Anne Gichuri, Ph.D., has extensive interdisciplinary educator training experience and educator licenses across states and overseas, is Associate Professor and Director of Research at School of Education and Human Services, and campus Director of Service-Learning. Her expertise includes curriculum development and cross-disciplinary research, assessment design, program evaluation, education, nonprofits’ financial planning, thesis/dissertation writing, and interdisciplinary study abroad courses across degree programs. She has professional experience in K12 public independent school districts across states and overseas, and cross-national comparative education/curriculum research for United Nations Children’s Fund inform additional interdisciplinary research presentations and publications.  

Her service roles include various campus committees, and current chair of the Committee on Student Research, co-coordinator of the Campus Community Garden initiative, McGovern Educator Institute logistical co-coordinator, Quality Enhancement Plan E4P faculty fellow, and the Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Representative for her school.  

Her current external service roles include Gilman Scholarship Program national selection panelist, Association for Advancing Quality Educator Preparation programmatic national accreditation quality review team, World Federation of Associations of Teacher Educators executive board, and Africa Teacher Educators Association executive leadership. Dr. Gichuri has won grant awards, incorporates collaborative student applied service-learning course experiences, and advocates for depth and globally-inclusive scope with ethical purposeful AI integration in research. 

Ph.D. in Comparative Education Policy and Administration, International Development; University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 

M.A. in Comparative and International Education Exchange, International Development; University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 

M.Ed. in Curriculum Development, Kenyatta University 

B.Ed. in Secondary and Tertiary Education – History, Philosophy, Comparative World Theology; Kenyatta University 

Selected Publications:  

Ribble, M. & Gichuri, A. N. (2024). Educator integration of artificial intelligence technological advancements: The Digital Citizenship Framework model for professional development and wraparound student strategic learning. In A. Chigona, H. Crompton, & N. Tunjera (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Teaching with Technology: Theories, Case Studies, and Integration Strategies (ch. 2). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003406631 

Gichuri, A. N. & Ribble, M. (2023, September 26-28). Social media and emerging technologies: Role of educational institutions, structures, and systems in advancing ethics and governance [Conference presentation]. Conference on “Promotion of Ethics, Justice and Peace for Integral Human Development through Higher Education” hosted by the Centre for Social Justice and Ethics at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.  https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/repositioning-ethics-justice-and-peace-through-higher-education-human-development 

Gichuri, A. N., Landry, L., Cooper, J., & Jones-Thomas, A. (2021, November 13). Role of inclusive conceptualization and engagement in the development of socio-culturally cohesive classrooms for diversifying student populations [Peer Reviewed Conference session]. World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education’s WFATE 2021 Biennial Conference Online on Social Justice in Education: Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion, and Interculturalism in our Global Society; On-Line November 12-15, 2021. 

Gichuri, N. A. & Austin, M. (2021, November 13). Current challenges, implications for practice, and inclusive support for educators and intellectually gifted students [Peer Reviewed Conference panel session]. World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education’s WFATE 2021 Biennial Conference Online on Social Justice in Education: Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion, and Interculturalism in our Global Society; On-Line November 12-15, 2021. 

Gichuri, A. N., & Kiekel, J. (2021, October 12). Virtual teaching, stress, and university faculty coping strategies during coronavirus pandemic [Peer Reviewed Conference session]. Consortium of State Organizations For Texas Teacher Education’s CSOTTE Fall 2021 Teacher Education Conference, October 10-12, 2021, San Marcos, TX, United States.

Gichuri, N. A. (2018, November 15-19). Improving teachers’ writing: An evidence-based instructional approach [Peer reviewed conference session presentation on the 2018 Barber, McCollum, Taylor, & Gichuri publication]. National Council of Teachers of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Houston, TX, United States.