ASM offers a wide range of services and programs to help students meet their academic goals.

Academic Support and Mentoring Location

ASM's Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The ASM team believes that:
  • A diverse and inclusive environment enhances everyone’s experience.
  • It is our responsibility to directly address the systemic inequalities and injustices that exist in our institution.
  • Each individual has unique identities, strengths, and abilities.
  • There are no limits to what any individual is capable of learning.
  • We all learn better through collaboration and soliciting multiple perspectives.
  • Everyone should have equitable access to inclusive and welcoming learning environments and feel comfortable in the spaces in which they learn.
  • Failure is an inherent part of everyone’s experience, and is what leads to growth.
  • Everyone's voice has value, and each person should have opportunities to be heard.
  • Everyone should be supported in their unique goals.
Based upon these beliefs, ASM's mission is to:

Provide innovative support services and resources to ensure educational access and personal success for every student.

ASM's vision is that:

Every UMKC student persists and graduates with the personal and professional skills to achieve their vision of success.

To achieve that vision, we collectively commit that we will:
  • Foster a culture of open-mindedness.
  • Solicit and appreciate multiple points of view.
  • Seek to learn about one another, and from one another.
  • Demonstrate appreciation for each individual.
  • Encourage everyone to be who they are.
  • Celebrate our differences and recognize that our differences make us stronger.
  • Help each student achieve their vision of success.
  • Engage in continuous and ongoing learning, dialogue, and collaboration, with an expectation that we will continually learn and grow.
  • Elevate students' voices and hear their personal experiences regarding the impact of racism in their lives.
  • Advocate for equitable systems, structures, and policies.
  • Encourage those interacting with our department to hold us accountable to these commitments and engage us in difficult conversations around justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Contact Us

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For help with appointments/drop-ins for the Writing Studio: 816-235-1146

For help with appointments/drop-ins for UMKC Tutoring: 816-235-1179

For any other questions: 816-235-1174

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Email us at asm@umkc.edu

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Writing Studio, Summer Bridge Scholars, First Gen Roo
Atterbury Student Success Center
2nd floor
5000 Holmes St.
Kansas City, MO 64110

UMKC Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction
Miller Nichols Library
Room 420
800 E 51st St.
Kansas City, MO 64110

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Open hours vary between ASM services.

Administrative Staff

Jessica Pearson

Director, Academic Support and Mentoring and Executive Director, The International Center for Supplemental Instruction
Email: jpearson@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1174

Megan Elsen

Associate Director, Academic Support and Mentoring
Email: elsenm@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1178

Evan Wike

Data Management Specialist
Email: ewike@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1179

Josh Ware

Office Manager, Academic Support and Mentoring and The International Center for Supplemental Instruction
Email: warejs@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1174

Supplemental Instruction (SI) and UMKC Tutoring

Sarah Amos

Academic Support Coordinator
Email: samos@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1179

Chanté Evans

Academic Support Coordinator
Email: ctevans@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1179

Writing Studio

Thomas Ferrel

Director
Email: ferrelt@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1146

First Gen Roo

Andrica Wilcoxen

Academic Success Coordinator
Email: andricawilcoxen@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-5557

Summer Bridge Scholars

Sadie Billings

Academic Success Coordinator
Email: sadiebillings@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-5758

Jumpstart KC

Silvina Munita

Site Manager
Email: munitas@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-1003

Marcel Wilson

Associate Site Manager
Email: wilsonmarc@umkc.edu
Phone Number: 816-235-6021