Robert McGough, a specialist in the design and implementation of secondary education, higher education and skills training to support international education and development, will be the plenary speaker at the Twelfth Annual UWSP Teaching Conference on Thursday, January 17, at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP).

The conference theme, "Teaching With a Global Perspective: Preparing Students to be Global Citizens," will be the topic for McGough�s presentation at 10:15 a.m., in Room 116 at the College of Professional Studies. Organized by the Office of Academic Affairs, the one-day conference will have concurrent break-out sessions on cross-cultural teaching and learning, internationalizing the curriculum, incorporating non-Western themes into the classroom, and developing global citizenship through local service-learning activities.

Since 1983 McGough has been employed as a senior education specialist, researcher, and program manager with the World Bank. He is also the author of two books, more than 60 articles and numerous World Bank publications. McGough has taught at both the secondary and university level. He has been a member of the research faculty of the University of Missouri and the graduate faculty of Virginia Tech University. In the private sector he was a senior manager of corporate training for Texas Instruments Corporation, as well as the international training director of industrial development services at Westinghouse Corporation. McGough received his bachelor�s degree from North Texas State University, and his master�s and doctorate from the University of Missouri.

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