Academic Affairs

About the Academic Affairs Office

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Stephen Lehmkuhle

Education

• Undergraduate degree (B.S. in Psychology): Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1973.
• Higher degree (Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology): Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1977.

Academic Appointments

• Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1994-present.
• Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1985-1994.
• Assistant Professor of Psychology, Brown University, 1979-1985.
• Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Anatomy, University of Virginia, 1977-1979.

Administrative Appointments

• Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri System, 2004-present
• Interim Chancellor, University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2005
• Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri System, 1998-2004
• Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri System, 1996-1998
• Faculty Fellow, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri System, 1996

Selective Administrative Achievements

• Developed cooperative academic and research programs involving partnerships both among campuses of the University of Missouri and with public and private campuses outside of the University System.
• Served as the University System liaison for an NSF program designed to increase participation of minorities in fields of science, engineering and mathematics.
• Worked with community colleges to improve transfer and articulation programs. Appointed to the state committee on transfer and articulation.
• Expanded and reorganized the technology transfer activities by forming a partnership among the UM campuses.
• Co-developed the President’s Academic Leadership Institute (PALI).
• Launched K-16 efforts in the state working with the State Board of Education; the Coordinating Board for Higher Education; and the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
• Started an early-career development program and that promoted learner-centered environments for new faculty hires (New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program).

Selective Publications Related to Research (55 total publications)

• Lehmkuhle, S., Garzia, R.P., Turner, L., Hash, T. and Baro, J.A. A defective visual pathway in children with reading disability. New England Journal of Medicine, 1993, 328(14), 989 - 996.
• Bassi, C.J., & Lehmkuhle, S. Clinical implications of parallel visual pathways. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 1990, 61(2), 98-110.
• Fox, R., Lehmkuhle, S., & Westendorf, D. Falcon visual acuity. Science, 1976, 192, 263-265.
• Lehmkuhle, S. Neurological Basis of Visual Processes in Reading. In Visual Processes in Reading and Spelling. Eds. Willows, Corcos, and Kruk; L. Erlbaum, pgs. 77-94, 1994.
• Spoehr, K.T., & Lehmkuhle, S. Human Visual Information Processing. San Francisco: W.A. Freeman Company, 1982.

Publications Related to Teaching

• Baro, J.A., and Lehmkuhle, S. Design and Pedagogical Issues in the Development of the InSight Series of Instructional Software. Journal of Optometric Education, 1993, 18(4), 107-110.
• Baro, J.A. & Lehmkuhle, S. (1992). InSight 2- InColor [computer program]. Santa Barbara, CA: Intellimation.