Michael Karcher

Educator, Author, Speaker

Michael Karcher, Ph.D., Ed.D., is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at University of Texas-San Antonio. Professor Karcher is the co-editor of the landmark Handbook of Youth Mentoring which provided the first scholarly and comprehensive synthesis of current theory, research, and practice in the field of youth mentoring.  Professor Karcher conducts research on school-based and cross-age peer mentoring as well as on adolescent connectedness and pair counseling.  He is the author of numerous articles on mentoring in school settings and is an expert on cross-age peer mentoring in schools.  Professor Karcher received a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University and a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Learn more about Michael Karcher's work at www.professorkarcher.com.