposal <http://news.webster.edu/global/2016/kaiser-tesol-presenter.html> (March 2016)

• 2016 Faculty Research Grant Recipients Announced <http://news.webster.edu/employee/2016/faculty-research-grant-recipients-announced.html> (February 2016)

• Expanding Possibilities: Kaiser to present on South American faculty research trip <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2015/kaiser-faculty-research-grant-sessions-1.html> (September 2015)

• Hunt Gallery: 'The Gay Rub' exhibit of LGBTQ worldwide monuments <http://news.webster.edu/webster-life/2015/hunt-gallery-gay-rub-exhibit.html> (August 2015)

• DJ Kaiser Visits the Alianza (in Montevideo, Uruguay) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_e8P2bqwGo> (August 2015)

• Faculty Research Grant: Kaiser in Argentina, Uruguay <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2015/kaiser-argentina-uruguay-faculty-research-grant.html> (August 2015)

• Faculty Research Grant: Kaiser in Uruguay <http://news.webster.edu/academics/2015/kaiser-uruguay-faculty-research-grant.html> (August 2015)

• How to Tie your Webster Gorlock Bow Tie <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i7i4nIY6g8> (June 2015)

• Education Faculty Member Awarded Fulbright for Uruguay ESL Project in 2016 <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2015/01/21/kaiser-fulbright-uruguay/> (January 2015)

• 2015 Faculty Research Grant Awardees, Projects Announced <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2015/01/29/2015-faculty-research-grant-awardees-projects/> (January 2015)

• 2014 GLA Midwest October Session, Day Four: K.C., OLC and the metro campus perspective <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2014/10/24/2014-gla-cohort-in-midwest-october-session-day-four/> (October 2014)

• 2014 GLA Cohort in Leiden, Day Four: Academic diversity, effective communication, women in leadership <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2014/06/20/2014-gla-cohort-in-leiden-june-session-day-four/> (June 2014)

• April 16: TESL’s Kaiser Presents on Cultural Aspects of Harbin, China Experience <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2014/04/10/april-16-tesls-kaiser-presents-on-cultural-aspects-of-harbin-china-experience/> (April 2014)

• Harbin Exchange Moves Forward <http://www.webster.edu/news/2014/news/04072014-harbin-update.html> (April 2014)

• Working Groups Update: Research and Information-Gathering Continues, ‘Check-In’ April 10 <http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2013/03/07/working-groups-update-research-and-information-gathering-continues-check-in-april-10/> (March 2013)