Rate My Professor Kevin Roessger

Kevin Roessger served as Associate Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning and Program Coordinator in the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders within the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He earned his Ph.D. in adult and continuing education, along with an M.S. and B.A., from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee between 2008 and 2013. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas in 2016 as an Assistant Professor and later being promoted to Associate Professor, Roessger held a position as Assistant Professor in the Adult Education and Training program at Seattle University from 2013 to 2016. Before returning to graduate school, he owned and operated a tile and stone company for several years. At the University of Arkansas, he taught courses in quantitative data analysis and adult learning theory, chaired numerous doctoral dissertations, and mentored students with high expectations while providing substantial support.

Roessger's research focused on adult learning sciences, including the effects of reflective activities on instrumental learning in work-related education, andragogical assumptions across cultures and contexts, concept mapping techniques, and meaning-making in adult education. His highly cited publications include 'COVID-19 and the future of adult education: An editorial' (2020, Adult Education Quarterly, 184 citations, co-authored with E. Boeren and E.A. Roumell), 'Effects of teaching concept mapping using practice, feedback, and relational framing' (2018, Learning and Instruction, 80 citations, co-authored with B.J. Daley and D.A. Hafez), 'Rethinking andragogical assumptions in the global age: How preferences for andragogical learning vary across people and cultures' (2022, Studies in Continuing Education, 57 citations, co-authored with E.A. Roumell and J. Weese), 'The effect of reflective activities on instrumental learning in adult work-related education: A critical review of the empirical research' (2014, Educational Research Review, 56 citations), and 'The effects of reflective activities on skill adaptation in a work-related instrumental learning setting' (2014, Adult Education Quarterly, 52 citations). He served as co-editor of the Adult Education Quarterly, a leading journal in the field, and received the Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research in Adult Education from the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education in 2020. Additionally, he secured an $80,000 grant to investigate education's impact on recidivism among prisoners and contributed to awards committees and editorial boards, influencing adult education research methodologies and practices through over 500 citations across 55 publications.