Dr. Kristine Still

Prior to her position at Mount Union, Dr. Still served as the Associate Dean for Student Services and External Relations in the College of Education and Human Services at Cleveland State University. In this role, she oversaw the College’s Advising Office as well as the Office of Field Services. Additionally, Dr. Still directed all external reporting efforts and governed the College Scholarship and Recruitment initiatives.

Prior to assuming her role of Associate Dean, Dr. Still served as an Associate Professor of Early Literacy in the Department of Teacher Education at Cleveland State University. She served as the Coordinator of the Literacy Education Program, Director of CSU’s Community Learning Center for Children and Youth (CLC) and was the founding Faculty Advisor for IRA@CSU, the University’s, and organization’s first Student Chapter of The International Reading Association.

During her initial years at Cleveland State University, Dr. Still served as the Director of The Cleveland Schools Book Fund, a project funded through a $5 million-dollar endowment, and which created classroom libraries in all K-3 classrooms in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. As a faculty member, Dr. Still was also active in CSU’s Campus International School where she served as a resource for IB Curriculum initiatives and conducted research to support teacher inquiry.

Dr. Still’s major research interests have focused on the integration of meaningful technology-based literacy events in primary grade classrooms in addition to a variety of related topics around Literacy Instruction and Teacher Professional Development. To date, she has given 78 presentations at professional conferences (regionally, nationally, and internationally) and is author and/or co-author of 27 scholarly writings, has secured upwards of $1.6 million dollars in funds to support research projects and scholarship grants for students and has served as a consultant on a variety of projects including a 4-year project for the Ohio Department of Education.

Prior to joining Hilbert College, the University of Mount Union and Cleveland State University, Dr. Still taught 1st grade for 10 years in Jackson Local Schools (located in Stark County, Ohio) and held the position of Visiting Assistant Professor at The University of Akron while working on her doctoral studies from 2004-2006. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Akron and an M.A. from Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.