• Webster University MA in Teaching English as a Second Language Program

• DJ Kaiser on Medium

• 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

• 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 (the application received a perfect score with no cited weaknesses)

• Co-Principal Investigator and a primary writer for a $1.4 million Nation 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

• Initiated and directed the first U.S.-based academic program in the Republic of Uzbekistan with a finishing cohort of 114 students (2018-2019) in the master of arts in Teaching English as a Second Language program, leading to the foundation of the first U.S.-based university in Central Asia

• Recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholars Grant to Uruguay (March-June 2016) - Project title: Case Studies of the Acquisition of English and Language Pedagogy Skills for Classroom Teachers in Ceibal en Inglés

• Recipient of three Faculty Research Grants supplied by Webster University - Project titles: Using Reggio Emilia-Inspired Principles to Support Early Bilingual and Multilingual Language Learners and their Families (2019-2020 follow-up to a funded research trip in Reggio Emilia, Italy), Using Teleconference in the Teaching of English in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June-July 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Language Planning and Policy at the National Level in Uruguay: Ceibal en Inglés (July-August 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay)

• Selected for two English Language Specialist projects for the U.S. Department of State for virtual project with Honduras on pedagogy during the pandemic (2020) and Brazil on teaching English pronunciation (2021).

• 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, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, Macau SAR, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

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.

2023

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

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

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

• 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)

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

2022

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

• 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)

• ELT & Academia: The Morning Break with Graham Stanley <https://teacherstalkradio.podbean.com/e/elt-academia-the-morning-break-with-graham-stanley/> (November; 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)

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

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

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

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

• 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)

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

2021

• 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)

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

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

2020

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

• 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)

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

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

2019

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

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

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

• 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)

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

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

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

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

2018

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

• 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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)

2017

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

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

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

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

• 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)

• 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) 

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

• 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)

• 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)

• "Kaiser Speakers 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)

• "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)

2016

• "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)

• 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)

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

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

2015

• 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014

• 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 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)

• 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)

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

2013

• 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)