Robert Mitchell

Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations (LRF) at UCCS. He has a background in k-12 education as a classroom teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and has served as a governmental administrator in Massachusetts and with the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Dr. Mitchell received his Ph.D. in Global Education from The Ohio State University. At UCCS, he focuses on global rural education, and is active in research and the development of legislation in support of teacher recruitment and retention in remote locations. He has collaborated with students and scholars in Australia, the United States, Morocco, Iran, Egypt, Brunei, and Bahrain, and continues to focus on challenges related to rural education across the globe. His recent work has been published in The Rural Educator, Journal of Education Human Resources, American School Board Journal, and the International Academic Forum Journal of Education and he is the co-author of the forthcoming text A Practical Guide to Theoretical Frameworks for Social Science Research with former UCCS faculty Dr. Andrea Bingham.